LookSmart formerly crawled the Web to create its own index with its Wisenut crawler, acquired in 2002. Wikia, the commercial site led by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, is taking the next step toward launching its open source, human-assisted Web...
MSN bested the top two search providers, along with Ask, AOL, Gigablast and Wisenut, when all five factors were considered: relevancy, freshness of content, failure rate, difficult search results, and non-organic or extra features.
Yun created the Wisenut search engine and sold it to Looksmart in April 2002 in an all stock deal valued at just under $10 million at the time. Well, that didn't take long. Little more than a month after PriceGrabber CEO Kamran Pourzanjani told me...
Jeteye provides results from Google (default), Lycos, MSN, Ask Jeeves, and Wisenut. Jeteye, a new shared search service, launches in beta today. The company's founder, David Hayden, told Media Post: Until now, searching the Web has lacked the power...
After selling MySimon to C|Net in January 2000 for $700 million, Yun created the Wisenut search engine and sold it to Looksmart in April 2002 in an all stock deal valued at just under $10 million at the time.
Looksmart also offers a safe search of the entire web, using Net Nanny software to filter Wisenut search results, as well as a free toolbar that uses the same service. EDITOR'S NOTE: For an updated look at search engines for children, see "Savvy...
The service queries WiseNut, Yahoo, Teoma and then somewhat repetitively also includes Yahoo-powered MSN, AltaVista and AllTheWeb. The Quick View display, similar to what WiseNut has long offered, is cool.
The founders of mySimon and Wisenut have come together to create new shopping search site Become.com. It's a closed beta right now, but Gary's planning a look for when the launch nears. A press bash and preview is happening earlier this month...
The search engine is based on a LookSmart-powered search index, presumably drawing from the Wisenut crawler the company purchased several years ago. Looksmart has thrown its hat into the "personal web" ring, with the acquisition of Furl.net, a web...
The search engine is based on a LookSmart-powered search index, presumably drawing from the Wisenut crawler the company purchased several years ago. Looksmart has integrated web search into its NetNanny 5.1 web filtering software.
Axandra analyzed over 100,000 pages that ranked in the top ten at Google, AltaVista, Inktomi (using iWon results), AllTheWeb, Wisenut and Teoma. Below are articles from BEFORE SEPTEMBER 2004. Please be aware that article links often change...
The service queries WiseNut, Yahoo, Teoma and then somewhat repetitively also includes Yahoo-powered MSN, AltaVista and AllTheWeb. The Quick View display, similar to what WiseNut has long offered, is cool.
The final speaker in this session was Kevin Berk, VP of Advertiser Solutions at LookSmart/WiseNut. Berk mentioned WiseNut was the search engine for LookSmart.com and that Zeal is the place to go within the Looksmart family to submit your site.
The final speaker in this session was Kevin Berk, VP of Advertiser Solutions at LookSmart/WiseNut. Berk mentioned WiseNut was the search engine for LookSmart.com and that Zeal is the place to go within the Looksmart family to submit your site.
Wisenut: Also offers this "live" page preview option. The shortcuts allow searchers to enter a trigger word and get a relevant answer, often from a high quality source directly at the top of the results list.
The ranking tool fetches the top 100 results for a query from AlltheWeb, AltaVista, Google, MSN, Teoma, Wisenut or Yahoo. Think again. A new comparison tool shows that the major search engines have surprisingly little overlap, even for popular...
The ranking tool fetches the top 100 results for a query from AlltheWeb, AltaVista, Google, MSN, Teoma, Wisenut or Yahoo. Think all search engines provide essentially the same results? Think again. A new comparison tool shows that the major search...
LookSmart has quietly relaunched its Wisenut search engine, bolstering its technology and refreshing its index with a brand new crawl of the web. Review of two new crawler-based search engines, Teoma, which I wrote about last month, and Wisenut...
Confirmed speakers will be there from About.com, AOL, Ask Jeeves/Teoma, Google, Inktomi, LookSmart/WiseNut, Overture and Yahoo, as well as a variety of specialized services such as Shopping.com and Singingfish.
Confirmed speakers will be there from About.com, AOL, Ask Jeeves/Teoma, Google, Inktomi, LookSmart/WiseNut, Overture and Yahoo, as well as a variety of specialized services such as Shopping.com and Singingfish.
