WiseNut was a crawler-based search engine that officially launched on September 5, 2001. Like Teoma, WiseNut automatically clustered search results, a technology called ''WiseGuide''. 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. The company was based in

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. On March 12, 2002, LookSmart announced that they would be acquiring WiseNut for about $9.25 million in stock. LookSmart completed the acquisition in April. WiseNut shut down in late-September 2007.

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Defunct internet search engines Internet properties established in 2001 Products and services discontinued in 2007 {{searchengine-website-stub