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Wikia Search is a free, open search engine and part of Wikia (formerly Wikigorod) served by Wikia, Inc., a commercial company founded in 2004 by Jimbo and Beazley . [1] The available alpha version was launched on January 7, 2008. [2] Wikia, in turn, is based on the Lucene Java search engine Nutch (eng.) . The initial version of the search interface has been sharply criticized by leading news agencies. [3] [4]
| Wikia Search | |
|---|---|
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| URL | search.wikia.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Site type | Search system |
| check in | optional |
| Owner | Wikia Inc. |
| Author | Jimmy Wales |
| Beginning of work | January 7, 2008 |
| End of work | April 1, 2009 |
| Current status | is closed |
Since June 2008, anyone can add, delete and rank web pages [5] . The system now supports and automatically detects the Russian language .
April 1, 2009 Jimmy Wales announced the closure of the service. [6] In particular, in his blog he wrote that:
 | Wikia Search is a long-term project. But due to the difficult economic situation, it will be closed, and the resources that were spent on its development and support will be directed to other projects. |  |
April 11, 2009 search engine continued to work, although on the main page there is a farewell inscription with a link to Wikianswers .
On May 14, 2009, the project was frozen, when you try to open the browser address http://search.wikia.com in the browser, it redirects to the Wikianswers page.
Content
Search Engine
Opportunities
"Mini-articles"
βMini-articlesβ are special links that appear above search results. They are divided into several groups, the main of which are:
- Short definitions
- Values ββ(Disambiguations) - alternative values ββfor the query
- Photos (Photos)
- See also (See also) links to other mini-articles.
- Questions (Questions) - the formulation of problems
- Tips
- Did You Mean
Search Engine
The search engine consists of the following components:
- Search robot
- Indices
- Java Script based presentation of results (using AJAX )
Organizations
- Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) - provides a server ("iron") for the search engine
- swlabs.org - engine developer
- Wikia - provides hosting (results pages are not located on wikia, but on swlabs.org)
History
The available alpha version was launched on January 7, 2008. [2]
Since June 2008, anyone can add, delete and rank web pages [5] . The system now supports and automatically detects the Russian language .
March 31 - April 1, 2009, it was announced the closure of the project.
May 15, the project was finally closed. After the announcement of the closure, the developer of the search spider Grub (English) , Bartek Jasicki, announced that he would have to reduce the scope of the project, since the servers that Wikia Search sponsored for the project are likely to become inaccessible. [7]
Sources
- β The Book Stops Here . Wired News ( 2005 - 03-13 ). Circulation date August 1, 2007. Archived March 4, 2012.
- β 1 2 The βpublic alphaβ of the Wikia search project (inaccessible link) . The appeal date is February 5, 2008. Archived May 14, 2008.
- β Wikipedia founder search engine gets bad reviews (January 7, 2008). The date of circulation is January 7, 2008. Archived on June 5, 2012.
- β Critics Wallop Wikia . Business Week (January 8, 2008). The date of circulation is January 10, 2008. Archived March 4, 2012.
- β 1 2 Belarusian hardware portal. News of the Belarusian IT-market, tests of computer equipment, news of soft, hardware, games - TECHLABS.BY Archived June 8, 2008.
- β lenta.ru - The creator of Wikipedia has closed the wiki search engine.
- β Bartek Jasicki. Future of Grub (Eng.) (May 5, 2009). The appeal date is May 20, 2009.
See also
- Wikia
- Wikiasari
Links
- search.wikia.com
- Jim Raposa. Wikia Search is still damp, but promises a lot // PC Week. β 4 (610), 05.02.2008
- Wikia Search is now truly open to all.