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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