A Human-Powered Search Engine

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales recently announced that he’s building a new search engine to compete with Google, Yahoo, and MSN. The search engine, code-named Wikiasari, will use open-source technology combined with human intervention, instead of mathematical computer algorithms like the current engines use. "Human intelligence is the best thing we have," Wales says. He hopes to launch in a couple of years, but don’t hold your breath — "We really haven’t determined how all of this is going to work," he stated.

source: information week