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Wikipedia + Youtube + Flickr = Navify

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Someone else's content +

someone else's design +

embedded video and pictures from someone else's service = profit!

I think the money, if they ever make any, should also go to someone else, like to help save pandas or something.

someone else's content ..."

I seem to be missing something here ... How is what they're doing any different from what any other search engine does? Do you disapprove of the search engines making money too?

Search engines do indeed link you to the real content.

the "real" content is being made available via Wikipedia platform api... so your point is?

He asked how it was different from a search engine, it doesn't take you to the site with the information it is making a business out of others information on its own site.

Searching for something not in their database seems to break their search.

http://navify.com/search?q=djangopony

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'Query failed: unknown local index 'article' in search request' request'

as the start of a long PHP error message.

It appears to be fixed. Now shows

  Results 1 - 10 for "djangopony"
  "no article results."

1-10 of no results? Hmm.

They couldn't more blatantly copy Google's template and color scheme.

http://navify.com/ http://news.google.com/

And the search box on the right bears more than a passing resemblance to the login box for GMail.

http://gmail.google.com

The idea is good, I often want that information at the same time. I was hoping for an innovative design. With the current design, I might as well have three tabs open rather than use their site.

Seems like navify is overloaded at the moment.

just a matter of time till Navify replaces everyone's use of wikipedia

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