You may have heard of the Wikia Search launch rumored to be this Monday. This may or may not be news to you and whether or not you care – Wikia Search still has blogs chatting it up and there are mixed emotions on its success.
Just as Wikipedia became popular, Wikia Search will allow users to essentially dominate the content and build itself from the ground up by editing search results that are received from queries inputted by the users themselves. A private beta was previously released on the new search engine and the internet has been relatively quite regarding the product until now.
Contrary to some individual beliefs, most likely from those working on Wikia Search, I do not see this new search engine putting Google out of business or even slightly behind on the popularity polls. Google has made several highly intelligent business collaborations (Google Earth is most frequently recognized) which should keep Google as the front runner.
Internet users consistently use their search engine of choice to quickly find what they are looking for and heavily rely on the contents validity. The major error that I foresee having with Wikia Search is not always finding reliable content and being given user-driven information that promotes other intentions such as irrelevant Websites and/or spam. Not to mention that the Grub client needs to be downloaded and run in order to fully benefit from all Wikia Search plans to offer.
Pending the final release, Wikia Search has the potential to surprise anyone. However, I am placing my bet that Google will not be phased the least bit – despite of any success derived from the new Wikia search engine.
