Follow-up on “Cuil”
I wouldn’t bother with a second post on this wanabee Google but “Cuil” attracted so much attention that I thought some additional comment was in order. Today, I tried a few more inquiries using the search engine and I find the results basically useless. Here’s some other commentary.
John Dvorak has a post, The New Cuil Search Engine Sucks, which begins:
If you are going to roll out a new search engine, please try to make one that has more going for it than a silly name and cheap, misleading PR. Thus we have Cuil, the search engine rolled out this last week by some ex-Google folks who see a market opportunity. While all the people involved seem competent and have great resumes, the site itself out-and-out stinks.
PC World reports in an article titled Cuil Stumbles out of the Gate:
Cuil, the latest search engine startup to come out swinging from its corner with the hope of knocking out Google, is instead taking a beating that could do it long-term damage as a credible contender.
The company received broad media coverage on Monday, primarily because it has former Google engineers on its team and because of its claim to have the world’s largest search index, but Cuil is now facing an angry backlash.
The site has had performance and availability problems throughout the day, and a growing chorus of search market observers has declared the engine’s results to its queries unimpressive.
I really don’t understand what the authors of Cuil thought they would gain by putting up a service that is clearly not ready for prime time. They have squandered a lot of precious publicity and shot themselves in the foot. I, for one, will not be back.
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