Wikiasari - the future competitor of Google?

Jimmy Wales, the creator of Wikipedia, plans to introduce the search engine Wikiasari next year, which, he said, will compete with the search leader Google .

Wikiasari search results will be based on information provided by users - just as the world famous Wikipedia is built. The name of the project is formed from two words: wiki (“fast” in Hawaiian) and asari (“thorough search” in Japanese). The approximate launch date of the new service is the first quarter of 2007, reports Times Online

The search engine is created in the "depths" of Wikia , which, as you know, recently received investment from Amazon . However, Jimmy Wales has rejected the suggestion that Wikiasari is being developed in collaboration with a new investor.
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The head of Wikia is confident in the success of his undertaking. Speaking about the main competitor - Google, he notes that the “main search engine” is actually manipulated by spammers, as a result of which it is sometimes impossible for users to get a correct answer to their request. The search algorithm based on the "mind of the machine", according to Jimmy Wales, can not meet the needs of users. Therefore, he proposes to use the wiki technology that has proved its effectiveness, which lies at the heart of Wikipedia.

“One of the main tasks of a search engine is to make a decision: this site is good, and this one is crap,” explains Wales, the basics of search technology. “Computers cannot make such decisions.” But we can do it ourselves perfectly: we just have to look at the site. ”

Jimmy Wales believes that Wikipedia’s reputation, the transparency of its technology will attract users to Wikiasari - and create a community around the search engine that will make it as popular as the world-famous online encyclopedia.

Anonymous sources of Techcrunch blog authors revealed some details of the project . In particular, it is known that until recently it was called WikiSearch. The first three links in the Wikiasari search results will lead to Wikipedia pages. The search engine is being developed as open-source and will be available under GFDL . Despite the fact that Jimmy Wales speaks about Wikipedia as an example for Wikiasari, advertising will be placed in the search engine, i.e. it will be aimed at commercial success (not surprising given that Wikia will own the search engine).

Search results Wikiasari will look, according to unconfirmed data, like this: