Wikiasari

For those following search engine technology would know that Amazon and the founder of Wikipedia teamed up and will launch a "Google rival" early next year, named Wikiasari.

So far, none of Amazon's new services has gain traction: Unbox, Mechanical Turk, S3, Askville, and A9--all these services are quite disappointing to a forced investor like me.

Will Wikiasari make the break?

To be honest, I'm doubtful--the name doesn't sound attractive to me :-)

Also, it's so difficult to determine whether Wikipedia's explanation on a term is authoritive or not. I mean, the terms are explanined by the community, which doesn't always accurate (oh well, it's hard to justisfy "accurate" anyway).

Christmas is a good example.