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Site News
- January 7, 2008
- "Wiki Citizens Taking on a New Area: Searching", New York Times
- July 27, 2007
- April 17, 2007
- Translation: new French Main Page.
- March 1, 2007
- Mschel is the third site admin now.
- January 22, 2007
- The Mercury News: "Inside Silicon Valley: Interview with Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales" - 40 min. podcast about Search
- January 18, 2007
- Interviews with Jimmy Wales about wikipedia and search posted online. Links here.
- New IRC channel for search can be found here (pick the searchwikia option from the drop down box).
- January 9, 2007
- The mailing list is getting busier. If you feel annoyed by the amount of single posts, please consider changing your subscription options, see search-l for a quick guide.
- December 29, 2006
- Short information about the status quo on search-l by Jimmy
- Nice interview with Jimmy: "Giving Search a Human Touch"
- December 27, 2006
- Markie is the second site admin now.
- The Community Portal provides some hints on how you can help now.
- December 26, 2006
- The site, including the main page, has been completely reworked. --rieke
- December 23, 2006
- We are ordering servers: I should have the specs here in a couple of days. My intention is to allow interested developers root access on the servers. If you are interested, let me know (see also search-l). Obviously, I need to know you or know of you, a firm recommendation from a credible source known to me personally would suffice. --Jimbo Wales
The Project's History
Please have a look at the About page for details.
Press Coverage
- Please feel free to add further links to interesting press regarding Search Wikia.
- Dezember 27, 2007
- Tek Sapo
"Novo concorrente do Google estreia-se a 7 de Janeiro" (Portuguese)
- September 3, 2007
- Tek Sapo
"Motor de busca Wikia avança em Dezembro" (Portuguese)
- July 31, 2007
- netzwelt.de
"Neue Community-Suchmaschine vom Wikipedia-Gründer" (German)
- May 31, 2007
- New Scientist: "Open-source search engine gangs up on Google"(English)
- May 1, 2007
- heise.de: "Jeremie Miller und Jimmy Wales bündeln Kräfte für Open-Source-Suchmaschine" (German)
- PR Web: "Jabber Founder Jeremie Miller Joins Forces with Jimmy Wales to Build Open Search Platform"(English)
- April 12, 2007
- BBC news online: "Trying to break the Google habit"(English)
- April 6, 2007
- The Age : "Finders Keepers"(English)
- January 22, 2007
- VentureBeat: "The significant response to wiki search idea"(English)
- January 17, 2007
- CNET news.com: Video: "Search is broken – And the wiki guys are gonna fix it" (in addition: Video: "Wikis work because they're fun")(English)
- January 8, 2007
- BusinessWeek: Wiki's Search For Tomorrow (English)
- Mentions Wikiasari, which is no longer the name of the project.
- January 6, 2007
- heise.de: "Jimmy Wales' Suchmaschine zum Mitmachen nimmt Gestalt an" (German)
- January 3, 2007
- Tietokone.fi: "Wikipedian perustaja haastaa nyt Googlea" (Finnish)
- January 2, 2007
- L'Atelier: "Le co-fondateur de Wikipedia veut lancer son propre moteur de recherche" (French)
- January 1, 2007
- New York Times: "Something Wiki Is Coming to the Web Search Market"(English)
- December 31, 2006
- Searchlab: "Interview mit Kurt Jansson zur Wiki-Suche" (German)
- December 29,2006
- Wired: "Giving Search a Human Touch"(English)
- BBC: "Wikipedia creator turns to search"(English)
- Search Engine Land: "Q&A With Jimmy Wales On Search Wikia"(English)
- December 28, 2006
- Computerworld: "Wikipedia-like search engine in development"(English)
- Le Monde: "Wikipedia veut lancer son moteur de recherche communautaire" (French)
- December 27, 2006
- ZD Net: "Le fondateur de Wikipedia veut s’attaquer à la recherche en ligne" (French)
- Business Week: "Crowd Wisdom vs. Google's Genius"(English)
- Blog Age: "Search Wikia: Open Source als Ausweg aus dem Suchmaschinenspam" (German)
- jetzt.de (Süddeutsche Zeitung): "Wikiasari verstehen: 10 Fakten über die neue Suchmaschine" (German)
- golem.de: "Wiki-Gründer Jimmy Wales will Suchen im Netz revolutionieren" (German) – podcast (mp3)
- December 26, 2006
- Red Herring: "Wikipedia Founder's Google Killer"(English)
- Ecrans: "Wikiasari : mettez de l’humain dans votre moteur" (French)
- Blog Suchmaschinenoptimierung: "Wikiasari sagt Google den Kampf an" (German)
- Взгляд: Wikiasari против Google" (Russian)
- NRC Handelsblad: "Wikipedia wil eigen zoekmachine beginnen" (Dutch: "Wikipedia plans to start own search engine").
- December 25, 2006
- Ars Technica: "Wikipedia founder to create user-driven search engine"(English)
- December 24, 2006
- Die Welt: "Das Anti-Google des Wikipedia-Gründers" (German)
- CIO Weblog: "Wikiasari oder WikiSearch: Google bekommt Konkurrenz" (German)
- December 23, 2006
- ZD Net: "Wikipedia’s Wales wants to take on Google" + [1] + [2]
- heise.de: "Suchmaschine zum Mitmachen" (German)
- ORF: "Wiki-Suchmaschine will Google schlagen" (German)
- Spiegel Online: "Wikiasari sagt Google den Kampf an" (German)
- IP-News World: "Wikiasari gegen Google" (German)
- TechCrunch: "Wikia To Launch Search Engine: Exclusive Screenshot" Note: The TechCrunch story is wrong in main parts. This project has nothing to do with the screenshot they are running (that belongs to the searchme/Wikisearch project), and this search project has nothing to do with Wikipedia.
- The Times: "Founder of Wikipedia plans search engine to rival Google" Note: Amazon has nothing to do with this project. They are a valued investor in Wikia, Inc., but people are really speculating beyond the facts. This search engine project has nothing to do with A9, Amazon, etc.