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The launch of the highly anticipated Wikia search engine has received unprecedented coverage on the Internet. The general consensus around the web is that it has been a disappointment and even a “Complete Letdown.” considering the sister site that it evolved from Wikipedia was such a huge success. My brief personal experience with it can be summed up in two words - “It sucks!” The quality of the result sets simply does not give me what I am looking for… not even close.
The two main features of the search services that was supposed to differentiate itself are:
- It is open source, meaning that anyone interested and bored enough can look through its core search algorithm and therefore making it an open system as oppose to the other search engines which are essentially a black boxes.
- User are able to provide feedback and ultimately effect the results of searches. It is argued that, in the same way that people power have made Wikipedia one of the most used and trust knowledge repository, it would also make Wikia Search a reliable and trusted search engine by unleashing the social aspects of search.
I am interested in the point that “People Power” would make a better engine.
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