Wikimedia Foundation Secures 17096250 Rupees For Search Engine Development

The Wikimedia Foundation may not be trying to build another Google, but the goal of the Knowledge Engine could still have an impact on Google, Bing and traditional search engines. It’s no secret that Wikipedia.org content — and content from other Wikimedia Foundation wikis — often ranks highly in traditional search engines. But once users find content on Wikipedia.org, they often go back to their favorite search engines to find more content, even though they’re already on Wikipedia. The Knowledge Engine aims to change that behavior.

    What we are trying to focus on is providing a search experience that doesn’t look like this:

    1. Search on Google, Bing, etc.
    2. Follow Wikipedia Link
    3. Read
    4. Leave and search Google, Bing, etc. again because you are specifically looking for a Wikipedia article but couldn’t find it using CirrusSearch