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[...] Search Engine http://www.ghacks.net/2008/07/28/cuil-search-engine/ […] Cuil presents us a simplistic fast loading front page that uses a black background color [...]

By: Angelo R.

Angelo R. — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:24:49 +0000

@Stamatios: The easiest response to that it applies to a niche. I once read an amazing book (many years ago) and I had completely forgotten the title and the authors. I only remembered the cover. Then one day while randomly looking for books, I happened across a website on geocities, that pictured the cover of the book that I read. I was so excited I immediately emailed the owner thanking him for putting up his website.

My point being. At that moment, that site was unbelievably useful to me.

By: Stamatios

Stamatios — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:33:17 +0000

i used cuil to search for: cuil search engine, and the site was not found. which proves that their search has nothing to do with popularity (while google finds and displays cuil in top ten links) but also proves that popularity is still important in searches, and at high frequency, could come really close to absolute relevance (if a site is really popular and ,000 visit it for a specific reason, it has to also be absolutely relevant). However, cuil may work better for sites that are not popular but still contain useful/relevant information (which brings us back to the funtamental question: why would a site with useful/relevant information be unpopular? I can only think of sites that contain information but do not have the ability to attract visitors). Anyways, it will take a lot to deviate users from Google. Just in the notion that by using cuil you may be missing sites/info, you stay with Google.

By: sajjad

sajjad — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:54:28 +0000

Thanks for this info.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:25:32 +0000

I tried the site again today and it’s not getting any cuiler. I blogged on my experience here http://www.alexheaton.com/2008/07/cuil-worst-search-engine-in-western.html

By: Rarst

Rarst — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:13:02 +0000

Caught it online and working today.

Engine that return binary garbage (insides of rar archives and debian packages) as search results… They indexed bit too much crap in those mulitply-billions pages index they are boasting.

By: Starboykb

Starboykb — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:42:39 +0000

The search result on my name is quite impressive. However, it is funny that my main website were missing on the list instead and show the older one that was a long gone.

maybe it needs time to shape up the search. i like how the image turn out. for example, if there is post showing garage sales it will show a random garage sales pictures to grab attention.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:29:17 +0000

@Angelo

I always considered “everyone does it” poor excuse. :) First impression is important, boasting about taking on Google and ending up crashing is so not improving startup image.

By: Angelo R.

Angelo R. — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:22:05 +0000

Cuil.com leads me here -> http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn19/xangelo/cuil-1.png

Whereas Cuill.com leads me to the actual search engine.

@Rarst: Pretty much all startups go through this when they first open their gates. Generally there is so much press coverage on it that people flood their servers and they’re just not ready for it.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:03:01 +0000

And it is already down as of now. Can someone imagine google search down?.. :) That’s the difference.

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:41:01 +0000

The search engine was first known as cuill, they removed one l so now it is cuil.

By: iampriteshdesai

iampriteshdesai — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:39:34 +0000

I dont get it. http://www.cuill.com and http://www.cuil.com both look same. But cuil shows up results where as ciull doesnt. I am sure that cuill is an spoof of the other search engine. But the interdace is same. What do you think Michael? Also cuil, cuill, celestia?

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:37:16 +0000

My big problem is the lack of operators that google offers….

By: Angelo R.

Angelo R. — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:49:58 +0000

A lot of people seem to be linking to http://www.cuil.com whereas the actual engine is located at http://www.cuill.com

By: iladelf

iladelf — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:21:58 +0000

I performed a few searches with it, and was not impressed. Seems if your search is longer than 3 to 4 words, Cuil comes up with nothing, and asks you to refine your search.

I need a search engine that finds stuff when Google can’t. So far, Cuil ain’t it.