Google’s SearchWiki

Google announced the launch of their new “SearchWiki” today and, quite frankly, I’m not completely sure I get it. Well, I guess it seems obvious enough at first glance, but what about the long-term viability?

Here’s the pitch:

Have you ever wanted to mark up Google search results? Maybe you’re an avid hiker and the trail map

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Google Sites – the Hosted Wiki

You’ve no doubt heard by now that Google launched Google Sites recently (this morning?). Gsites is the latest offering for the Google Apps family and focuses on collaboration to complement the email and documents stuff.

From the announcement email I received this evening:

Google Sites makes creating a team web site as easy as editing a document.

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Google Wiki – Wasted Dithering

I guess my dithering earlier this week was wasted — no Google Wiki announcements this week.  Unlike the predictions.

Nuts.  I think…

Wiki Musing

A month ago I settled on new Wiki software for the office. I’ve been pretty happy with Perspective as my choice, but I have to confess I’m about the only one using it. I think the rest of the office is a bit gun-shy after the disastrous loss of the old wiki… hard to regain

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Wiki Wrap-up (maybe?)

This may be the final post in the “I need a wiki” series.

Part 1 – Software Hunt!
Part 2 – Wiki Shopping Part Deux

I think I found a wiki that folks at the office might actually like! After making a quite a few different runs through the WikiMatrix Choice Wizard, I saw one wiki’s name

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