The creator of the Wikipedia encyclopedia is turning his attention to search engines. Jimmy Wales, the man behind the collaborative online reference work, is planning to create a "people-powered" search site. The Search Wikia project will not rely on computer algorithms to determine how relevant webpages are to keywords. Instead the results generated by the search engine will be decided and edited by humans. The project will stand apart from the Wikipedia encyclopedia but will be overseen by the Wikimedia Foundation - which is headed by Mr Wales. Like the Wikipedia, the search site will rely on a large community of members to create and run it. Announcing the project Mr Wales said it was needed because the existing search systems for the net were "broken". They were broken, he said, because they lacked freedom, community, accountability and transparency. ... http://news.bbc.co.uk censor News |
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Saddam team 'to take belongings' |
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Nigeria Census: Africa's Most Populous Nation Has Estimated 140 Million People |
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132 million people access Web in China |
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Hajj approaches spiritual climax |
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Taleban 'say no' to tribal plan |
| Fugitive Taleban leader Mullah Omar has dismissed a proposal to hold cross border tribal councils as a "trap", in a message attributed to him. "No Muslim will participate in something... created by the aggresso.. full News |
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