Wikiseek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - The Diigo Meta page

• 06 Jan 20
  

  Dave Mackey

  dev-search-history z-done

  • Wikiseek was a search engine that indexed English Wikipedia pages and pages that were linked to from Wikipedia articles.^[1] The search engine was funded by a Palo Alto based Internet startup SearchMe and was officially launched on January 17, 2007.^[1][2] Most of the funding came from Sequoia Capital.^[3] It used Google ads on its search returns to generate profit. As of 2008 it is no longer active.
  • Wikiseek was granted permission by the Wikimedia Foundation to index the Wikipedia website.^[2] Wikiseek has made financial contributions to the Wikimedia Foundation,^[2] and the group-edited blog, TechCrunch reported that it was donating the "majority" of advertising revenue.^[1]
• 03 Apr 07
  

  Thanasis Priftis

  wiki

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