传说已久的维基百科的搜索引擎Wikia Search目前尚处于内部测试阶段，想一睹其风采吗？不用等待很久了，维基百科创始人Jimmy Wales在一封邮件中透露说其Beta版已经开始内测，并将在2008年1月7日发布公开版本。

Wikia认为未来的搜索引擎应该具备4个条件：

* 1. 透明：系统和算法公开，开源API。
* 2. 社区：每个人都可以以某种形式贡献力量，强烈的关注社会和社区。
* 3. 质量：对于改进搜索结果的相关性和准确性以及搜索体验非常重要。
* 4. 隐私：必须受到保护，不存储或传送任何可识别数据。

据分析人士透露，即将推出的Wikia Search会采取收费的方式。

邮件原文如下：

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From: jwales@xxxxx.com
Subject: [Search-l] private pre-alpha invites available
Date: December 23, 2007 7:04:01 PM PST
To: search-l@wikia.com
Reply-To: search-l@wikia.com

Ping me if you want one…. we're launched. :-)

I'm going to be letting people in slowly over the next few days and we
are aiming for a January 7th public launch. We want to run over the
system with help from people to complain about what is broken…

Best way to ask is by email, but please don't be offended if I don't
answer right away. I am expecting a bit of a flood here.

-Jimbo
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