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Will Wiki save search?

by Adholes Editorial Staff
Wednesday, December 27, 2006. 07:51AM
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Citing many Google search results as "crap" filled with useless results from spammers who have learned to game search engines, Wikimedia founder Jimmy Wales is setting out to start a new "wiki-based" search called Wikiasari. (article on ZDNET)

Given the track record of Wikipedia for inaccuracy (Wales himself told college students it was not an accurate source for citing work), will this be a silver bullet or just another thing that spammers will be able to figure out?

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Wednesday, December 27, 2006. 11:31AM by michael Iva
latter too
Wednesday, December 27, 2006. 11:29AM by michael Iva
...The ladder