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|github=https://github.com/gigablast/
 
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|founders=Matt Wells
 
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|description=A small, open source search engine written in C/C++.
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'''Gigablast''' is an [[open source]] search engine, which was made up of 500,000 lines of C and C++ as of January 2015.<ref>https://www.gigablast.com/faq.html</ref>
 
'''Gigablast''' is an [[open source]] search engine, which was made up of 500,000 lines of C and C++ as of January 2015.<ref>https://www.gigablast.com/faq.html</ref>
  
==Lack of Bias or Blocking==
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==Unbiased nature==
 
As an open source engine, Gigablast is not expected to differentially treat any domain of search topic. As of January 2018, the [[ISGP]] site was hit #9 hit on Gigablast for the search term "[[Dutroux affair]]" (and was also in the top 10 for [[Yahoo]]<ref>http://archive.is/YvvFI</ref>, [[Bing]]<ref>http://archive.is/yQpNg</ref>, [[DuckDuckGo]]<ref>http://archive.is/jef5X</ref> and [[Yandex]]<ref>http://archive.is/TJpue</ref>). By contrast [[Google]] (and [[StartPage]]) appeared to have blocked the domain for that search term - not listing it in the top 100 hits.
 
As an open source engine, Gigablast is not expected to differentially treat any domain of search topic. As of January 2018, the [[ISGP]] site was hit #9 hit on Gigablast for the search term "[[Dutroux affair]]" (and was also in the top 10 for [[Yahoo]]<ref>http://archive.is/YvvFI</ref>, [[Bing]]<ref>http://archive.is/yQpNg</ref>, [[DuckDuckGo]]<ref>http://archive.is/jef5X</ref> and [[Yandex]]<ref>http://archive.is/TJpue</ref>). By contrast [[Google]] (and [[StartPage]]) appeared to have blocked the domain for that search term - not listing it in the top 100 hits.
 
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==References==
 
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Revision as of 16:54, 4 January 2018

An open source search engine written in C/C++.

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Founder: Matt Wells

Constitutes: search engine

Gigablast is an open source search engine, which was made up of 500,000 lines of C and C++ as of January 2015.[1]

Unbiased nature

As an open source engine, Gigablast is not expected to differentially treat any domain of search topic. As of January 2018, the ISGP site was hit #9 hit on Gigablast for the search term "Dutroux affair" (and was also in the top 10 for Yahoo[2], Bing[3], DuckDuckGo[4] and Yandex[5]). By contrast Google (and StartPage) appeared to have blocked the domain for that search term - not listing it in the top 100 hits.

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