If google turns evil will WIKIA save us?

The notion of an open source search engine is gradually taking form. Here are the first steps.

• TRY IT: search.wikia.com
  
• Article: search-wikia-not-even-a-remote-threat-to-google
  

I haven't figured out how to contribute yet, but here are a few technical backgrounders

1. OpenSearch
   
2. www.opensearch.org
   
3. introducing-opensearch.html
   

The future of search?

1. Semantic_Web