Wikio

Wikio is a European search engine for news and blogs. It was created in 2006 by the Pierre Chappaz, the engineer who created Kelkoo, which was sold, shortly afterwards, to Yahoo!.cite news|url=http://www.vnunet.fr/fr/vnunet/news/2006/02/09/pchappaz-wikio-moteur-recherche-dactualite-facon-web-20|title=P.Chappaz: Wikio, un moteur de recherche d'actualité façon Web 2.0|author=Philippe Guerrier|date=2006-02-09|language=French|publisher=vnunet|accessdate=2006-08-02] Its motto is "You are the media".

Since the launch Wikio has opened local websites in French, Italian, Spanish, German and English.

As of December 2007 it is undergoing beta testing.cite news|url=http://www.vnunet.fr/fr/vnunet/news/2006/02/09/pchappaz-wikio-moteur-recherche-dactualite-facon-web-20|title=P.Chappaz: Wikio, un moteur de recherche d'actualité façon Web 2.0|author=Philippe Guerrier|date=2006-02-09|language=French|publisher=vnunet|accessdate=2006-08-02]

References

External links

* [http://www.wikio.com/ Wikio official web site] (English language version)
* [http://www.wikio.it/ Wikio Italy web site] (Italian language version)

* [http://mashable.com/2006/04/04/wikio-social-news-hybrid/ Mashable: Wikio - Social News Hybrid]
* [http://mashable.com/2007/12/11/wikio/ Mashable: Wikio Launches the Rolls Royce of Memetrackers in the US]