Wikia Search was a free and open-source Web search engine and a part of Wikia (originally Wikicities) operated by Wikia, Inc., a for-profit company founded in late 2004 by Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley. The "public alpha" was launched on January 7, 2008. The roll-out version of the search interface was widely criticized by reviewers in mainstream media.
On June 3, 2008, an upgraded version of Wikia Search was released with additional features su...
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Wikia Search was a free and open-source Web search engine and a part of Wikia (originally Wikicities) operated by Wikia, Inc., a for-profit company founded in late 2004 by Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley. The "public alpha" was launched on January 7, 2008. The roll-out version of the search interface was widely criticized by reviewers in mainstream media.
On June 3, 2008, an upgraded version of Wikia Search was released with additional features such as improved screen display and facilities for users to rate, edit and enhance the search results. In particular, it offered users the possibility of adding pertinent URLs to the results displayed and deleting any misleading results with immediate effect. The improvements were widely welcomed by a number of former critics.
By August 2008, Wikia Search held a 0.000079% share of the search market in the U.S., compared with Google's 70.77%. Google is also conducting experiments with page ranking based on user feedback, but Jimmy Wales responded...
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