I’m loving Wikia Search in ways I don’t usually like non-Google search engines. Jimmy Wales’ (Wikipedia founder) relaunch of his community-edited search may be what it needs to start gaining audience traction. To understand how it works, just log in and fix your favorite search result. I’m betting the result is messed up – which is okay with me. It will take a lot of public help to shape the results, and I’m okay with that.
There’s something quite gratifying about instantly being able to fix shoddy search results. Other writeups: Forbes, ArsTechnica
Of course, if Wikia Search doesn’t have enough traffic, the site will be doomed. One thing I’d suggest to get more traction – offer a free search widget in a very obvious way on the homepage. That way, more special-interest sites could use it as their own search engines and really refine the results.
If you’re a Wiki-hater, you probably won’t like this site, but your comments are certainly welcome.