Wikiseek

[1] The search engine was funded by a Palo Alto based Internet startup SearchMe and was officially launched on January 17, 2007.

[3] It used Google ads on its search returns to generate profit.

Wikiseek was granted permission by the Wikimedia Foundation to index the Wikipedia website.

[2] Wikiseek has made financial contributions to the Wikimedia Foundation,[2] and the group-edited blog, TechCrunch reported that it was donating the "majority" of advertising revenue.

[1] The service used user feedback to reduce the likelihood of spam.