Wikia Search, an open-source search tool launched early this year by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, today opened its platform with a new application programming interface (API) that allows individuals ...

Wikia Search, the open-source search engine that is the brainchild of Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, will begin letting anyone participate in building its index by adding, deleting and rating Web ...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 27 (Reuters) - Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said on Friday he is putting the building blocks in place for a community-developed Web search service that would compete with search ...

Wikia's open source project will drastically reduce the cost of making a search engine, opening the door to potentially hundreds of new competitors Google and other search engines face far more than ...