Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Declares Wikia Search Dead

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Apr 2, 2009 11:07 PM EDT
eWeek; By Nicholas Kolakowski
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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced that Wikia Search, a community-based search engine, is officially shutting down. Unlike Google, whose search relies on algorithms, user ratings and input determined the results ranking in Wikia Search....Wales wrote on his personal blog. "In a different economy, we would continue to fund Wikia Search indefinitely. It's something I care about deeply."

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