Comments on: Taking Search Back To Basics With Wikia Search http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/taking-search-back-to-basics-with-wikia-search/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:55:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Make Use Of Podcast #5: Plurk, Wordpress & Portable Apps | MakeUseOf.com http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/taking-search-back-to-basics-with-wikia-search/comment-page-1/#comment-308773 Make Use Of Podcast #5: Plurk, Wordpress & Portable Apps | MakeUseOf.com Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:11:09 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=2848#comment-308773 [...] Taking Search Back To Basics With Wikia Search [...] [...] Taking Search Back To Basics With Wikia Search [...]

]]> By: Aibek http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/taking-search-back-to-basics-with-wikia-search/comment-page-1/#comment-308652 Aibek Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:19:39 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=2848#comment-308652 @ Anonymous. Good point. Mark- the intial 10$ may not be there anymore, though as far as I know there are plenty of other promotions there. @ Anonymous. Good point.

Mark- the intial 10$ may not be there anymore, though as far as I know there are plenty of other promotions there.

]]> By: Mark O'Neill http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/taking-search-back-to-basics-with-wikia-search/comment-page-1/#comment-308187 Mark O'Neill Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:11:35 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=2848#comment-308187 Hmmmm.....interesting comparison. The Google $10 completely slipped my mind. Wasn't that a start-up promotion which they have now stopped? Or are they still continuing that? I'll need to check on that. Hmmmm…..interesting comparison. The Google $10 completely slipped my mind. Wasn’t that a start-up promotion which they have now stopped? Or are they still continuing that? I’ll need to check on that.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/taking-search-back-to-basics-with-wikia-search/comment-page-1/#comment-307776 Anonymous Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:46:28 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=2848#comment-307776 ".. to Microsoft’s ridiculous schemes such as Live Search Cashback, which many people have dismissed as nothing more than bribing people to use Microsoft’s search engine).." So, Is Google's scheme to pay $10 for purchases through Google Checkout, not a scheme to bribe people away from paypal ? or Does it signal huge intellectual advancement of Google Checkout over paypal ? “.. to Microsoft’s ridiculous schemes such as Live Search Cashback, which many people have dismissed as nothing more than bribing people to use Microsoft’s search engine)..”

So, Is Google’s scheme to pay $10 for purchases through Google Checkout, not a scheme to bribe people away from paypal ? or Does it signal huge intellectual advancement of Google Checkout over paypal ?

]]> By: Mark O'Neill http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/taking-search-back-to-basics-with-wikia-search/comment-page-1/#comment-307652 Mark O'Neill Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:38:55 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=2848#comment-307652 Unfortunately that's the pitfalls of a wiki - someone can come along and change what you have done. All you can do is put them back again. Did you follow the changes with a RSS feed? Did the person who reversed your modifications have an account and therefore did their account name show up? Unfortunately that’s the pitfalls of a wiki – someone can come along and change what you have done. All you can do is put them back again.

Did you follow the changes with a RSS feed? Did the person who reversed your modifications have an account and therefore did their account name show up?

]]> By: Laurence John http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/taking-search-back-to-basics-with-wikia-search/comment-page-1/#comment-307562 Laurence John Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:09:08 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=2848#comment-307562 I agree.... I think this could turn out really good. however I think people will disagree too much.... for instance today i went on and did a search that came up with a lot of irrelevant links and added in the most relevant sites. Next time I checked it had all been reversed.... I agree…. I think this could turn out really good. however I think people will disagree too much…. for instance today i went on and did a search that came up with a lot of irrelevant links and added in the most relevant sites.

Next time I checked it had all been reversed….

]]> By: Lynn Crymble http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/taking-search-back-to-basics-with-wikia-search/comment-page-1/#comment-307486 Lynn Crymble Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:09:43 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=2848#comment-307486 Thanks for this post Mark. I didn't know about wikia and, like you, am very interested to see how it pans out. This is the best shot there is right now at making search more meaningful. Which one of the things I believe impedes most users from really taking advantage of all the wonderful things online. Thanks for this post Mark.
I didn’t know about wikia and, like you, am very interested to see how it pans out.
This is the best shot there is right now at making search more meaningful.
Which one of the things I believe impedes most users from really taking advantage of all the wonderful things online.

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