Media News - Thursday, October 09, 2008
Wikia Search opens up platform for search results customization
Wikia Search, the people's search engine from the workshop of Jimmy Wales, has
unveiled a platform that allows the creation of applications and
customization of search results. The platform is called WISE (short for
Wikia Intelligent Search Extensions), while an application created on
the platform is called a WISEapp. Something similar has already been
developed by Yahoo in the form of SearchMonkey, however, Yahoo's search
platform is still pretty much in closed beta stages, although some of it
- for example, the search app gallery - is visible to everyone. Wikia,
however, has immediately opened up its platform to everyone. It's not
surprising; Jimmy Wales likes to go public with his projects as soon as
possible, although in the case of Wikia Search this has backfired
somewhat, initially resulting in a slew of negative reviews. The
initiative has already been embraced by publishers such as The
Washington Post, Thomson Reuters, Digg, Twitter, Last.FM, Amie Street
and others. (Mashable)
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