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Are humans really better search filters than computers? That's the question Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales hopes to answer as he unveils his new human-powered search engine on Monday.
Mr. Wales will open the doors to curious Web users to begin developing Wikia, the open-source search engine that borrows a page from his original free encyclopedia. It also tries to steal a little thunder away from the reigning search champ, Google Inc.
"We're publishing all the algorithms so everyone can see how things work and we're publishing all the data as well, so other people can collaborate with us to create other kinds of search indexes," Mr. Wales said in an interview.
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Are humans really better search filters than computers? That's the question Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales hopes to answer as he unveils his new human-powered search engine on Monday.
Mr. Wales will open the doors to curious Web users to begin developing Wikia, the open-source search engine that borrows a page from his original free encyclopedia. It also tries to steal a little thunder away from the reigning search champ, Google Inc.
"We're publishing all the algorithms so everyone can see how things work and we're publishing all the data as well, so other people can collaborate with us to create other kinds of search indexes," Mr. Wales said in an interview.
Read More*www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=216040
