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 Quick Wisenut 

Wisenut  

 What's so good about Wisenut?  

• Uses link analysis like Google, but goes further by sorting results into folders.
• Claims to have indexed 1.5 billion pages

 Advanced Wisenut 

• Not the most advanced advanced search...

 How Wisenut works 

Default search:

All.

Search options:

UYou may use + or - to include/exclude keywords. Use quotes for a phrase.

Results:

1. Web pages : Standard results, with the search keywords highlighted
2. Wiseguide Categories : Results sorted by topic into folders .
3. Sneak-a-Peek : Shows you the website, within the results - a brilliant idea. Doesn't always work, a few sites like SearchEngineZ have frame-removing technology because we hate the frames of Hotmail, About and Ask Jeeves.

 How to submit your URL 

You can't at present. Their submit a site link leads to this page at Zeal. Expect a paid submission service in the near future - after all, they are owned by LookSmart.

 Facts & Figures 

Wisenut was founded by Yeogirl Yun, the former CTO and co-founder of mySimon, and launched in Sept 2001

Mar 2002: LookSmart bought Wisenut for USD$9.25million and plans to integrate it with their directory

Size: 1.5 billion pages
Searches per day: ??

Popularity: ?? - it is very new

Low number of links on their Home Page: 5