The creator of Wikipedia, and only a well-known network activist Jimmy Wales gave an interview Nandelsblatt, which calmed the frightened were Internet users, saying that Google does not kill Wikipedia - translation published RBC Daily.
In general, a lot of questions that were raised during the dialogue, have repeatedly been asked Wales, but some of them ( on a new project Wikia) would like to highlight:.
- Your own product - the search engine Wikia Search - the public perceived negatively, it has received, as they say, bad press. What is the reason?.
- You know, I myself was wondering: conventional newspapers have reacted very positively, but the specialized media and the Internet is literally torn us to pieces.
- How did it happen that the estimates were so polar?.
- We are going to announce the start of the project to create the Internet search engine, not the beginning of the final search engine. However, we were waiting on something grand. In such cases, disappointment is inevitable.
- How much time do you need in order to become a full-fledged search engine Wikia?.
- I think that in order to achieve the current level of technology of the Internet search engine, we need at least two years. Only then can we ensure the quality of the results at Yahoo! or Google. Unfortunately, we are now comfortable in the same situation as during the start of Wikipedia, then we had the opportunity to work quietly, without attracting the attention of the public. On the other hand, such a high level of interest - a positive thing, too, because we can make adjustments right away, given the response of the consumer.
- What is the number of accesses to Wikia?.
- On social networking section (Social Networking) - more than 20 thousand. users. And on the first day we recorded five million hits to our search engine, but this was due to greater attention from the press. At the moment the figures somewhat lower level of.
- Will Wikia killer Google?.
- No, because I'm trying to explain that Google search business is not engaged in. Search - a service, and Google 's business model is to combine advertising with web content and make money on the. Our business model is completely different because we make a bet on the software with open source. And if we succeed, and guarantees that no one can now, then we will be able to create hundreds of specialized search engines, each of which will have a small market share, rather than one giant competitor to Google, whose work was based on some . The greatest danger for Google would represent a new and improved Google, which some developers have created a brilliant ... But our plans are more profitable for Google, because many small producers to achieve success, always striving to find a great partner.
Mr. Wales also shared his thoughts on the future of Google vooobsche:.
' Disappear from the market may be of any concern. And not necessarily in this competition will be to blame: it is that the company exposes itself a leg. However, I do not think that Google is in the foreseeable future, something threatening, it is too strong in many areas. However, to maintain and keep the leading position is not easy for Google. For example, Microsoft has managed to achieve a monopoly position, because the consumer enters into a kind of prisoner of products: one is forced to use certain software in order to be able to work and communicate with other. So he turns to Microsoft. And not necessarily because these products are better, but because they are more prevalent. Since this is usually more connected and unwillingness to change the manufacturer. In an Internet search, everything is different: here the change of the company is connected to the user with only a very small cost '.
In summary, the editors would like to remind Vebplaneta on how Internet users waited for the opening of a search engine Ueylsa and what a disappointment for all proved to be a beta version of the project. According to the statement of Christmas Jimmy Wales, candy from the project will turn out in 12-15 months, and that's when he leaves the stage of testing. The plans also to conquer the market for an innovative product with a very pragmatic - about 5% of searchers.
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