Gigablast appears to have shut down. That sentence is doing careful work: what we can show is a dead site and an archive that stops, which is evidence of an ending and not of a reason.
When it went dark
The domain is dark as of 9 September 2026 (ENOTFOUND). Neither the apex nor the www host returns anything.
Wayback has it working until December 2022 and not after, across 178 captures. Treat that month as approximate.
What it said about itself at the end
The last working capture is from December 2022. Its title read "Gigablast - An Alternative Web Search Engine". The blurb under its search result said: "A powerful, new search engine that does real-time indexing!"
Preserved copy has one advantage over a live page: it cannot be edited after the fact. What it shows is the promise, not the product.
What was there
The archive first captured a working page in November 1999.
All of that is a record of what was published rather than of what worked. It is here because a reader who paid them deserves to see that the company was real and operating, which the archive settles.
Registration and expiry
The name was first registered on 25 November 2001 at Rebel Ltd. About 24 years, then, from first registration to now. It is paid up to 25 November 2035, so the name is held even though nothing sits on it. Registry data read 9 September 2026.
The name still draws roughly 10 searches a month worldwide, measured 9 September 2026. That is the reason this page exists: the affiliate reviews recommending them are still live and still earning.
One limit worth stating plainly: none of the above explains why. A dead domain and an archive that stops are evidence of an ending, not of a cause, and we will not guess at one in public. If you know what happened, we would rather print your account than our speculation.
Also gone
We keep the same record for these, each re-checked the day it was written:
- What happened to Earthvpn
- What happened to Gameproxy
- What happened to Identitycloaker
- What happened to Idvanish
- What happened to In Disguise
- What happened to InCloak
Where former customers end up
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