Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales plans, partnership with Amazon, on launching a search engine early next year. Wales stated that Google has developed flaws as it has grown. And believes he can use his wiki methodology to compete with Google, Yahoo and MSN all at once.
He told the Times that computer algorithms do not make as good selections as humans and if people get to use his alternative they may prefer it. “But we have a really great method for doing that ourselves,” Wales told The Times. “We just look at the page. It usually only takes a second to figure out if the page is good, so the key here is building a community of trust that can do that.”
“The reputation already fostered by his Wikipedia community and the transparency of his technology will build sufficient trust in his search engine to bring in advertising revenue and make the Wikiasari venture profitable” The Times reported. The project has been called Wikiasari a combination of Hawaian and Japanese for “quick” “rummaging search”. How this plays out should provide entertainment in the new year.
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