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:: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 ::
But is it really Wiser?
Nobody could figure out why LookSmart, a directory, purchased Wisenut, the crawler based engine that was once claimed to be a Google rival and then dropped off the face of the planet. But, apparently it's been quietly re-launched, and it's reps claim it will still rival Google in producing accurate search results.
"We spend more time judging quality of each link than some of the other engines do," said Peter Adams, LookSmart's Chief Technology Officer. "We spend a lot of time not just counting quantity but also looking at the quality based on the context of the connections."
Also factored in are link analysis, proximity of search terms in underlying documents, and computing results in real time based on your specific query.
LS plans to refresh Wisenut's database every 30 days. Like Google, it simply crawls the web looking for pages. No need to submit to it. Just be on the Internet.
:: posted by Kim Krause Berg on 10/02/2002 09:44:54 AM
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