Search results matching tag 'Cuil'

Re: Can new search engine rival Google?

2427028 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:29:18 GMT

I think the key here is to wait and see.

It's early days yet and, while at first glance I'm not particularly convinced, Cuil are clearly trying to shake things up a bit.

As long as there are new alternatives to Google's near monopoly on all things search I for one am happy to see where they go with this!

Wanted teachers for international/local students

2433659 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:31:57 GMT

we are searching well experience teachers , tutors or professors for international /local students in all subjects . please register freely in our website http://find-guru.com/register.php or email your resume to info@find-guru.com

Cuil takes flak

255762 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:01:00 GMT

I can't remember a recent launch that has come in for so much criticism as potential Google search engine rival Cuil as bloggers and journalists let rip.

Part of the problem seems to be of Cuil's own making (and no the name hasn't grown on me) in that it billed itself as a Google rival.

Journalists weren't allowed to play on it before the launch ensuring that it got plenty of coverage. I mean a lot coverage compared to some online services that you've never heard of but have millions of users.

Take instant messaging service Meebo, which Robert Scoble wrote about on his blog today. It apparently has 20m using it daily. Personally I've never heard of it, but then I am not an IM fan (inter office Google Talk doesn't really count).

After its first day online last week it was slated this way and that. Everyone had a little pop (okay, I said I hated the name, but really who doesn't?) mostly because it over sold, and despite saying it indexes more pages than Google it doesn't seem to work so well. The index is just a bit of the story.

I've been back a couple of times and it is like a beta site. It should maybe have skipped the PR fanfare and gone quiet and built before it had its on-call flacks sing from the rooftops about former Google executives taking on their old paymaster.

It sounded like a good story. Everyone is bored of Google's dominance, but you need some substance to back your story up.

Now having shot its bolt before it was ready I'm not sure who is going to be using it. Simple things for me, the lack of news content is a big one. Lack of images another. Not to mention the random images it associates with content. Odd.

It is like Techcrunch put it, the story "quickly turned from Google-killer to Google's lunch (make that an amuse bouche)".

Re: Can new search engine rival Google?

2322736 — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:37:02 GMT

Cuil is just an attempt by Anna Patterson to say "Hello, I'm still here" since quitting Google in 2006. The user interface is not intuitive, the results returned are questionable and matching of images against results is clearly flawed that could be detrimental to a corporate's brand positioning.

Cuil is not cool, it is practically freezing (in more ways than one), and is no competition for Google.

Cuil aid

255762 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:37:00 GMT

A new rival to Google is born. They called it Cuil, but it is pronounced "cool". I have to say the name sucks. If it is pronounced "cool" why not call it cool? Or something else.

Oh right, because you were being clever and Cuil is an old Irish word for knowledge. Got it. And while that gives me a slight warm and fuzzy feeling (oh wait I can hear traditional Irish music in the background - mine's a Guinness dude) we don't speak Irish so that goes over our heads and really you have to do better (I think) and come up with a word that has half a chance of rolling off of the tongue (oh yeah not to mention the small problem that should you miss type the URL as as Culi.com you get Italian porn...so I'm told). Sorry to break it to the Cuil guys, but that is a first hurdle stumbler. Will they make it to the next fence?

Difficult to tell, the name I think is a big problem, which is a shame because it sounds like they have created a powerful search engine. I just Cuil'd myself. It gave me 664 results, compared with 58,000 on Google, but to be honest the first couple of pages of results all look similar.

I have to say I do like the look of the interface, but sadly that didn't help Cuil get off to a good start. One IT blogger Chris Brogan's gave it the big thumbs down after waiting two hours for Cuil to return two results for his name.

"I just tried out Cuil, which is supposed to be amazing and better search engine, and what not (that’s what they told Mike Arrington). But it didn’t work for me. I searched on “Chris Brogan” and found all kinds of relevant info, including random pictures not related to the text results beside the search, and none of them my main URL. I searched on “chrisbrogan.com” and it couldn’t find my URL.

Like I said it did OK for me and I will give it a run and see how it goes. In the wider world, I'm not sure there is enough about this search engine that will make it climb too far above the parapet without losing its head. The truth is Silicon Valley is like the boulevard of broken search dreams. A lot of companies, a lot of cash and all gone.

Pass the Kool Aid.

Will Cuil make it? Vote in our poll.