Comments on: The Wikisearch Screenshot Isn’t Wikiasari, So What Is It? http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/ Startup and Technology News Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:44:56 -0800 hourly 1 By: sooran http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2987991 sooran Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:15:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-2987991 thanks from techcunch.com time thanks from techcunch.com time

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]]> By: Rob http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-774706 Rob Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:31:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-774706 "Wikiasari seems to copying in some ways ( the idea of ) a new search engine already out called, Sproose." I think Bob Pack is right... the whole site is almost the same, I mean the ideas... though this one is better.. for me.. -Rob <a href="http://www.keyworddiscovery.com/" rel="nofollow">KeywordDiscovery.com</a> “Wikiasari seems to copying in some ways ( the idea of ) a new search engine already out called, Sproose.”

I think Bob Pack is right… the whole site is almost the same, I mean the ideas… though this one is better.. for me..

-Rob
KeywordDiscovery.com

]]> By: Wikipedia Search Engine WikiSeek Launches http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-715628 Wikipedia Search Engine WikiSeek Launches Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:08:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-715628 [...] WikiSeek will undoubtedly be confused with the recently announced Wikiasari search engine that was announced by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales last month. In fact, in our original post on Wikiasari, we included a screenshot that we later learned was not a prototype of Wikiasari. We later corrected that post, and asked “the Wikisearch Screenshot Isn’t Wikiasari, So What Is It?” It was actually an early WikiSeek prototype, then called WikiSearch. Question answered. [...] [...] WikiSeek will undoubtedly be confused with the recently announced Wikiasari search engine that was announced by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales last month. In fact, in our original post on Wikiasari, we included a screenshot that we later learned was not a prototype of Wikiasari. We later corrected that post, and asked “the Wikisearch Screenshot Isn’t Wikiasari, So What Is It?” It was actually an early WikiSeek prototype, then called WikiSearch. Question answered. [...]

]]> By: Dave http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-646818 Dave Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:03:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-646818 Hey James, Yes, this is truly sad news. Ownership of wiki.com has likely been handed back to Dynamo.com. And I was so looking forward to running “vaporware.wiki.com!” ;-) -Dave Hey James,

Yes, this is truly sad news. Ownership of wiki.com has likely been handed back to Dynamo.com. And I was so looking forward to running “vaporware.wiki.com!” ;-)

-Dave

]]> By: Interaction Blog » Blog Archiv » Wiki Search http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-644979 Interaction Blog » Blog Archiv » Wiki Search Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:15:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-644979 [...] Ist zwar nicht mehr ganz neu, aber trotzdem reichlich interessant. Wikipedia Gründer möchte eine Suchsite starten, auf der die Benutzer die Möglichkeit haben, die Reihung zu beeinflussen. Nach einigen Konfusionen mit einem fälschlich veröffentlichten Screenshot auf Techcrunch, bin ich auf alle Fälle schon sehr gespannt und hoffe es ergibt sich alsbald die Möglichkeit für ein Review hier auf Interactiondesign.at Shortnews, wikisearch [...] [...] Ist zwar nicht mehr ganz neu, aber trotzdem reichlich interessant. Wikipedia Gründer möchte eine Suchsite starten, auf der die Benutzer die Möglichkeit haben, die Reihung zu beeinflussen. Nach einigen Konfusionen mit einem fälschlich veröffentlichten Screenshot auf Techcrunch, bin ich auf alle Fälle schon sehr gespannt und hoffe es ergibt sich alsbald die Möglichkeit für ein Review hier auf Interactiondesign.at Shortnews, wikisearch [...]

]]> By: Bob Pack http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-608964 Bob Pack Wed, 27 Dec 2006 23:54:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-608964 Wikiasari seems to copying in some ways ( the idea of ) a new search engine already out called, Sproose. It lets' the users moderate and rank the idex on what a user deems important. Sproose is built on Nutch/ Lucene and has a strong index....... Wikiasari seems to copying in some ways ( the idea of ) a new search engine already out called, Sproose. It lets’ the users moderate and rank the idex on what a user deems important. Sproose is built on Nutch/ Lucene and has a strong index…….

]]> By: James Byers http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-608026 James Byers Wed, 27 Dec 2006 20:01:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-608026 Here's another somewhat-related recent development from the 'huh?' files. Remeber wiki.com, the domain John Gotts optioned at $3 million? The front page was down for a bit and now redirects to wikia: http://www.wiki.com Here’s another somewhat-related recent development from the ‘huh?’ files.

Remeber wiki.com, the domain John Gotts optioned at $3 million? The front page was down for a bit and now redirects to wikia:

http://www.wiki.com

]]> By: 1/2 » 1 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-606486 1/2 » 1 Wed, 27 Dec 2006 14:53:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-606486 [...] TechCrunch pochwalił się nawet ekskluzywnym screenshotem nowej wyszukiwarki. Niestety okazało się, że screenshot nie przedstawia nowej wyszukiwarki Jimmy Wales’a. [...] [...] TechCrunch pochwalił się nawet ekskluzywnym screenshotem nowej wyszukiwarki. Niestety okazało się, że screenshot nie przedstawia nowej wyszukiwarki Jimmy Wales’a. [...]

]]> By: stavrosthewonderchicken http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-604994 stavrosthewonderchicken Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:41:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-604994 3apes is a *way* better name. 3apes is a *way* better name.

]]> By: Dob http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-604812 Dob Wed, 27 Dec 2006 07:44:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-604812 Lesson learned: stick to your usual fare of excellent Internet biz and tech model analysis, Mike. Leave the rumors and "exclusive scoops!" to the other 1mm drivel mills on the web. Lesson learned: stick to your usual fare of excellent Internet biz and tech model analysis, Mike. Leave the rumors and “exclusive scoops!” to the other 1mm drivel mills on the web.

]]> By: Randy Adams http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-604180 Randy Adams Wed, 27 Dec 2006 05:14:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-604180 Seth, Wales is correct and so is Robert - don't confuse Wikisearch with Wikiasari, they are two different projects. Wikiasari (probably not what it will be called) is Jimmy's vision for a community powered search engine and has not yet been developed and is still in the concept stage - it is also not a commercial product - will definitely be open source. Wikisearch, on the other hand, was developed by and is a trademark of Searchme, Inc. (a Sequoia company) using a totally new search technology. Searchme will launch this service (it is a search engine for Wikipedia and External Links) in January. SearchMe and Wikia have a contractual agreement to donate the majority of the revenue from Adsense ads on WikiSearch to the Wikimedia Foundation. This is a commercial product created to help raise funds for the Wikimedia Foundation with the approval and cooperation of Wikia. WikiSearch is community driven in the sense that it indexes only pages external to Wikipedia which have been selected and approved by the community as External links but it is not what Jimmy is envisioning for the future. Randy Adams CEO Searchme, Inc. randy@searchme.com Seth, Wales is correct and so is Robert – don’t confuse Wikisearch with Wikiasari, they are two different projects.

Wikiasari (probably not what it will be called) is Jimmy’s vision for a community powered search engine and has not yet been developed and is still in the concept stage – it is also not a commercial product – will definitely be open source.

Wikisearch, on the other hand, was developed by and is a trademark of Searchme, Inc. (a Sequoia company) using a totally new search technology. Searchme will launch this service (it is a search engine for Wikipedia and External Links) in January. SearchMe and Wikia have a contractual agreement to donate the majority of the revenue from Adsense ads on WikiSearch to the Wikimedia Foundation. This is a commercial product created to help raise funds for the Wikimedia Foundation with the approval and cooperation of Wikia. WikiSearch is community driven in the sense that it indexes only pages external to Wikipedia which have been selected and approved by the community as External links but it is not what Jimmy is envisioning for the future.

Randy Adams
CEO
Searchme, Inc.
randy@searchme.com

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-603348 Seth Finkelstein Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:04:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-603348 Robert, FYI, I asked Wales about the rumor regarding Sequoia Capital funding, and he said they're not involved in the new Wikiasari search engine project. Robert, FYI, I asked Wales about the rumor regarding Sequoia Capital funding, and he said they’re not involved in the new Wikiasari search engine project.

]]> By: Robert Resalte http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-603032 Robert Resalte Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:48:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-603032 #20 Inside sources confirm that Google search was not used - it is an entirely new engine and index - the tag cloud is actually a list of vertical Wikipedia categories that lead the searcher into a vertical search engine with more relevant results - quite different. #20 Inside sources confirm that Google search was not used – it is an entirely new engine and index – the tag cloud is actually a list of vertical Wikipedia categories that lead the searcher into a vertical search engine with more relevant results – quite different.

]]> By: Angela http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-602888 Angela Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:05:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-602888 Wikisearch is just a working name for a project which searches Wikipedia and the sites linked from it. It's something Wikia is testing (see <a href="http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikisearch_Feedback" rel="nofollow">Wikisearch Feedback</a>), but is not a Wikia project. Wikiasari was the name of a very old Wikia search project and is not what <a href="http://search.wikia.com/" rel="nofollow">the new Wikia search project</a> will be called. I blogged about this a month ago at <a href="http://wikiangela.com/blog/wiki-search-engine-beta/" rel="nofollow">wikiangela.com</a>. Wikisearch is just a working name for a project which searches Wikipedia and the sites linked from it. It’s something Wikia is testing (see Wikisearch Feedback), but is not a Wikia project. Wikiasari was the name of a very old Wikia search project and is not what the new Wikia search project will be called. I blogged about this a month ago at wikiangela.com.

]]> By: Shii http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-602263 Shii Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:18:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-602263 #19: They were confirmed to be this site: http://www.searchme.com/beta/ and the search results are obviously Google + Wikipedia + useless tag cloud. #19: They were confirmed to be this site: http://www.searchme.com/beta/ and the search results are obviously Google + Wikipedia + useless tag cloud.

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Wikisearchのスクリーンショット～これがWikiasariでないのなら何なのだ？ http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-602168 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Wikisearchのスクリーンショット～これがWikiasariでないのなら何なのだ？ Tue, 26 Dec 2006 20:40:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-602168 [...] [原文へ] Wikia WikiaSari [...] [...] [原文へ] Wikia WikiaSari [...]

]]> By: Fashion Industry Ceo http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-601853 Fashion Industry Ceo Tue, 26 Dec 2006 19:28:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-601853 any update on exactly what the screenshots were?????? any update on exactly what the screenshots were??????

]]> By: Beatbox http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-601612 Beatbox Tue, 26 Dec 2006 18:29:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-601612 Jonathan - did you think of that on your own? You're so damn smart. Jonathan – did you think of that on your own? You’re so damn smart.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-601587 Jonathan Tue, 26 Dec 2006 18:22:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-601587 Why don't you contact the domain name registrant? ***** Registrant: Rivergold Associates Ltd Unit 11, Apollo Studios Charlton Kings Road, Kentish Town London, NW5 2SB GB Registrar: DOTSTER Domain Name: WIKISEARCH.COM Created on: 15-SEP-03 Expires on: 15-SEP-07 Last Updated on: 26-AUG-06 Administrative, Technical Contact: Mindel, Andy / Mike domains@wordtracker.com Rivergold Associates Ltd Unit 11, Apollo Studios Charlton Kings Road, Kentish Town London, NW5 2SB GB 0207 485 8855 0207 424 8844 Domain servers in listed order: NS1.NAMERESOLVE.COM NS2.NAMERESOLVE.COM NS3.NAMERESOLVE.COM NS4.NAMERESOLVE.COM End of Whois Information ***** Why don’t you contact the domain name registrant?

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Registrant:
Rivergold Associates Ltd
Unit 11, Apollo Studios
Charlton Kings Road, Kentish Town
London, NW5 2SB
GB

Registrar: DOTSTER
Domain Name: WIKISEARCH.COM
Created on: 15-SEP-03
Expires on: 15-SEP-07
Last Updated on: 26-AUG-06

Administrative, Technical Contact:
Mindel, Andy / Mike domains@wordtracker.com
Rivergold Associates Ltd
Unit 11, Apollo Studios
Charlton Kings Road, Kentish Town
London, NW5 2SB
GB
0207 485 8855
0207 424 8844

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.NAMERESOLVE.COM
NS2.NAMERESOLVE.COM
NS3.NAMERESOLVE.COM
NS4.NAMERESOLVE.COM

End of Whois Information
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]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-601565 Seth Finkelstein Tue, 26 Dec 2006 18:16:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-601565 It's a different project. See this <a href="http://lists.wikia.com/pipermail/wikia-l/2006-November/000712.html" rel="nofollow">public list message soliciting beta-testers</a>: "We're still looking for some more beta testers for Wikisearch. I can now share some more information about this. The search engine is being developed to search Wikia, Wikipedia, and all sites that are linked to from Wikipedia. If this search engine is released, Wikia will donate 51% of the revenue made from advertising on the service to the Wikimedia Foundation. This isn't a Wikimedia project but we hope it will be useful to people who use both Wikia and Wikipedia." It’s a different project. See this public list message soliciting beta-testers:

“We’re still looking for some more beta testers for Wikisearch. I can
now share some more information about this. The search engine is being
developed to search Wikia, Wikipedia, and all sites that are linked to
from Wikipedia. If this search engine is released, Wikia will donate
51% of the revenue made from advertising on the service to the
Wikimedia Foundation. This isn’t a Wikimedia project but we hope it
will be useful to people who use both Wikia and Wikipedia.”

]]> By: Beatbox http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-600214 Beatbox Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:36:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-600214 It says right here that Wikiasari is the name of the software that runs the Wikia search: http://search.wikia.com/index.php?title=search:Wikiasari&oldid=705 Wikia is just the wiki hosting service formerly known as Wikicities. It says right here that Wikiasari is the name of the software that runs the Wikia search:

http://search.w...i&oldid=705

Wikia is just the wiki hosting service formerly known as Wikicities.

]]> By: Robert Resalte http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-599741 Robert Resalte Tue, 26 Dec 2006 12:00:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-599741 It's real and you can become a beta tester by signing up here: http://www.searchme.com/beta/ It’s real and you can become a beta tester by signing up here:
http://www.searchme.com/beta/

]]> By: Phoenix http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-599524 Phoenix Tue, 26 Dec 2006 11:27:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-599524 "What the heck is it?" Image manipulation. “What the heck is it?”

Image manipulation.

]]> By: S.Z. http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/comment-page-1/#comment-599387 S.Z. Tue, 26 Dec 2006 11:00:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/25/the-wikisearch-screen-shot-isnt-wikiasari-so-what-is-it/#comment-599387 I noticed the post went to Digg's frontpage very soon. Tech Tutorials: www.hotcoding.com I noticed the post went to Digg’s frontpage very soon.

Tech Tutorials: http://www.hotcoding.com

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