An alpha version of Wikia's open source Wikia Search has gone public, but the consensus seems to be that this user-tuned search engine has a long way to go to compete with the likes of Google.

Read more about it at "Jimmy Wales Argues That His Wikia Needs More Time," "Wiki Citizens Taking on a New Area: Searching," "Wikia Launching Human-Powered Search," "Wikia Search Alpha Preview Leaves Much to Be Desired," "Wikia Search Is A Complete Letdown," and"Wikia Search—Miles Behind the Competition."

This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 at 10:13 am and is filed under Google and Other Search Engines, Open Source Software, Web 2.0/Social Networking. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.