Searchles and Wikia Throw Down in Social Search Debate on AltSearchEngines.com

Searchles in one corner, Wikia in the other, the gods of social search watching...Highlights:

Searchles: Shampoo is better. It goes on first and cleans the hair.

Wikia: Conditioner is better. It makes the hair silky and smooth.

Searchles: It's like I don't even know you anymore.

Wikia: Your face.

Okay, so the cyber-gloves didn't exactly come off, but Charles Knight of AltSearchEngines.com hosted an excellent, in-depth discussion of the value of social search and how both Searchles and Wikia are defining their niche in the dynamic search community. We certainly respect what yet-to-be-launched Wikia is trying to do with their open-source search platform but (shockingly enough) we see our model of social search as more beneficial to the users.

Dumbfounder really cut to the chase when asked to state the primary objective of Searchles, "Our objective is to be the glue between people and content on the Internet using social search to deliver better collaboration and more precise, relevant results. It isn’t all about finding a piece of content and leaving, the biggest benefit of Searchles is that when you join groups and make friends with peers of similar interests, the content comes to you."

The community search that Searchles employs gives users ultimate control over their search experience and results. Not only does the combination of our search algorithms with a user's circle of friends, groups, and tags produce extremely relevant search results, but through a user's my!Searchles page - the highlighted relevant content really does come to you! This network also serves to decrease the visibility of the spam that the social search community seems to stress about.

So have a look at the "great debate." Feel free to share your thoughts and comment - be a part of the ongoing, evolving social search discussion and let us know what YOU think!