Wikiseek (not Wikiasari) is a new engine from SearchMe that returns results from Wikipedia and Wikipedia-linked pages. Like a good 2.0 startup, Wikiseek comes with browser plugins, smart filters, and a tag cloud. Wikiseek was supposed to be announced on Wednesday, but TechCrunch spilled the news a day early. From the Wikiseek About page:

“The contents of Wikiseek are restricted to Wikipedia pages and only those sites which are referenced within Wikipedia, making it an authoritative source of information less subject to spam and SEO schemes.

Wikiseek utilizes Searchme’s category refinement technology, providing suggested search refinements based on user tagging and categorization within Wikipedia, making results more relevant than conventional search engines.”

As a service built with the help and permission of Wikipedia, Wikiseek will donate most of their ad revenue from paid listings to the Wikimedia Foundation.

Discussion:

• Wikiseek Launches, Not To Be Confused with Wikiasari
• If It’s Not Lost, You Can’t Search For It
• Wikiseek: Leveraging Wikipedia for Web Search, Poorly
• Wikiseek, Wikiasari, Why Have Both?

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