Nemesisの日記： メモ：ジンボ＠サーチエンジン

4月の初めまで日本に滞在予定のジンボ、ジミー･ウェールズは東京で記者たちに、Wikiaのサーチエンジン開発に関してなにやら語ったようだ。

Wikipedia創始者、GoogleとYahoo!に宣戦布告
Wikiaでは、検索結果のランク付け方法を公開しない「ブラックボックス」に対抗、共同開発による検索技術でネットの権力構造変革を目指す。（ロイター）
2007年03月09日 12時30分 更新
http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/0703/09/news033.html

Wikipedia founder says to challenge Google, Yahoo
Thu Mar 8, 2007 2:33PM EST
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUST34811320070308

Wikipedia founder says to challenge Google, Yahoo
Thu Mar 8, 2007 9:55am ET144
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlebusiness.aspx?type=ousiv&storyid=2007-03-08T145517Z_01_T348113_RTRIDST_0_WIKIPEDIA-SEARCH.XML&from=business

Search Wikia　のことか？　と思ったがちょっと微妙。英語版をみてみると

Wikia#Search engines

Wikia Inc. initially proposed creating a copyleft search engine; the software (but not the site) was named "Wikiasari" by a November 2004 naming contest.[10] The proposal became inactive as of 2005.

On December 23, 2006, Wales made passing comment regarding the possibility of a wiki-based internet search.[11] The result was extensive media coverage in multiple languages, in outlets like The Guardian, the Sydney Morning Herald, and online editions of Forbes and Business Week publishing the statement as an announcement. This forced the company to re-brand and relaunch its previous "Wikiasari" proposal, under the temporary name of "Search Wikia".

Some initial reports claimed the site was part of Wikipedia, due to both projects' similar management[citation needed], or assumed Amazon.com's investments in the site - announced shortly beforehand - meant the search engine was a replacement for A9.[citation needed]

In a later interview, Wales attempted to clarify several issues. He said that the Amazon funding was not specific to the search project, and also restated that Wikia and Wikipedia have separate management. When asked whether the project was "formally announced", he said it was partly planned and partly a response to news coverage.[12]

Details of current ideas and brainstorming on Wikia search developments can be found at the Search Wikia site.

On March 8, 2007, at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, Wales announced that Wikia plans to build a search engine rivalling those of Google and Yahoo based on the kind of collaborative cooperation which has been so successful in developing Wikipedia. By working together on search, users would be able to reduce the effects of spam. The new approach could account for five percent of the search market[13].
Wikia. (2007, March 9). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 06:07, March 10, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikia&oldid=113800828

　はやくも、このニュースは記事におりこみずみである。

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiasari#Search_engines

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http://digg.com/tech_news/WikiSeek_Launches_Community_Edited_Search_Engine
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UEguwSsnKPc