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Welcome to the (Wicked) World, Wikia

Posted on January 07, 2008

A year ago, Wikipedia s Jimmy Wales proclaimed he was going to take on Google by creating a Wiki-powered search engine.Well, Wikia (alpha) has launched, and judging by the reaction by bloggers such as Michael Arrington ( a complete letdown ), Allen Stern ( It s Not Ready Yet ) and Stan Schroeder ( Wiki Search Sucks ), you can only come away thinking this is the worst debut of a new Web service since Flock unveiled an alpha version of its social browser a couple of years ago.Arrington s scathing review includes this damning paragraph: First of all, it s barely a search en...

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