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VentureBeat: Wikia to launch social search engine — amid a sea of others

  • john m · 2 years ago
    what are your thoughts on the new guided search site Cha Cha (www.chacha.com)
  • Matt Marshall · 2 years ago
    We've reviewed it on VentureBeat. don't think it scales.
  • Monica · 2 years ago
    Wikia is such a loser. That's why he fools everyone around with a new secretive concept
  • NitinK · 2 years ago
    Hey, Matt - this almost feels like an old story by now! As the Search Marketing Gurus have pointed out, there has already been a lot of excitement and hysteria about this announcement. (It's remarkable how fast the blogosphere moves!)

    Also, note that the TechCrunch screenshot may or may not be accurate.
  • Zaid Farooqui · 2 years ago
    Wikia aside, I think news such as this does get us to ponder on a difficult question: what will search be like 5 years from now? Or 10 years? Or 20 years?

    The lazy amongst us would say Google will continue to dominate. But really, beside Microsoft it is hard for ONE company to continue to dominate a market for more than a decade. We are even beginning to see cracks in Microsoft.

    Regardless, Microsoft is an EXCEPTIONAL company to have to continued its dominance in a market for such prolonged period of time. Can google do the same?
  • NitinK · 2 years ago
    Hey - you deleted my comment! :-)

    Sorry - I was just delighted to have blogged something ahead of you. I'm a regular reader of VentureBeat and look to you for a regular "Valley News" fix. Keep up the good work! (And please remove this comment as well.)
  • Leon · 2 years ago
    There are certainly ways to chip away part of Google's business. Wikipedia is an excellent example of such. Depending on the subjects I search, I frequently go to Wikipedia directly instead of search on Google.

    As long as you try, you get a chance to succeed but no guarantee. That applies to Wikia as well.

    Best of luck to Jimmy Wales. And many thanks to Wikipedia, a brilliant service for the public good!