Google SearchWiki is a bad idea. Google’s regular old search engine might not be perfect, but it’s a hell of a lot better than the competition and it’s a hell of a lot better than any human powered search engine could ever be.
My hope is that Google isn’t serious about this and that it’s simply a shot across the bows of various human powered search engines like Wikia Search and Mahalo. Warning them that God Google has its own human powered search engine ready to go if they ever gain too much attention. Or maybe people will be so scarred by their experience with Google SearchWiki that they will forever be turned off the idea of a human powered search engine.
Now how about an opt-out option?