https://www.oliverbrown.me.uk/tags/open-directory-project/ Recent content in Open Directory Project on OliverBrown.me.uk Hugo en-us Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:38:13 +0000 https://www.oliverbrown.me.uk/2007/01/01/finally-a-rival-to-google/ Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:38:13 +0000 https://www.oliverbrown.me.uk/2007/01/01/finally-a-rival-to-google/ <p>Jimmy Wales, the man behind <a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/">Wikipedia</a> has decided to launch a search engine.</p> <p>In a move reminiscent of the <a href="http://dmoz.org/">Open Directory Project</a>, <a href="http://search.wikia.com/wiki/Search_Wikia">Wikia Search</a> will be human edited. Beyond that, not much is known, but it will be. One of the core philosophies, according to a recent <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,72376-0.html">interview with Jimmy</a> is that everything should be as transparent as possible - definitely a long way from the current search engines.</p>