According to the official Google blog, Google are working on what could end up being the biggest wiki in the world - bigger than Wikipedia.
The idea seems to be that when you're logged in to Google you can basically add notes to items in Google search results pages as well as reordering the results. These changes would only affect your own searches, but there'll also be a "See all notes for this SearchWiki" link allowing you to see what other people have added. Essentially one huge wiki tied directly in to Google search.
This is pretty significant, as it could seriously redefine the way we think about and interact with the web. Search - and by definition, Google - have become central to the whole web esperience, but until now mainly as a simple portal into other sites. With the development of SearchWiki, the search engine will become far more than just a gateway, it will become a repository of information in itself. Its possible to even foresee a time when you'd do a Google search but instead of clicking on the links to visit the sites you'd just read what people have added to the wiki about the sites.
Is that a good thing for the web or not? It's certainly a good thing for Google, but we'll have to wait and see.
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