Comments on: The Mysterious Wikiwix: Affiliated With Wikipedia? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:19:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: TechJuicer » Blog Archive » Wikiwix Mystery Solved! http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1386889 TechJuicer » Blog Archive » Wikiwix Mystery Solved! Mon, 21 May 2007 11:10:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1386889 [...] this morning on TechCrunch Martin Pascal, the creator of Wikiwix explained what Wikiwix is and why it was created, thus [...] [...] this morning on TechCrunch Martin Pascal, the creator of Wikiwix explained what Wikiwix is and why it was created, thus [...]

]]> By: Michael Arrington http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1386396 Michael Arrington Mon, 21 May 2007 01:35:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1386396 yeah great. Thanks Martin. That clears everything up. yeah great. Thanks Martin. That clears everything up.

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1386347 TechCrunch Japanese Mon, 21 May 2007 00:03:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1386347 <strong>謎に包まれるWikiwix―Wikipediaとの関係は?...</strong> 今日（米国時間5/19）Wikiwixという新検索エンジンの噂が耳に入った。初めて聞くサイトで、ウェブにもほとんど情報がない（3時間ほど前に掲載された記事はここにある）。Wikipediaのメイ... 謎に包まれるWikiwix―Wikipediaとの関係は?…

今日（米国時間5/19）Wikiwixという新検索エンジンの噂が耳に入った。初めて聞くサイトで、ウェブにもほとんど情報がない（3時間ほど前に掲載された記事はここにある）。Wikipediaのメイ…

]]> By: Martin Pascal http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385793 Martin Pascal Sun, 20 May 2007 10:54:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385793 Bonjour, Je vais répondre en français afin de ne pas alimenter une polémique je vais clarifier certains points. Oui, nous sommes en partenariat avec la fondation wikimedia pour la création du CD ( http://www.wikipediaondvd.com ) Non, nous ne sommes pas en partenariat avec la fondation wikimedia pour le moteur de recherche ( http://www.wikiwix.com ). Ce moteur de recherche a été conçu pour promouvoir la vente du CD de wikipedia 0.5, et que c'est pour cela que nous pensions pouvoir utiliser le nom de domaine wikipediasearch.net. Mais la fondation a finalement jugé que cela était hors du contrat ce qui explique donc la redirection. Nous avons développé notre propre technologie afin de concevoir ce moteur de recherche. Nous allons passé à une indexation en temps réel dans le courant de la semaine prochaine. Comme nous sommes une petite société de 8 personnes , nous n'avons pas les moyens de faire une indexation totale de l'encyclopédie et que c'est pour cela que nous nous focalisons sur les articles. Cordialement Martin Pascal Bonjour,
Je vais répondre en français afin de ne pas alimenter une polémique je vais clarifier certains points.
Oui, nous sommes en partenariat avec la fondation wikimedia pour la création du CD ( http://www.wikipediaondvd.com )
Non, nous ne sommes pas en partenariat avec la fondation wikimedia pour le moteur de recherche ( http://www.wikiwix.com ).

Ce moteur de recherche a été conçu pour promouvoir la vente du CD de wikipedia 0.5, et que c’est pour cela que nous pensions pouvoir utiliser le nom de domaine wikipediasearch.net. Mais la fondation a finalement jugé que cela était hors du contrat ce qui explique donc la redirection.

Nous avons développé notre propre technologie afin de concevoir ce moteur de recherche.

Nous allons passé à une indexation en temps réel dans le courant de la semaine prochaine.

Comme nous sommes une petite société de 8 personnes , nous n’avons pas les moyens de faire une indexation totale de l’encyclopédie et que c’est pour cela que nous nous focalisons sur les articles.

Cordialement
Martin Pascal

]]> By: Paul Montgomery http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385770 Paul Montgomery Sun, 20 May 2007 10:12:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385770 If the results are from the German Wikipedia as Chris says in #9 then Wikiwix may be using dbpedia, which is a German project, as its source. This would mean that it's not indexing the live site, but an old backup. If the results are from the German Wikipedia as Chris says in #9 then Wikiwix may be using dbpedia, which is a German project, as its source. This would mean that it’s not indexing the live site, but an old backup.

]]> By: Michael Arrington http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385609 Michael Arrington Sun, 20 May 2007 05:21:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385609 Tony - it was stuck in moderation because of the links. Approved it. Tony - it was stuck in moderation because of the links. Approved it.

]]> By: Tony Chen http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385567 Tony Chen Sun, 20 May 2007 04:19:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385567 Holy Cow! Are all comments being moderated now? (Or is it only mine? ;) ) Holy Cow! Are all comments being moderated now? (Or is it only mine? ;) )

]]> By: Tony Chen http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385565 Tony Chen Sun, 20 May 2007 04:18:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385565 This was their old link: http://www.wikipediasearch.net (it has a PR of 3.) Other projects of the same company: http://www.kiwix.org/index.php/Main_Page The parent Company: http://www.linterweb.fr Translation: http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=fr%7Cen&u=http://www.linterweb.fr/spip/spip.php%3Frubrique1 Some posts about them: (translations) http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.nicosmos.free.fr%2Findex.php%3Fpost%2F2007%2F05%2F11%2FDes-nouvelles-de-WikipediaSearch&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8 http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.nicosmos.free.fr%2Findex.php%3Fpost%2F2007%2F03%2F24%2F209-wikipediasearch&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8 This was their old link: http://www.wikipediasearch.net (it has a PR of 3.)

Other projects of the same company:

http://www.kiwix.org/index.php/Main_Page

The parent Company:

http://www.linterweb.fr

Translation: http://64.233.179.104/translat.....Frubrique1

Some posts about them: (translations)

http://translate.google.com/tr.....mp;ie=UTF8
http://translate.google.com/tr.....mp;ie=UTF8

]]> By: geg http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385461 geg Sun, 20 May 2007 01:30:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385461 your translation is a little off.. the questions about wikiwix are posted by a user naming themselves "kerrigan".. he says "a faq would be useful.. questions *I* would like to have answered are: [questions go here]" hope that clears up the confusion a bit your translation is a little off.. the questions about wikiwix are posted by a user naming themselves “kerrigan”.. he says “a faq would be useful.. questions *I* would like to have answered are: [questions go here]”

hope that clears up the confusion a bit

]]> By: noxkuz3 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385458 noxkuz3 Sun, 20 May 2007 01:26:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385458 What is structured data? What is structured data?

]]> By: JohnnyRocks http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385421 JohnnyRocks Sun, 20 May 2007 00:24:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385421 who cares, wikis suck... structured data is much better. who cares, wikis suck… structured data is much better.

]]> By: Chris http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385409 Chris Sun, 20 May 2007 00:02:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385409 The site is simply crap. I'm from Germany and I have been looking for Techcrunch, too. The results are refering to the german Wikipedia - but there isn't an article about Techcrunch yet. The site is simply crap. I’m from Germany and I have been looking for Techcrunch, too. The results are refering to the german Wikipedia - but there isn’t an article about Techcrunch yet.

]]> By: Ollie Parsley http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385400 Ollie Parsley Sat, 19 May 2007 23:55:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385400 Just to add to the new information, i have the linterweb.fr crudely <a href='http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linterweb.fr%2F&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8' rel="nofollow">translated into english!</a> I had a brief look and looks like they have their own search technology including "double indexing". But they have done some work with big organisations like EDF Energy and IBM. Just to add to the new information, i have the linterweb.fr crudely translated into english!

I had a brief look and looks like they have their own search technology including “double indexing”. But they have done some work with big organisations like EDF Energy and IBM.

]]> By: TechJuicer » Blog Archive » Wikipedia Search Engine - Wikiwix http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385393 TechJuicer » Blog Archive » Wikipedia Search Engine - Wikiwix Sat, 19 May 2007 23:44:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385393 [...] There is still a bit of confusion but this post appearing on TechCrunch Stephen Sclafani and Michael Arrington did a bit of research and found that the whois on the [...] [...] There is still a bit of confusion but this post appearing on TechCrunch Stephen Sclafani and Michael Arrington did a bit of research and found that the whois on the [...]

]]> By: Stephen Sclafani http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385392 Stephen Sclafani Sat, 19 May 2007 23:42:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385392 There is more on LinterWeb at their company site http://www.linterweb.fr if you're interested, Michael. Though it's in French of course. :) There is more on LinterWeb at their company site http://www.linterweb.fr if you’re interested, Michael. Though it’s in French of course. :)

]]> By: Michael Arrington http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385383 Michael Arrington Sat, 19 May 2007 23:28:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385383 hey thanks Stephen. Good stuff. hey thanks Stephen. Good stuff.

]]> By: Stephen Sclafani http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385379 Stephen Sclafani Sat, 19 May 2007 23:23:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385379 Wikiwix is also not LinterWeb's only Wikipedia related project. They have a partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation to distribute the English and French Wikipedia on DVD: http://www.wikipediaondvd.com Wikiwix is also not LinterWeb’s only Wikipedia related project. They have a partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation to distribute the English and French Wikipedia on DVD:

http://www.wikipediaondvd.com

]]> By: Stephen Sclafani http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385336 Stephen Sclafani Sat, 19 May 2007 23:04:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385336 It looks like Martin Pascal is the owner of the French web development firm LinterWeb. Wikiwix is one of their projects. It doesn't look like they have any direct affiliation with Wikipedia, however on the translated page Martin says he has been in contact regularly with the Wikipedia foundation. It looks like Martin Pascal is the owner of the French web development firm LinterWeb. Wikiwix is one of their projects. It doesn’t look like they have any direct affiliation with Wikipedia, however on the translated page Martin says he has been in contact regularly with the Wikipedia foundation.

]]> By: Idaho Falls http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385332 Idaho Falls Sat, 19 May 2007 22:58:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385332 Whoever is behind it needs to fix it. Searching for "Idaho Falls" in their engine gets about 2 useful results then the rest are garbage, mostly for other cities. Any other examples? Whoever is behind it needs to fix it.

Searching for “Idaho Falls” in their engine gets about 2 useful results then the rest are garbage, mostly for other cities.

Any other examples?

]]> By: Kewtr http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385324 Kewtr Sat, 19 May 2007 22:46:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385324 i have an awesome wikipedia search engine, so mysterious it doesn't even have a domain. Who could be connected ot this shadowy cabal? site:en.wikipedia.org morgellons I even get 70 results on MSN vs 8 on wikiwix.com. The conspiracy reaches the highest levels, it works on Google, Yahoo, or MSN even. I will tell more when I know more. i have an awesome wikipedia search engine, so mysterious it doesn’t even have a domain. Who could be connected ot this shadowy cabal?

site:en.wikipedia.org morgellons

I even get 70 results on MSN vs 8 on wikiwix.com.

The conspiracy reaches the highest levels, it works on Google, Yahoo, or MSN even. I will tell more when I know more.

]]> By: Allen Stern http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385317 Allen Stern Sat, 19 May 2007 22:29:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/19/the-mysterious-wikiwix/#comment-1385317 I have to say that I am very glad that for the first time, I know how many articles in my search results are "desynchronized". Now if that ain't customer friendly, I don't know what is! example: 1618309 articles, 0 desynchronized articles I have to say that I am very glad that for the first time, I know how many articles in my search results are “desynchronized”. Now if that ain’t customer friendly, I don’t know what is!

example:
1618309 articles, 0 desynchronized articles

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