WiseNut

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WiseNut
Type of site
Web search engine
URL www.wisenut.com at the Wayback Machine (archived September 27, 2007)
LaunchedSeptember 5, 2001;22 years ago (2001-09-05)
Current statusDefunct

WiseNut was a crawler-based search engine that officially launched on September 5, 2001. [1] Like Teoma, WiseNut automatically clustered search results, a technology called WiseGuide. [2] Despite being referred to as a "Google killer" and having a good start, WiseNut never managed to become a major search engine. It lacked boolean search in the standard search and other advanced search features. [1] [2] The company was based in San Francisco, California. [3]

On March 12, 2002, LookSmart announced that they would be acquiring WiseNut for about $9.25 million in stock. [4] LookSmart completed the acquisition in April. [5]

WiseNut shut down in late-September 2007. [6] [7]

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References

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