Wikia Search Is A Complete Letdown. (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)

January 07th, 2008 | Category: Tech Talk


Wikia Search Is A Complete Letdown.  —  Many of us have waited a year as the Jimmy Wales hype machine promised a human powered search engine that could take on Google.  Tonight that search engine launched at alpha.search.wikia.com, and

it may be one of the biggest disappointments I’ve had the displeasure of reviewing.



Source:   TechCrunch

Author:   Michael Arrington

Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/06/wikia-search-is…


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