CUIL, the new search engine, should Google be shaking in its boots ?

**Babaganoosh** · 07-28-2008, 09:56 AM

Originally posted by pussyserver

no

it is pronounced like quil not cool

http://www.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/07/....ap/index.html

The end result is Cuil, pronounced "cool." Backed by $33 million in venture capital, the search engine plans to begin processing requests for the first time Monday.

**baddog** · 07-28-2008, 10:00 AM

Originally posted by Babaganoosh

It's pronounced "cool."

If someone told me to check out cool dot com I sure would not enter cuil.com

**Babaganoosh** · 07-28-2008, 10:02 AM

Originally posted by baddog

So, how did you figure that out? What language.

If someone told me to check out cool dot com I sure would not enter cuil.com

Read the story. If you have a problem with the pronunciation, take it up with the creators.

**Babaganoosh** · 07-28-2008, 10:03 AM

Looks like you were too slow to edit out one of your famous snide remarks.

**baddog** · 07-28-2008, 10:04 AM

Originally posted by Babaganoosh

Read the story. If you have a problem with the pronunciation, take it up with the creators.

I saw your reliance after I made my post, which is why I edited it. The name is dumb and will prevent its ability to succeed.

**StarkReality** · 07-28-2008, 10:04 AM

I doubt any competitor would even stand a slight chance against google, since anyone successfully competing with anything google offers has three options:

1. Sell to google for an insane ammount of money
2. Be stomped to the ground by their army of lawyers
3. Sell to google competitor who maybe big but doesn't successfully break the google domination anyway

**ericdv** · 07-28-2008, 10:06 AM

results are way off on everything i have searched...

do a search for 'free porn' and you will see some interesting results. i also find the multi column layout really confusing and i don't understand the 'explore by category' feature.

**teg0** · 07-28-2008, 10:06 AM

i just dont really like the results I get when searching.

**mynameisjim** · 07-28-2008, 10:24 AM

Being as big as Google is gives big G the luxury of time. Even if someone came out with a SE that was 2X better, Google could slowly make it's own results comparable without losing too much market share in the process.

To knock down big G you will need revolutionary new search engine that is unlike anything anyone has ever seen.

I checked out this site and the results are terrible so far. I searched for an adult message board and "ilovejesus.com" was the number two result with an article about roller coasters????

I'm no fan of Google but I'm not seeing anything in Cuil that is groundbreaking. At least so far.

**Fucker Five** · 07-28-2008, 10:27 AM

This new search engine has a different interface from what we?re used to seen online! The magazine' template doesn?t work well! I think it's a mistake, the results are difficult to read, because of the confusing way they?re displayed, I think it needs a better hierarchy.

**magicmike** · 07-28-2008, 10:32 AM

Some new ideas for search, but bad results so far, and its buggy.

**_Richard_** · 07-28-2008, 10:33 AM

should be interesting where it leads..

but:

We didn’t find any results for “hotels vancouver”

boo..

**Brad** · 07-28-2008, 10:35 AM

Originally posted by pussyserver

Yep cuil has been in beta for what seems like forever. I remember talking to one of the programmers at an SES conference last year and the guy just couldn't stop grinning

but really ... I doubt they will upstage google... what will happen is that they will force google to finally evolve the way it does search si ce cuill can care two cents about backlinks when calculating serp positions and brings a web 2.0 interface to search

the key will be in the young and college crowd... if cuil can promote a rebellious or cooler than dads search engine attitude among the young then yeah google would have a serious problem 3 or 4 years from now. But yeah this is definitely something to watch

as long as the VC money keeps rolling in and she dosent give in and fold with a sell to google

I don't think many people are really that loyal to google or any search engine for that matter. A SE is a tool and that is it. If Cuil proves to be the better tool and provide the user with better and faster search results then google will have a fight on it's hands.

**brandonstills** · 07-28-2008, 10:50 AM

Bad name. How do you get "cool" from "cuil"? That's a bit of a stretch.

A competitor to google is good for everyone (well almost). Site appears to be down for me. Their servers are probably being overloaded.

**kane** · 07-28-2008, 10:50 AM

So far I'm not impressed. The results often are pretty crappy and don't really give you any good stuff. I did a search for a few things and half the results are just spam doorway pages and things that have nothing to do with what I searched for. The key to having a popular search engine is delivering Serps that people want and can use and so far this one doesn't seem to be doing that. Maybe they will adjust and get better, but first impression is everything. I see no reason for me to use them now over google. In six months when they are better I will will most likely have forgotten about them.

**Xniphobe** · 07-28-2008, 11:19 AM

Meanwhile, the phrase "Cuil Sucks" is making its way up the Google Hot Trends list of the most popular search terms. So far today, it has peaked at 35.

What a way to launch.

http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends

**Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life** · 07-28-2008, 12:07 PM

$33mil in investments? with google buying up shit left right and center, and throwing offers around like $200million for digg, i wouldn't doubt if you see CUIL bought up with a year or so. if Google considers them to be that big a threat, they will start tossing money at them like it's going out of style...

**TarPy** · 07-28-2008, 12:20 PM

No results due to load....

uh, seems like they got some work to do

**nnweb** · 07-28-2008, 12:37 PM

this may be the worst i have used. i dont like nav or results pages.

google fears nothing at the moment, especially from these guys.

and why is it telling over 2 million results but returning 1 page which has nothing to do with my search term????

**bronco67** · 07-28-2008, 12:43 PM

They won't be going anywhere unless they come up with a better name than Google.

**itto** · 07-28-2008, 12:46 PM

even cuil'ing for "cuil" or "cuil.com" returns shit results.

**Evil E** · 07-28-2008, 12:50 PM

Originally posted by bronco67

They won't be going anywhere unless they come up with a better name than Google.

Well Cuil sucks... but google is not cool or anything... maybe it is now because they are well known, branded, used as a verb, had a successful IPO and one of the biggest businesses, but it wasn't back in the days. I remember when I first went on their website I was asking myself wtf is a google? some type of goggles or something?

I also remember the days when people actually used excite and when av ruled the se world.
I still use babel fish to this day but it's now yahoo babel fish.

**Vick!** · 07-28-2008, 01:24 PM

Google has become so synonymous with Internet search that it may no longer matter how good Cuil or any other challenger is, said Gartner Inc. analyst Allen Weiner.

this is so true.

**TTiger** · 07-28-2008, 01:55 PM

alison angel

No results because of high load...

Due to excessive load, our servers didn't return results. Please try your search again.

**stev0** · 07-28-2008, 02:12 PM

Originally posted by xmas13

I've only known two search engines in my internet life. AltaVista and Google. Most people only know Google.

You don't remember yahoo or webcrawler?

**stev0** · 07-28-2008, 02:13 PM

I'm not impressed with cuil.com so far...

"No results because of high load...

Due to excessive load, our servers didn't return results. Please try your search again.
"

lol

**xmas13** · 07-28-2008, 02:19 PM

Was funny on CNN when the chick tried to use the site and it was not accessible.

**MattO** · 07-28-2008, 02:20 PM

Their spider is a piece of shit, too. Google "twiceler" and you'll see how people have been pissed because it's been slamming their servers. I blocked it from hitting my server a while ago and based on the shit searches I'm seeing on their site, I don't regret it.

**Deej** · 07-28-2008, 02:21 PM

Originally posted by pornguy

Its not only slow, but is giving some strange results, and sometimes saying that there is nothing for the search term, then if you hit search again, it gives the results.

sound slike shotty database issues...

either that or with the media as of late they are suffering a "lag" time with people testing it out...

either way, seems like they wont be competing with google, yet

**xmas13** · 07-28-2008, 02:21 PM

I can't believe they raised $33 million.

)

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**GetSCORECash** · 07-28-2008, 02:28 PM

The results are all over the place.

**harvey** · 07-28-2008, 02:29 PM

No results because of high load...

Due to excessive load, our servers didn't return results. Please try your search again.

guess Google has nothing to worry about

**EDepth** · 07-28-2008, 04:02 PM

even sites that are popular on the web have several month old results in their index... also seems like cuil is biased towards .html files.

**Nookster** · 07-28-2008, 04:23 PM

Interface blows. And, I seriously doubt they will make that more efficient to use than google.

**globofun** · 07-28-2008, 04:34 PM

That is just bullshit!

I work hard to get good ranking with SEO, and do well on Google and Yahoo....but this SE giving non relevant results for keywords on the first page.....and I cannot even see my sites anywhere in the results!!!

WTF is interacial porn has to do with shemale keywords.....bunch of morons!

**X37375787** · 07-28-2008, 04:38 PM

Complete rubbish.

**stevo** · 07-28-2008, 04:40 PM

Search results sucked ass...

**Nookster** · 07-28-2008, 04:50 PM

I blocked it:

Code:

RewriteCond &#37;{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Twiceler
RewriteRule ^.* - [F,L]

**acctman** · 07-28-2008, 04:57 PM

more people know MSN.com over google.com. remember MSN is the default page on many pc's

**hypedough** · 07-28-2008, 05:02 PM

Fucking results suck!

**mozadek** · 07-28-2008, 05:23 PM

I tried Cuil, didn't like it. I will be sticking with google, aside from using google as a search engine I just love the google toolbar and gmail notifier along with google calendar.

**baddog** · 07-28-2008, 05:30 PM

Originally posted by acctman

more people know MSN.com over google.com.

Really? I could have sworn Google held the largest percentage of the market share.

http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=4

**SL|M!** · 07-28-2008, 06:58 PM

dont like it at all. dont like how they display results. I did see on CNN that google has a hard time retaining employees because they eventuall form their own company

**Iron Fist** · 07-28-2008, 07:00 PM

33 million in VC during a technical recession? Who thinks of these things when people are not spending money...

And I agree with BD - "cool" dot com is not going to make me type in cuil.com or whatever it is...that's just stupid - it's not intuitive.

**harvey** · 07-28-2008, 07:35 PM

Originally posted by acctman

more people know MSN.com over google.com. remember MSN is the default page on many pc's

I hope you don't do market research for a living

**Deej** · 07-28-2008, 07:43 PM

Originally posted by acctman

more people know MSN.com over google.com. remember MSN is the default page on many pc's

Are you fucking kidding me?

if they dont change their homepage after buying a fresh PC...

then and only then will someone know msn over google.

Im sure senility comes into play somewhere in those people too

**baddog** · 07-28-2008, 07:57 PM

Originally posted by Deej

if they dont change their homepage after buying a fresh PC...

then and only then will someone know msn over google.

Those people do a search for "google" on MSN, then make Google.com their home page.

**clickyoucutie** · 07-28-2008, 08:04 PM

It will probably fall flat on its face like most start ups do. I would be shocked to see it be successful. It will take a LOT to beat google.

**Axzar** · 07-28-2008, 09:30 PM

Checked it out yesterday, I am above the fold on my mainstream search keywords, all good, but I will probably never go back to the site. Cute layout. At the end of the day, people hate change and really, Cuil ain't cool to spell.

Cuil are toast. lol

CUIL, the new search engine, should Google be shaking in its boots ?

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