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 The Wikia Search homepage in Firefox | |
Type of site | Search engine |
|---|---|
| Available in | English and multiple translations |
| Owner | Wikia Inc. |
| Created by | Jimmy Wales |
| URL | search.wikia.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | January 7, 2008 |
| Current status | Closed |
Wikia Search was a short-lived free and open-source web search engine launched by Wikia, a for-profit wiki-hosting company founded by Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley.[1] Wikia Search followed other experiments by Wikia into search engine technology and officially launched as a "public alpha" on January 7, 2008.[2] The roll-out version of the search interface was widely criticized by reviewers in mainstream media.[3]
- ^ "The Book Stops Here". Wired News. March 13, 2005. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
- ^ "The "public alpha" of Wikia search project". Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Retrieved January 10, 2008.
- ^ "Wikipedia founder's search engine gets bad reviews". June 7, 2008. Archived from the original on April 23, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2008.