Comments on: Cuil.com – Not so Cool http://www.geekestateblog.com/cuilcom-not-so-cool/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Karlonia - Power Quotes http://www.geekestateblog.com/cuilcom-not-so-cool/#comment-18394 Karlonia - Power Quotes Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:47:08 +0000 http://www.geekestateblog.com/?p=817#comment-18394 Apparently Cuil was not quite ready for launch during the first day or two - many medium long tail queries did not return results at all, and even general queries returned way fewer results than they should have considering Cuil's claims of having indexed so many pages already. They did improve somewhat afterward, however, and seem to be picking up more results and increasing relevance as more people have been testing out the engine. In the long run, I hope they get things together and perform well enough to compete with the major search engines and then maybe do some advertising. I would like to see more serious competitors to Google in order to hold their power in check and encourage more transparency overall. Apparently Cuil was not quite ready for launch during the first day or two – many medium long tail queries did not return results at all, and even general queries returned way fewer results than they should have considering Cuil’s claims of having indexed so many pages already. They did improve somewhat afterward, however, and seem to be picking up more results and increasing relevance as more people have been testing out the engine.

In the long run, I hope they get things together and perform well enough to compete with the major search engines and then maybe do some advertising. I would like to see more serious competitors to Google in order to hold their power in check and encourage more transparency overall.

]]> By: Jeff in Hawaii http://www.geekestateblog.com/cuilcom-not-so-cool/#comment-17626 Jeff in Hawaii Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:53:58 +0000 http://www.geekestateblog.com/?p=817#comment-17626 "Cuil or Culi" What ever the name is. They claim to crawl more pages than Google and serve more relevant results. I think they have a long way to go before they can really claim that. The way they display their results is pretty messy too! Not very efficient use of space. “Cuil or Culi” What ever the name is. They claim to crawl more pages than Google and serve more relevant results. I think they have a long way to go before they can really claim that. The way they display their results is pretty messy too! Not very efficient use of space.

]]> By: Jay Thompson http://www.geekestateblog.com/cuilcom-not-so-cool/#comment-17580 Jay Thompson Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:03:16 +0000 http://www.geekestateblog.com/?p=817#comment-17580 Wowsa Cuil, Culi... those are too close for a bad typist like me! Wonder if traffic to Culi has gone up? Sorry about that Drew!! Wowsa Cuil, Culi… those are too close for a bad typist like me!

Wonder if traffic to Culi has gone up?

Sorry about that Drew!!

]]> By: The Harriman Team http://www.geekestateblog.com/cuilcom-not-so-cool/#comment-17555 The Harriman Team Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:44:34 +0000 http://www.geekestateblog.com/?p=817#comment-17555 When I saw this post in my feed reader, Feedly, I clicked on the Cuil link after reading the post and was greeted by...an exotic dancer?? And a boring one to boot. Wow, the link was spelled culi.com, which appears to be an Italian porn site. Good thing the link here is correct, or some people might have been in for a surprise! When I saw this post in my feed reader, Feedly, I clicked on the Cuil link after reading the post and was greeted by…an exotic dancer?? And a boring one to boot. Wow, the link was spelled culi.com, which appears to be an Italian porn site. Good thing the link here is correct, or some people might have been in for a surprise!

]]> By: Debbie http://www.geekestateblog.com/cuilcom-not-so-cool/#comment-17516 Debbie Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:17:51 +0000 http://www.geekestateblog.com/?p=817#comment-17516 I had fun searching Toledo, OH Real Estate. Lots of irrelevent results. Sidebar: your Cuil logo up top is linking to a Spanish speaking porn site - culi.com. I hope my boss doesn't check my sites visited today...:-) I had fun searching Toledo, OH Real Estate. Lots of irrelevent results. Sidebar: your Cuil logo up top is linking to a Spanish speaking porn site – culi.com. I hope my boss doesn’t check my sites visited today…:-)

]]> By: Drew Meyers http://www.geekestateblog.com/cuilcom-not-so-cool/#comment-17514 Drew Meyers Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:59:20 +0000 http://www.geekestateblog.com/?p=817#comment-17514 I too was unimpressed when I tested it out yesterday -- the results were less than stellar in my mind. That said, I do kind of like the way they return results with thumbnail photos to the user. But they need to return more relevant results for me to use it. I too was unimpressed when I tested it out yesterday — the results were less than stellar in my mind. That said, I do kind of like the way they return results with thumbnail photos to the user. But they need to return more relevant results for me to use it.

]]> By: Dean http://www.geekestateblog.com/cuilcom-not-so-cool/#comment-17513 Dean Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:54:46 +0000 http://www.geekestateblog.com/?p=817#comment-17513 They came out and admitted that they had problems the first day: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/no-bull-cuil-had-problems/ They came out and admitted that they had problems the first day:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/no-bull-cuil-had-problems/

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