The fact that Google dominates the search business just reflects the economies of scale that come from processing billions of consumer information requests a day and using those queries to better refine search results.

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Last January, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales launched a search engine called Wikia Search, a purported "Google-killer" that aimed to edit and refine search results with the same methods that have made Wikipedia a Web phenomenon--the contributions of thousands of volunteers.

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You can refine your search using the tools on the right-hand side of the page.

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There's a side bar of drop-downs to refine the search further -- you can narrow the results by gender, categories, interests, etc.

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Another excuse is that many of the documents that might have helped the Americans to refine their search have been destroyed by looters.

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Modern DNA-based techniques are now helping to refine the search.

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And if it is not, everyone involved hopes that Protocol G will soon throw up more bNAbs, and that they will help refine the search for HIV's weak spot.

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