Comments on: Everyone Loves a Google-Killer

By: Magnus

Magnus — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:55:12 +0000

When slaying dragons you need to be quick, nimble and smart, Cuil is none of those.

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By: Win

Win — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:51:50 +0000

Out of curiosity, I tried a search on Cuil for “winnietehpoohie”, which is my account for deviantART. It lists an okay amount that links to other sites that has text with my name in it. But for some reason, most of those links do not link to their respective sites directly but instead to a redirect site, proxy site or something similar. And worst of all, my own profile page isn’t even listed at all, whereas Google has it the first in my search. Though, the layout for Cuil looks quite okay with it’s multiple columns and page numbers at the bottom regardless of window size.

By: Martyr2

Martyr2 — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:13:45 +0000

Cuil is a hyped up and ridiculous search engine. With a supposed 33 million dollar investment backing it, I could have created something better in a month. The only thing it has going for it is the number of indexed pages, but if people can’t even find results to common words and phrases, I have to put that number in serious doubt.

I tried it it was broke, slow when it did work, gave inaccurate results, and frankly disappointed me on numerous levels.

I wish the media and bloggers would just leave this one alone. Its the hype of the media that makes this site even stand out against Google.

By: Cuil enters the fray | Ugh!!'s Greymatter Honeypot

Cuil enters the fray | Ugh!!'s Greymatter Honeypot — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:00:29 +0000

[...] to light, but this is to be expected out of something in it’s infancy. As some points say: everyone loves a Google killer, but the initial inability to cope with people giving it a try could end up driving away the early [...]

By: Craig Saila

Craig Saila — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:41:24 +0000

After failing to find results for “css layouts” on Cuil, I tried a vanity search, too.

The results were fine, but almost all of the images associated with the entries were wrong and unrelated to the item itself as this screen cap shows: http://flickr.com/photos/csaila/2710333903/

By: Mark MacLeod

Mark MacLeod — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:25:52 +0000

I’m back. perhaps not everyone wants to see a David & Goliath story. Got this tweet from Rafe Needleman at Webware”

“Send me your favorite bad Cuil search results! rafe@cnet.com“

By: Mark MacLeod

Mark MacLeod — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:22:24 +0000

I’m sure we would all love to see a David & Goliath story here – and while despite their “do no evil” motto, I’m sure we’re all a little concerned about GOOG’s increasing footprint into our lives. However, I see only one possible outcome here and it’s not to Cuil’s benefit.

Mark

P.S.
For what it’s worth, the engine just wasn’t working when I tried my own vanity search…