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Will Wikia Search become one of the top 3 search engines by the end of 2008?
will101 ( Score Rank: #206 based on predictions in the last 30 days ) will101  |  will close on 01-Jan-2009 (29 days from now)
Search Wikia, the widely awaited search engine from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, is slated to make its official debut on Jan 7, 08, with the bet that an open-source, community-driven effort can disrupt and reshape this Google-dominated market. Let's see if Wikia Search will become on the of top 3 SE by the end of 2008. We will use market share data from Hitwise to verify the result.
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  1. adamholden adamholden 32 days ago
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    didnt even know about it!
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  2. Wallace Wallace 101 days ago
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    Very unlikely. I haven't even read about Wikia Search since it went debut. Anyone here actaully tried it?
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  3. Arthur Arthur 104 days ago
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    Watch out Google -- Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales hopes that Wikia Search, a project he spearheads, will break Google's domination of the world's Internet search engine market. Industry statistics showed over 90 percent of Internet searches in the United States are done through the three firms - MSN, Yahoo and Google. So I do doubt that he could break the monopoly. Neither the vertical search engines can lower the position of the 3 general search sites.
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  4. ancienthart ancienthart 235 days ago
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    No. Too early.
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  5. oWell oWell 328 days ago
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    very unlikely.
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  6. Guru Guru 328 days ago
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    Not even close. It won't even be a top 5. It does have its potential. Some of the features really stand out, like the wiki page and forum for search queries. If it can get the same amount of support as wikipedia, I think it will threaten other commercial SE's.
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  7. fireeater fireeater 328 days ago
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    It takes years for Google to beat Yahoo as a search engine. Even though Wikia is super good, it still takes time to beat the giants (MSN, ASK, etc).
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    1. fireeater fireeater 328 days ago
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      however it may be perfect as a search engine for kids in school. our next generation may use it more than Google.
       
    2. MasterMind MasterMind 328 days ago
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      Why do schools decide to use Wikia Search instead of Google? Wouldn't school use whatever is the most popular?

      I can see the open source community using it more though.
       
    3. oWell oWell 328 days ago
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      i expect Wikia Search is well tailored for knowledge websites, and cut all the adult content. it may best suit the needs of elementary / high schools.
       
  8. goog goog 328 days ago
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    No way. In two years, maybe.
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  9. oilman oilman 328 days ago
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    Looks like Wikia Search is getting negative reviews everywhere:
    http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingne...
    To be fair, I think this project is to build an open source search engine. Users patience and contribution is an important part of it. It is unrealistic to expect it to be better than Google in day one.
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  10. freeman freeman 329 days ago
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    still believe in Google.
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  11. MasterMind MasterMind 329 days ago
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    I for one will support it. Love the whole concept of open source search engine.
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  12. will101 will101 329 days ago
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    fyi. Here is the top 5 search engines in 2007.
    http://www.seoconsultants.com/search-...
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  13. will101 will101 329 days ago
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    It is tough, but it is possible. I tried the alpha version and the search result is quite good.
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