Google Engineers launch Search Engine - cuil.com
A startup business, Cuil Inc., founded by engineers from Google Inc. and other tech giants are launching a new search engine that claims to cover three times as many Web pages as Google. The site’s results page resembles an online magazine — a different look and feel from search juggernaut Google’s.
try www.cuil.com (pronounced “cool”)
Cuil has raised $33 million from venture-capital investors and has a deep bench of career search engineers, including Ms. Patterson and her co-founder and husband, Tom Costello. Mr. Costello built search technology for International Business Machines Corp. and was on the research faculty at Stanford University.
As a business proposition, Cuil is obviously a big bet. While search is a monetizable business, it’s hard to change the behavior of a generation of Web users who think “Google” is a verb. No other search engine has come close to entering the public consciousness like this. Of course, Cuil doesn’t have to trounce Google on day one; and took Google quite some time to surpass Alta Vista and Yahoo in the search wars.
Li Zhang Said,
July 29, 2008 @ 10:36 am
Any ideas how to optimize a page for Cuil searches?
Ezhil Said,
July 29, 2008 @ 10:43 am
simple; stick on to the basics
but it is too early to think about it; maybe we can plan after it gets some kind of reach…
Teamwork Said,
July 29, 2008 @ 11:10 am
Wow that is quite a venture, because Google has dominated society. They aren’t going to have to prove they are better they are going to have re-route user’s thinking completely make Cuil a social buzz word.
Utah Personal Injury Lawyer Said,
July 29, 2008 @ 11:12 am
A new Google?! If they succeed it will be an amazing feat that the internet will talk about for generations to come. I wonder what their game plan is because that could be a really interesting business study to perform and learn from.
Vhic Hufana Said,
July 30, 2008 @ 10:26 am
Another search engine to work onto. With different strategies and algo…but well lets see if it offers better search options than google itself.
go-premium.net Said,
July 30, 2008 @ 12:51 pm
Wow thanks for the great article I will now use this instead of Google, have anybody found any URL adding system for Cuil?
Teknopsis the gadget blog Said,
July 30, 2008 @ 2:16 pm
Eh, I find cuil to come up with crappy results, I’m sticking to Google.
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July 31, 2008 @ 1:41 am
why the cuil result different with google result? but cuil nice design, i like it
Dax Brady Sheehan Said,
July 31, 2008 @ 10:03 am
@ tknopsis the results are rough mainly because cuil.com uses dedicated search appliances for sub category’s. So basically one machine will index sports another will index medicine and when one of those boxes get’s overloaded the overflow pushed towards another box that is most likely does not specialize in that query. Hence why there were horrendous results.
Ren Said,
July 31, 2008 @ 11:52 am
I just tried them , most of the results pages are not working links, not sure about their results, have to wait and watch . We can still debate on why they did not launch as beta version ….
How to Jump Higher Said,
July 31, 2008 @ 12:33 pm
Cuil… has a catchy ring to it. I went and looked at it though and I just can’t seem to get into the layout, it frustrated me. Probably because I am so use to Google but still that is a big turn off for me
Mr.Boating Said,
August 1, 2008 @ 10:11 am
I tried Cuil and was upset this the results. I couldn’t find the information that was easily found by Google.
roclean Said,
August 1, 2008 @ 11:25 pm
Good idea, looks good too, but I doubt it will take over the simplicity of google with this cuil design.
Blogging Tips Said,
August 2, 2008 @ 12:06 am
Even I tried Cuil. I found it good. But it has to improve a lot. I guess if they work better they will be the leaders in the next 5-6 years.
sonix Said,
August 2, 2008 @ 6:51 am
What this space…it has taken Google 15 years to gain world dominance, let us see Cuil get on, I’m mean, they have all the inside knowledge, will that be enough though?
Mortgage Rates Said,
August 2, 2008 @ 9:23 am
I’ve tried this search enginge, it has a long way to go. I can’t believe Google engineers could be this far off. I’m sure they’ll get better, but you would expect something more from Google engineers.
Ultra reviewer Said,
August 3, 2008 @ 12:01 pm
wow, thats nice try to take on the search engine giant google. ATleast someone is trying to do that, this way we can become better in our technology day by day.
Atniz Said,
August 3, 2008 @ 9:10 pm
It looks like a simpler version and darker version of google. But, I don’t really like the search results appearance. I still prefer the one column list type. Obviously it is still new, hopefully they bring a new method that will stand equally against google.
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August 3, 2008 @ 9:26 pm
I wonder if cuil will be as successful….
Maybe they’re just using their history with google to promote their search engine
Mark Jerard Said,
August 3, 2008 @ 11:04 pm
I just tried it and found no results for some keywords while Google shows many result pages for that keywords. The design of the cuil search engine is great.
ddos Said,
August 4, 2008 @ 10:34 am
I played around with Cuil and I didn’t like it at all. It didn’t fine almost any relevant information for my searches. And the name…Cuil….that even more lame than Flickr. I personally think that these venture capitalists can as well as take these 33 mills of their taxes.
Affordable web design and development India Said,
August 5, 2008 @ 2:48 am
It is not much impressive but it is having its own algorithm but it’s nice to see something different and original thing
Web Hosting Reviews Said,
August 5, 2008 @ 8:23 am
There is no way Google will be able to make that into a buzz word that people remember, bad choice of a domain in my opinion.
Baltimore Injury lawyers Said,
August 6, 2008 @ 12:52 pm
Cuil has been raising money for few years now and they were finally able to launch it. Their launch was unimpressive. Their server kept on going down.. You would think for $33 million, they should be fine but i guess not.. I heard people at yahoo came out with YUIL.. lol
Jacqueline Said,
August 10, 2008 @ 3:59 am
Change is always quite interesting. Can’t wait to see what unfolds.
Transportervermietung Dresden Said,
August 10, 2008 @ 6:02 am
It’s not good for german searches. They have only a few sites indexed.
free ebooks Said,
August 10, 2008 @ 11:27 am
@ Web Hosting Reviews
they managed to make Google into a buzz word people remember didnt they
syria Said,
August 11, 2008 @ 6:36 am
yeah i heard about that search engine and i think it will be one of the famous cuz the ppl who made it they was a main part of google team thnx for the info
Sophia Said,
August 11, 2008 @ 2:17 pm
Man, I had no idea Cuil was pronounced Cool… Anyway, I visited the website and I couldn´t find anything better than Google really… cause I´d heard that it was promissed to be better than Google… well, let´s wait and see.
Gamboozle Said,
August 12, 2008 @ 11:16 am
It’s always a positive when there is competition and with $33 mil to work with these aren’t going away any time soon. So they will have their opportunity to take some market share.
That said, the layout is confusing and the results seem weak. I don’t know if you can beat the simple vertical list of single results. Searching is all about finding the most relevant results. So when you get results seem all over the place, they become irrelevant.
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August 12, 2008 @ 1:53 pm
hmmm … I have to agree with you on the fact that it took G a while to surpass the big engines of that era. However, Cuil has a cool look, but its layout is not linear in fashion so the ranking order is confusing … are the serps ranked Top to Bottom and then the next column or as in rows across the columns? I have to admit that for the time being I am going to stick to the G — although I hate that their results are not in chronological order … I think if cool … sorry CUIL wants to be better thats one thing they will have to accomplish. Furthermore, I think whoever owns cool.com is going to be thanking them for years to come lol
alber Said,
August 12, 2008 @ 7:30 pm
Cuil is only getting better I hope it grows with time am just tired of google.
bebo skins Said,
August 12, 2008 @ 7:39 pm
as any one actually used it? the layout is great but the search not so great. cuil is hyped up at the momentbut unless their searches are improved upon
thanks bebo skins !
Denton Divorce Attorney Said,
August 13, 2008 @ 8:25 am
I wouldn’t worry about optimizing a page for Cuil until they can keep their search engine fully functional.
I tried it and some of the search results were totally off. They still got a long way to go before they can become a major player in the world of search.
Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury Lawyer Said,
August 13, 2008 @ 8:30 am
Cuil has a lot of work to do before they can crack into the top 5 search engines. It’s going to be interesting to see what they do in the next couple years. Hopefully for them they are still in business.
techie Said,
August 13, 2008 @ 2:17 pm
Organic way is the best way only that with age you will gain more popularity.
Canadian hosting Said,
August 14, 2008 @ 7:34 pm
I do like the interface, and I’m sure with time they’ll advance quite a bit, who knows! They’ll be around for a while to come with that kind of investment.
Fort Lauderdale Auto Accident Lawyer Said,
August 15, 2008 @ 12:33 pm
Cuil’s got a good idea. Hopefully they come around eventually and that they can atleast compete with google. Someone has to they are a monster. They crushed everyone in there way already.
Peter Morrow Said,
August 16, 2008 @ 10:04 am
I used cuil once. I must say I was not so impressed by the fact that they don’t have my page indexed, and only one page that links to my page. As far as I’m concerned their technology is not up to speed just yet.
Austin Real Estate Broker Said,
August 16, 2008 @ 6:49 pm
I just read about cuil. I typed in several of my target keywords and i LOVE CUIL!!! I was on page one of Cuil for every keyword that I tried.
Joe
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August 30, 2008 @ 3:36 pm
i like the design of cuil but google wont be loosing any sleep over it as the search function doesnt work.
Fail Funnies Said,
August 31, 2008 @ 7:18 pm
I’m going to have to bookmark cuil and look into this se a little bit further. That’s a lot of venture capital going into the new site. I bet that I will be quite impressed and find that cuil will live up to expectations.
max Said,
September 15, 2008 @ 6:02 pm
the best thing in cuil is the design
Golf Addict Said,
September 22, 2008 @ 5:28 am
I was quite surprised how quick cuil indexed our online golf store.
I certainly hope they get this venture off the ground and give google a run for its money.
cheers, nick.
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September 24, 2008 @ 1:49 am
The features of cuil is pretty good i likes it very much.
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Adidas Said,
September 24, 2008 @ 5:39 am
Its good thing But the thing Most of the people not even know that cuil exits ..They need to come up with some marketing strategy …
What u say ?
Buytiffany Said,
September 30, 2008 @ 6:59 am
Cuil Is very good ..But i never saw that it is visiting my site ..i will check regularly stats abt the search engines visits …But cuils fails to visit my site
can i do any thing
Irish Gifts Said,
October 6, 2008 @ 11:54 am
I don’t much care for their results of for the presentation. I think their algorithm needs to be tweaked, and they could have a better format for results. However, the web is always changing, so I guess we’ll see if it takes off or not!
Ingyen Tarhely Said,
October 10, 2008 @ 4:41 pm
Cuil is weird, that’s what i think right now.
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October 12, 2008 @ 11:18 pm
I wouldn’t worry about optimizing a page for Cuil until they can keep their search engine fully functional. I tried it and some of the search results were totally off.
Colon Leaf Said,
October 21, 2008 @ 9:00 pm
So far i like Cuil, ive found all the stuff ive searched on it, and it looks very cool.
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October 25, 2008 @ 2:06 am
tknopsis the results are rough mainly because cuil.com uses dedicated search appliances for sub category’s. So basically one machine will index sports another will index medicine and when one of those boxes get’s overloaded the overflow pushed towards another box
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October 29, 2008 @ 11:34 am
Cuil has been out for a while and doesnt seem to pose any real threat to Google… I applaud them for a new style of searching; however, I think they still have a lot of work to do if they intend to catch Google.
Blog SEO Tips Said,
October 30, 2008 @ 5:09 am
Nice looking result pages in this search engine. I wonder how much market share these guys will get.
Blog SEO Tips Said,
October 30, 2008 @ 5:10 am
Nice looking result pages in this search engine. I wonder how big market share these guys will get.