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Ex-Googlers launch Cuil, but maybe too early?

One thing I read about too often is the next "Google Killer". When will people realize that this is almost an impossible thing to live up to -- trying is almost always a death wish and a huge waste of money. The last "Google Killer" I even remember...

Tags: Google Inc., Wikia Inc., Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-07-28

Wikia gives the little guy image control

Wikia gives the little guy image controlWatch out for your enemiesWikia Search may be a nifty little toy, but we should all be mindful that while it's nice to be able to link to pages that you want to represent yourself, your enemies will be working two times as hard...

Tags: Wikia Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-04

Wikia gives the little guy image control

The new features added to Wikia Search give everyone the power that until now only big companies have had, the ability to control what people learn first about you. It's very likely you have even more power than Microsoft in this regard, because everyone can theoretically edit every...

Tags: Google Inc., Wikia Inc., Wiki, Blogging, AJAX, Online Communications, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-03

Wikia likely won't take on Google any time soon

Wikia likely won't take on Google any time soonsocial thingYour profile is more rendundant around the differents social networks or attached to your web starting point?Here the social thins allows you to add, change or modify search results too, your web experience.. this sound powerful at my first view.Thoughts..RE: Wikia...

Tags: SEARCH, Web technology, Wales, Wikia Inc., Google Inc., search result

Discussion threads 2008-01-07

Wikia Search to offer first peek next week

Wikia Search to offer first peek next weekReally?CAN HARDLY WAIT!!!!So far not so goodI just did a search for "Google" on wikia and instead of getting the expected Google homepage as the first page I was presented with a bunch of junk wikia pages. So far this isn't very good,...

Tags: SEARCH, Wikia Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-01-02

Wikia looking to topple Google, but will fail miserably

Wikia looking to topple Google, but will fail miserablySo True!You wrote: "Google's massive loyal user-base will put anything Google does on a pedestal with little regard for the "competition"."I agree with most of what you say. As part of that loyal user base you speak of, I won't...

Tags: SEARCH, Google Inc., Wikia Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-12-08

Wikia details plans for search rival to Google

Wikia details plans for search rival to GoogleWikia details plans for search rival to GoogleThis ought to open up Google's eyes and make them see that they have been slacking off for the last couple of years. Wonder if they will put the office toys down to try to...

Tags: search rival, Google Inc., Wikia Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-07-31

Should we take Wikia more seriously?

Should we take Wikia more seriously?DRM debate all over?Hidden behind your article is a tinge of what we've seen in the debate around "DRM". The thinking 10+ years ago was this: If allowing non-professionals those not employed by the incumbent content industry access to new technology will allow...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Government, Tools & Techniques, Wikia Inc., software

Discussion threads 2007-07-30

Additional Resources

What really happened to Wikipedia

Well, not quite.:-) Nice piece.I'd question that the influx of money (which is still trivial - a few million dollars is NOTHING to run a top 10 website) has anything much to do with the processes such as the living people's bio policy. One is the Foundation, the other is...

Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, Wikimedia

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

Ex-Googlers launch Cuil, but maybe too early?

Ex-Googlers launch Cuil, but maybe too early?Cuil vs. GoogleAccording to some of the most public and powerful media sources, that inevitably pump 'edited facts' into the minds of the general public, portray Cuil as being a dismil attempt to tackle google. "Google has become so synonymous with Internet search that...

Tags: SEARCH, Cuil.com, Ex-Googlers launch Cuil

Discussion threads 2008-07-29

Wikipedia's Wales wants to take on Google

If all goes according to plan, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and partner Amazon will launch a socially-charged search engine to compete with Google, Yahoo, Ask and others early next year. According to the story in The Times of London, the project is called Wikiasari--wiki (Hawaiian for "quick" + asari (Japanese...

Tags: Wiki, SEARCH, Wikiasari, Wikipedia, Web, Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-12-23