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July 30th, 2008 at 01:34pm Under Search Engine+ Wiki

Wikipedia is a great invention. You can pretty much find everything on there.

The traditional way (for me) is to Google for something I want. And it is very likely that a Wiki entry is listed within the top 5 results.

Apparently the new Cuil search engine displays a lot of Wiki results as well.

However, do you know that there is a search engine dedicated to search only the Wikipedia?

Powerset is designed just for this purpose.

Powerset enables you to:
1. Discover Factz
For most people, places and things, Powerset shows a summary of Factz from across Wikipedia.

2. Unlock Meaning
Powerset finds articles related to the meaning of your query. And sometimes even direct answers.

3. Scan Summaries
Powerset summarizes pages for easy browsing, with tools that follow you as you read and explore.

It is of course easy to use - type in a search query, click ‘enter’, and there you go.

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I love Wiki!!

June 26th, 2007 at 11:18am Under Web 2.0+ Wiki

A Wiki is like an online encyclopedia that allows multiple authors to add, edit and remove contents.  It is very effective for mass collabrative authoring.

It comprises of the following feature:

• Ease of editing with a WYSIWYG editor
• Review & revert capability
• Easy navigation
• Permissions granting
• Discussions
• Multi-lingual

It was named after a Honolulu shuttle bus route: Wiki Wiki Chance RT-52.   It is pretty much interpreted as “quick”.   Wiki is a shorter form of Wiki Wiki.  Sometimes it is interpreted as “what I know is”.

Wiki has become so comprehensive that many people are using it as reference.  You can even download Wiki for your intranet. 

Note that Wiki has its own markup language and they are different from HTML. 

Have fun Wiki-ing.

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