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	[[~~Thekosher~~]]~~'s reaction~~ to Wikia Search's demise ([http://news.cnet.com/8618-17939_109-10207896.html?communityId=2008&targetCommunityId=2008&blogId=2&messageId=7748350]):		Greg Kohs of MyWikiBiz, longtime critic of Wikipedia and [[Jimbo Wales]], reacted to Wikia Search's demise ([http://news.cnet.com/8618-17939_109-10207896.html?communityId=2008&targetCommunityId=2008&blogId=2&messageId=7748350]):

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{{Quote|We are aware that the quality of the search results is low.|[[Bale Out|What the fuck don't you understand]]|[http://searchwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Search_Wikia]}}

[[File:WikiaSearch.png|thumb|Logo.]]

'''Wikia Search''' isn't anything but a failed [[dream]] anymore, but when it was something long ago in [[2008]], it was [[Jimbo Wales]]' mindchild and his only hope of breaking [[Google]]'s grip over the [[search engine]] industry. Marketed as an [[FLOSS|open and transparent search engine]], [[Wikia]] was hoping to combine search engines and [[wiki]] physics in order to [[Vandalism|build something better and more reliable]].

==Concept==
{{Quote|The idea that Google has some edge because they've got super-duper rocket scientists may be a little antiquated now.|How little do you know, Jimbo?}}



Wikia Search was built on four basic principles:

#Transparency – [[Richard Stallman|Because free software is better than proprietary software, right?]]
#Community – [[Wikipedia|Because the common people know better than paid experts]].
#Quality – [[Vandalism|You can edit the search results]].
#Privacy – [[Web 2.0|Let's add social networking features so you can share your photos and dox]].

In a nutshell, Wikia Search was centered around crowdsourcing, which is the idea that the [[Lie|profit motive doesn't accomplish anything of quality]]. A notable example of crowdsourcing is [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]], where anyone can write a shitty [[person article]] on their ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend and [[USI|show off]] that article to their [[Twitter]] friends.

==History==
{{Quote|1=Building a new open source search engine.|2=Even [[Angela]] found the idea [[boring]]|3=[http://searchwiki.wikia.com/index.php?title=Wikia_Search&diff=9134&oldid=9133]}}

An alpha version of the search engine was released to the public on January 7, 2008, but everyone was in agreement about the magnitudes of [[fail]] generated by this half-baked product. The alpha version was released on June 3, 2008, with [[moot]] improvement. The search engine never entered left the alpha phrase, and on March 31, 2009, Jimbo Wales admitted defeat and announced Wikia Search's closure in the near-future. On May 14, 2009, Wikia Search was finally closed and its domain was redirected to Wikianswers ([[not to be confused with]] [[WikiAnswers]]).

==Reception==
[[Thekosher]]'s reaction to Wikia Search's demise ([http://news.cnet.com/8618-17939_109-10207896.html?communityId=2008&targetCommunityId=2008&blogId=2&messageId=7748350]):

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Har-dee-har-har! So, that means my site, MyWikiBiz.com -- which Jimmy Wales called "antithetical" to Wikipedia's mission, and which he vowed he'd bad-mouth wherever he saw fit -- and which garnered 25% more unique visitors per month this quarter than did Wikia Search -- has now outlasted not one (OpenServing.com), but TWO failed Jimmy Wales projects since it went live in mid-2006.

Note, my site costs me about $20 a month to run. What seems to be the difficulty with Jimbo's wikis?
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Of course, Thekosher didn't believe that one comment was enough, so he made a second one [[ftw]] ([http://news.cnet.com/8618-17939_109-10207896.html?communityId=2008&targetCommunityId=2008&blogId=2&messageId=7750929]):

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Strange. I said from Day One that Wikia Search would not work, because its leader isn't reliable and transparent.

In fact, my letter to the editor of Fast Company appeared in the second issue after the "Google Killer" claptrap cover story.

I got called a "troll", for being right. Once again.

Maybe people will start listening to me now?

http://www.mywikibiz.com/Criticism_of_Jimmy_Wales

http://www.mywikibiz.com/Top_10_Reasons_Not_to_Donate_to_Wikipedia
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There is more criticism of Wikia Search elsewhere, but ED can't discuss them all here; try to [[Just google it|Goolge them]] instead.

==See also==
*[[Google Killer]]

==External links==
*<s>[http://search.wikia.com/ Wikia Search]</s> Dead.
*<s>[http://searchwiki.wikia.com/ Wikia Search Wiki]</s> Dead.
*[[wikipedia:Wikia Search|Wikia Search]] according to [[TOW]]

{{Wikis}}

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	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[Google Killer]]		*[[Google Killer]]
			*[[Fandom (website)]]

	==External links==		==External links==