Comments on: Good luck with the Google-killing, Jimbo http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/23/good-luck-with-the-google-killing-jimbo/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:19:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mathew Ingram http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/23/good-luck-with-the-google-killing-jimbo/#comment-131014 Mathew Ingram Tue, 26 Dec 2006 02:57:50 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/23/good-luck-with-the-google-killing-jimbo/#comment-131014 That sounds plausible to me, Seth. That sounds plausible to me, Seth.

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/23/good-luck-with-the-google-killing-jimbo/#comment-130640 Seth Finkelstein Tue, 26 Dec 2006 02:14:50 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/23/good-luck-with-the-google-killing-jimbo/#comment-130640 It looks like that screenshot is of a project which might have led to the current one, but isn't the current one. That is, Wikia seemed to have had an *internal* search engine in development (which is what is in the screenshot). Then I conjecture someone threw money at Wales, and he decided to take it and run with an *external* (whole-web) search project. It looks like that screenshot is of a project which might have led to the current one, but isn’t the current one.

That is, Wikia seemed to have had an *internal* search engine in development (which is what is in the screenshot).

Then I conjecture someone threw money at Wales, and he decided to take it and run with an *external* (whole-web) search project.

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/23/good-luck-with-the-google-killing-jimbo/#comment-129002 Mathew Ingram Mon, 25 Dec 2006 17:51:13 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/23/good-luck-with-the-google-killing-jimbo/#comment-129002 Thanks, Rex. Yeah, I saw that too -- and I just saw the comment on your post from Mike. I guess we'll have to wait for Jimbo to actually launch something before we find out whether Mike was right or not :-) Thanks, Rex. Yeah, I saw that too — and I just saw the comment on your post from Mike. I guess we’ll have to wait for Jimbo to actually launch something before we find out whether Mike was right or not :-)

]]> By: Rex Dixon http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/23/good-luck-with-the-google-killing-jimbo/#comment-128716 Rex Dixon Mon, 25 Dec 2006 17:06:36 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/23/good-luck-with-the-google-killing-jimbo/#comment-128716 According to Jim, TechCrunch had it wrong - http://rexdixon.wordpress.com/2006/12/24/techcrunch-was-wrong-about-wikiasari/ I dunno, trying to find out more information. Rex According to Jim, TechCrunch had it wrong - http://rexdixon.wordpress.com/2006/12/24/techcrunch-was-wrong-about-wikiasari/

I dunno, trying to find out more information.

Rex

]]> By: Mark Evans - Can Jimmy Wales Solve Crack the Google Puzzle? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/23/good-luck-with-the-google-killing-jimbo/#comment-122729 Mark Evans - Can Jimmy Wales Solve Crack the Google Puzzle? Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:38:21 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/23/good-luck-with-the-google-killing-jimbo/#comment-122729 [...] Flush with Wikipedia’s success and obviously not busy enough with Wikia, Jimmy Wales is working on creating a new search engine called Wikisaria to take on Google and Yahoo (with some financial assistance from Amazon and a few Silicon Valley investors). “Google is very good at many types of search, but in many instances it produces nothing but spam and useless crap. Try searching for the term ‘Tampa hotels’, for example, and you will not get any useful results,” Wales told the London Times. (Actually, if you do a Google search of ‘Tampa Hotels” you get a pretty good result - Tampa Guide - so perhaps that’s not the best example of what Wales wants to do). Rather than use mathematical algorithms to come up with the best search results, Wales wants to use the Wikipedia model and have humans actively involved. As much as user-generated content was one of the major themes of 2006, Google’s continued dominance of the search market continues to be one of the most fascinating elements of the Web’s evolution. What almost as fascinating is there are no lack of people and investors willing to take a crack at building a better mouse trap. Let’s see how Mr. Wales - and Amazon - make out. For more, check out Mathew Ingram, Peter Cashmore and Niall Kennedy. [...] [...] Flush with Wikipedia’s success and obviously not busy enough with Wikia, Jimmy Wales is working on creating a new search engine called Wikisaria to take on Google and Yahoo (with some financial assistance from Amazon and a few Silicon Valley investors). “Google is very good at many types of search, but in many instances it produces nothing but spam and useless crap. Try searching for the term ‘Tampa hotels’, for example, and you will not get any useful results,” Wales told the London Times. (Actually, if you do a Google search of ‘Tampa Hotels” you get a pretty good result - Tampa Guide - so perhaps that’s not the best example of what Wales wants to do). Rather than use mathematical algorithms to come up with the best search results, Wales wants to use the Wikipedia model and have humans actively involved. As much as user-generated content was one of the major themes of 2006, Google’s continued dominance of the search market continues to be one of the most fascinating elements of the Web’s evolution. What almost as fascinating is there are no lack of people and investors willing to take a crack at building a better mouse trap. Let’s see how Mr. Wales - and Amazon - make out. For more, check out Mathew Ingram, Peter Cashmore and Niall Kennedy. [...]

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