{"id":278,"date":"2008-01-07T19:52:05","date_gmt":"2008-01-07T19:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gosquared.com\/liquidicity\/archives\/278"},"modified":"2019-11-28T13:42:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T13:42:29","slug":"wikia-search-launches-not-quite-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gosquared.com\/blog\/wikia-search-launches-not-quite-google","title":{"rendered":"Wikia Search Launches &#8211; Not Quite Google"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alpha.search.wikia.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gosquared.com\/liquidicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/wikiasearchleft.png\" alt=\"Wikia Search Logo\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The search engine, set to &#8220;take on&#8221; Google, built by the same people as Wikipedia has finally been released as a public beta.<\/p>\n<p>Much to the disappointment of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centernetworks.com\/wikia-search-goes-live\">majority<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/servlet\/story\/RTGAM.20080107.WBmingram20080107105957\/WBStory\/WBmingram\">of<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/080107-131756.php\">the<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techcrunch.com\/2008\/01\/06\/wikia-search-is-a-complete-letdown\/\">media<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/re.search.wikia.com\/search#gosquared\">Wikia<\/a> is in no way a finished product.<\/p>\n<p>I have spent a while experimenting with the new &#8220;human powered&#8221; search project, but, mainly due to the limited search index, am bitterly disappointed with the quality of search results. 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