<s>
Gigablast	B-Application
was	O
an	O
American	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
web	B-Application
search	I-Application
engine	I-Application
and	O
directory	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founded	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
an	O
independent	O
engine	O
and	O
web	B-Application
crawler	I-Application
,	O
developed	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
Matt	O
Wells	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
Infoseek	O
employee	O
and	O
New	O
Mexico	O
Tech	O
graduate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
open-source	B-Application
search	I-Application
engine	I-Application
source	O
code	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
programming	O
languages	O
C	B-Language
and	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
under	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
License	I-Application
version	O
2	O
,	O
in	O
July	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Gigablast	B-Application
claimed	O
to	O
have	O
indexed	O
over	O
12	O
billion	O
web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Gigablast	B-Application
engine	O
had	O
provided	O
,	O
and	O
still	O
provides	O
,	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
to	O
other	O
companies	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Ixquick	O
,	O
Clusty	B-Application
,	O
Zuula	O
,	O
Snap	O
,	O
Blingo	O
,	O
and	O
Internet	O
Archive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matt	O
Wells	O
worked	O
for	O
the	O
Infoseek	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
until	O
he	O
left	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
to	O
start	O
working	O
on	O
what	O
would	O
become	O
Gigablast	B-Application
,	O
coding	O
everything	O
from	O
scratch	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gigablast	B-Application
went	O
into	O
beta	B-Language
form	O
on	O
July	O
21	O
,	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gigablast	B-Application
supported	O
various	O
specialized	O
searches	B-Application
and	O
Boolean	O
algebra	O
operators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gigablast	B-Application
also	O
claimed	O
to	O
be	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
leading	O
"	O
clean	O
energy	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
with	O
90	O
percent	O
of	O
its	O
power	O
coming	O
from	O
wind	O
energy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
Yippy	B-Application
had	O
agreed	O
to	O
acquire	O
Gigablast	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
later	O
on	O
,	O
Gigablast	B-Application
author	O
Matt	O
Wells	O
said	O
that	O
no	O
acquisition	O
took	O
place	O
and	O
that	O
Gigablast	B-Application
remains	O
independent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
columnist	O
Lee	O
Dembart	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Gigablast	B-Application
has	O
its	O
adherents	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
opined	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
is	O
"	O
head	O
and	O
shoulders	O
"	O
above	O
it	O
,	O
and	O
adds	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
are	O
more	O
complete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
a	O
Lifewire	O
reviewer	O
felt	O
that	O
Gigablast	B-Application
is	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
and	O
liked	O
the	O
Gigabits	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
