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Old 07-31-2008, 04:29 PM   #1 (permalink)
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New search engine boasting huge claims

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They're claiming that they have more indexed pages than Google, over 120 billion pages. They're touting to eventually be viable competition to Google--many of the key employees there WERE from Google and also from AltaVista.

I guess one of their main focuses is NOT tracking people's surfing habits. That's a good thing I guess.

The things I think are lame about this search engine in its current form are:

1. You can't change preferences to view more than 11 results per page. I'm sorry, but I like skimming a long page--I don't like having to click "next" 50 times so I can keep skimming.

2. There is no option to see cached versions of pages. I surf almost purely using cached versions--it's a better guarantee that the terms I search for will actually be there, they're highlighted for me, and it's much safer to view cached versions of webpages.

3. There is no image search option. I don't know about you, but I use the image search in Google almost as much as I do their regular web search.


Now, this doesn't mean that these things won't change in the future--if those things change, I'll consider it a really good search engine. Though, I must admit, I find it weird that they use a dark theme for only PART of the site--I'd sure love to see the results with a dark theme too.

Blah blah...

What do you think of the engine?
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Well they've certainly kicked ass in the "stupid name" leg of the search engine wars.
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Well they've certainly kicked ass in the "stupid name" leg of the search engine wars.
Well, if we're going to judge by the name, Google pretty much has them all beat--they may as well have went for names like Pooky or Pobble--things you might say to a baby in a high voice with an oddly proportioned smile. Did you Pooky that? Yep, did you pobble that? No, but did you google that? Yes, but did you happen to schukiewukums that?

At least AltaVista sounds like something. Yahoo is a little bit silly, but it doesn't sound like something you say to a baby. MSN is at least a blatant acronym, so is AOL. To me, the name Cuil looks and sounds way better than Google.

What did you think the very first time you heard the name "google"? I thought "what a joke".

It's like irritating commercials--you hate them, but you remember them so they've done their job.
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I thought "a one with a hundred zeroes after it."
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this is what web browsing could actually be in 10 years if we're not careful.
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The only reason Cuil got any attention at launch is because it has been built by some former Google employees. The wild claims about the size of the index are a joke in light of Google's 1 trillion pages announcement. Also, the site had a horrible start - search terms producing no results, the site being unavailable, etc. I think it will simply fade away quickly and be another VC money sink.

Yahoo even made fun of cuil:

Yahoo Exec Makes Yuil: Looks Like Cuil, With Better Results - washingtonpost.com
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Well everyone sounds weird going "mmemhmmrm mhmmrmhmrm mmhmmrmhhm."
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"And when Cuil tries to pair images with sets of search results, it often chooses seemingly random images to accompany a set of results. For instance, “Wordpress” is associated with what looks like a TV newscast team and “TechCrunch” is paired with a Gmail logo. And I have no idea who that person is next to the results for our “About” section."






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I thought "a one with a hundred zeroes after it."
That's a "googol", not Google. The term googol was also coined by a schoolkid. (he ended up on Blue Peter)
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