An alpha version of the Wikia search engine has been unveiled this week and, despite the hype surrounding its appearance, online commentary has been overwhelmingly negative. "Search is part of the ...

An open-source search engine from Wikia that was launched in alpha test in early 2008. The goal of Wikia Search is to develop a sophisticated search engine using a community-driven approach.

Wikia Inc., the Internet company started by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, opened its search engine to the public on Monday in a bid to challenge Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. Wikia Search, which ...

Wikia Search aims to provide a new kind of search engine by using the same community-driven mentality that made Wikipedia such a success. Wikia Search Goes Online Next Week.

Wikia Search launched Monday in an effort to build a credible online search engine that uses human input to answer queries — the same concept that built the popular Wikipedia encyclopedia.

Wikia search would be a disappointment even without the massive hype we’ve had to endure. And taking that hype into account, this product is an inexcusable waste of time.

A search bar is pretty much a requirement to put an engine in front of users' faces, so this is an expected move by the Wikia Search project. But Wikia Evolution moves the concept into new territory.

Wikia Search, a community-driven search engine, will get its first public preview on 7 January, according to co-founder Jimmy Wales. In an email sent to the Wikia Search mailing list on 24 ...

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is targeting the fourth quarter of this year for the unveiling of an open-source search engine that he hopes could challenge the dominance of market-leaders Google ...

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has set Jan. 7 as the launch date for an open-source search project that eventually hopes to challenge Google and other established players. The Wikia Search project ...

The Wikia project to create an open source search engine akin to Wikipedia has acquired the Grub Web crawler and has released it under an open source license Topics Spotlight: Solving Data ...

Alpha version of community-driven Wikia search engine has received mostly negative online commentary since its launch this week. Wikia Search finds few fans in early going - CNET X ...