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Wikipedia founder looks to crush Google
Mr. Wales told The Times of that Google, with its algorithmic search, isn’t as smart as human editorial judgment. Wikiasari will be built on the model created by Wikipedia, in which contributors will make decisions about how to rank sites in a search. Advertising will generate revenues, Mr. Wales told The Times.
The concept sounds interesting. Wiki, like Google, has become a term used quite often in the computer world that is friendly to most. Funding for the site, much akin to Google, will be ad-generated. I look forward to seeing the launch of Wikiasari, but I seriously doubt it will pose a threat to Google.
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Individuals control site ranks !!! So basically Wikiasari will be controlled by throngs of prepubescent teenagers ranking Hello Kitty blogs over Tech Help forums.A Google killer... uh, sure.
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Why does this sound familiar? I'm pretty sure one of the also-ran search engines below the big 3 or four does this. Alltheweb.com? Northernlight.com? Looksmart? I don't know. I just remember someone has had a user-intervened search engine for a few years now.
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What happens when you have a small website, and a group of people decide they don't like you, and rank you down?
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compete? No. Offer one more search engine with a few advantages? Yes.
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You know whats funny about people claiming to make "xxx killers"? They almost always end up sucking.
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