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Main article: Wikia Search

The "public alpha" of Wikia Search web search engine was launched on January 7, 2008.[19] This roll-out version of the search interface was roundly panned by reviewers in technology media.[20]

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Company

Wikia, Inc. is a company based in San Mateo, California, U.S.[21] The company was originally incorporated in Florida in December 2004 and re-incorporated in Delaware as Wikia, Inc. on 10 January 2006. Angela Beesley has served since the beginning as Wikia's Vice-President of Community Relations[22]. Gil Penchina, a former vice president and general manager at eBay, was hired as CEO on June 5, 2006. Gil had previously been one of a group of angel investors in the company.[23][22]. Michael E. Davis, a former business partner of Wales who served for years as a founding member of the Wikimedia Foundation board and was that organization's Treasurer, was named Treasurer and Secretary of Wikia in January 2006.

Wikia has some technical staff in the USA, but has also opened an office in Poznań, Poland in 2006. Explaining his choice of location, Wales commented "It's about reasonable salaries and high quality. You can find cheaper programmers in other parts of the world, but the quality's not there!"[12]

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Wikia Inc and Wikimedia Foundation

Wikia has been referred to in the media as the commercial counterpart to the non-profit Wikipedia.[24][25] Both Wikimedia[26] and Wikia staff[27] dispute this description as inaccurate.

Wikipedia and Wikia were both co-founded by Jimmy Wales (with Larry Sanger co-founding Wikipedia, and Angela Beesley co-founding Wikia). In 2006, the Wikimedia Foundation shared hosting and bandwidth costs with Wikia, Inc. The Wikimedia Foundation received some donated office space from Wikia, Inc. during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. At the end of fiscal year 2007, the Foundation was owed US$6,000 by Wikia. In its earlier years, three members of the Foundation's Board of Directors also served and continue to serve as employees, officers, or directors of Wikia, Inc.[28]

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References

  1. ^ Wikia, Inc.. Wikia, Inc.. Retrieved on 2008-05-28.
  2. ^ The Book Stops Here. Wired News (2005-03-13). Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  3. ^ Beesley, Angela (March 27, 2006). Wikicities relaunches as Wikia. Wikia. Retrieved on July 15, 2006.
  4. ^ Hinman, Michael (March 10, 2006). Venture capitalists invest wiki-millions. Tampa Bay Business Journal. Retrieved on March 10, 2006.
  5. ^ Private Equity Week
  6. ^ a b c Ryan Blitstein. "Amazon puts faith -- and money -- in Wikia", Mercury News, 2006-12-06. Retrieved on 2007-03-08. 
  7. ^ Parry, Laurence. WikiFur Ledger. Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
  8. ^ "Wikipedia founder remakes Web-publishing economics", Reuters/USA Today, 2006-12-12. Retrieved on 2007-10-04. 
  9. ^ Wikia Announces Free Wiki Hosting. TechCrunch (2006-12-11).
  10. ^ Wikia's OpenServing Project Dies a Quiet Death. Mars Magazine (2007-10-10).
  11. ^ Beesley, Angela et al. (February 3, 2005). 100 Wikicities. Retrieved on October 15, 2006.
  12. ^ a b Shannon, Victoria (28 September 2006). Wikipedia Founder Staffs For Profit Wikia Spinoff. International Herald Tribune. Retrieved on 2006-10-28.[dead link – history]
  13. ^ wikia.com - Traffic Details from Alexa. Alexa. Retrieved on 2008-02-10.
  14. ^ wikia.com - Traffic Details from Alexa
  15. ^ wowwiki.com - Traffic Details from Alexa
  16. ^ GuildWiki: Wikia Move. Retrieved on 2007-10-20.
  17. ^ Wikia, Inc.. Why use Wikia?. Retrieved on 2006-10-28.
  18. ^ The name was derived from the Hawaiian word for "quick" and asari, Japanese for "rummaging search".
  19. ^ Public alpha of Wikia search project
  20. ^ Wikipedia founder's search engine gets bad reviews (2008-01-07). Retrieved on 2008-01-07.
  21. ^ San Mateo-Based Wikia Lands Investment from Amazon.com. Silicon Valley Wire (2006-12-06). Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
  22. ^ a b Wikia, Inc.. Bessemer Venture Partners Funds Jimmy Wales' Startup Wikia. Retrieved on 2006-03-31.
  23. ^ Wikia taps eBay exec as CEO. San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved on June 5, 2006.
  24. ^ Wikipedia founder says to challenge Google, Yahoo. Reuters. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
  25. ^ Community websites take wiki path. BBC News. BBC. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
  26. ^ Wikia, Inc. is not the commercial counterpart to Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
  27. ^ Wikimedia. Wikia, Inc.. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
  28. ^ Wikimedia Foundation 2006-2007 Audit page 9 says "The Organization shared hosting and bandwidth costs with Wikia, Inc., a for-profit company founded by the same founder as Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Included in accounts receivable at June 30, 2007 is $6,000 due from Wikia, Inc. for these costs. The Organization received some donated office space from Wikia Inc. during the year ended June 30, 2006 valued at $6,000. No donation of the office space occurred in 2007. Through June 30, 2007, two members of the Organization’s board of directors also serve as employees, officers, or directors of Wikia, Inc."

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