Do we really need another search engine?

By Dan Blacharski, ITworld.com

Apparently, Jimmy Wales thinks so. Naturally, he wants to do it with volunteer labor. The Wikia home page's "Get Involved" section asks, "Do you want to contribute your knowledge?" "Can you help out with translations?" and "Can you help with one of the tasks on the volunteer portal?" Towards what end? What's in it for me, Jimmy? Apparently, according to the Wikia site, you get a gold star, which you are then entitled to place on your user page to show how much you've volunteered.

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