Comments on: Cuil not so cool

By: SEO Agent

SEO Agent — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:41:40 +0000

I would say nice try, Cuil cannot run against Google in any way. Yahoo tried and we all see what is happening with them lately. Don’t get me wrong I support Yahoo as much as Google, but at this very moment don’t see anyone who can compete with the giant.

Cuil was most likely built out of some kind of anger (because that person no longer works for Google) and I understand, but no company ever built such reputation over night, well maybe some day…

Great Post,
SEO Agent

By: Robert Weiner

Robert Weiner — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:04:42 +0000

I don’t get it. Searching on my name produces strange results and random images. Here’s my take: http://www.rlweiner.com/cuil-search-engine-isnt

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By: Johns Cheap Flowers

Johns Cheap Flowers — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:29:28 +0000

My SEO guy tells me that long tailed keyword phrases are the way to go for small business online. By what you say Cuil is not up to it. It’s going to take something a lot bigger to topple Google.

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By: David

David — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:06:59 +0000

Perhaps it is just a joke gone too far? Still, it is only so, very early days yet. I think everyone just at least give them 12 – 24 months and then review how they are going. Still don’t think much of the domain name though.

By: Karen Blakeman

Karen Blakeman — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:01:05 +0000

Where on earth does Cuil find the images it puts next to the results? I did a search on UKeiG and only one of the results on the first page had an image from the page/site.

By: Roger Green

Roger Green — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:39:41 +0000

I searched for New York State Small Business Development Center; it actually suggested it after I had typed New York State Sm

We didn’t find any results for “New York State Small Business Development Center”
Some reasons might be…

a typo. Please check your spelling.
your search includes a term that is very rare. Try to find a more common substitute.
too many search terms. Please try fewer terms.
Finally, try to think of different words to describe your search.

It’s the first item on Google. Meh.

And as a matter of vanity, I cuiled my blog (www.rogerowengreen.blogspot.com) and it showed on the 7th page, while it’s on the first page on Google.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:03:03 +0000

Adding my review to the pot http://www.alexheaton.com/2008/07/cuil-worst-search-engine-in-western.html

By: CHARLES H.

CHARLES H. — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:12:07 +0000

Hey where can I get 30 million to try this?

I’d like to create a lame search engine while paying myself 2 million per year and I’ll hire my wife at 2 million per year and I’ll hire my kids at 500k each and then I’ll retire and blame the failure on someone else.

It is the American way isn’t it?

By: Nigeriasummit

Nigeriasummit — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:41:13 +0000

I couldn’t get on it.Google will smash the cool out of Cuil. Even Rick Sanchez of CNN could not get on it while report on the site.

By: Soap

Soap — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:09:28 +0000

How do they make money, anyway? Are they planning to introduce paid ads, or are the search results themselves paid ads? Doing a bunch of random queries, I dont see a terribly strong emphasis on putting commercial sites near the top. I searched up “soap” and none of the results is a soap company. It also created tabs for “Soap Making”, “Soap Opera”, etc. It seems like a good idea.

By: Nick McAree

Nick McAree — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:07:34 +0000

These days everyone wants to be next Google, however some people just don’t get it. Google is Google and very hard to come even close. Yahoo,a big company and cannot compete with Google, so how could you expect anything from this cuil.com?

Remember how many people tried to take PayPal down, back 3-4 years ago there was big number of so called Paypal Clones out there, how many did last, none.

This Cuil thing….hmmm just don’t waste calories on them.

Thanks,
Nick

By: Soap

Soap — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:03:35 +0000

I think that Cuil will go down but that it might help convince Google to make a more Cuil-like interface in the future. To those who are saying that theyre filtering out porn: it doesnt seem to be so. It just seems to be very hit-or-miss. I’ve tried sending the same single-word queries a dozen times each and gotten different results each time, ranging from 0 to a few pages to a lot.

By: Jian

Jian — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:13:35 +0000

The problem with cuil, is that the search engine market is just not there anymore. The big 3, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft are pretty much taking up all the search market. Unless They lose focus on search, which is not likely to be the case, the search war is pretty much over.

Trying to beat Google and others in its own game, is not possible, period. New ways of searching for information is the better approach, IMHO. Such as question and answer systems, community based social networks, etc.

For example, I have started a search based question and answer bilingual site, mainly serving overseas Chinese community, http://www.JiansNet.com, I think with user contribution and good content, it should hold a better future.

These days, it is all a matter of finding a good niche search based market, and delve into it. General search market is already a done deal.

By: ray

ray — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:12:28 +0000

Did anyone try searching cuil on http://www.cuil.com.

By: Pete-NY

Pete-NY — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:58:53 +0000

It sucks! It’s even worse than MSN search. I can’t believe there is so much buzz about this. I couldn’t find what I was looking for 20 minutes. Result page is hard to read and overloaded. Don’t expect to find your own website. What a misfire. They will never ever beat Google.

By: e GoDaddy

e GoDaddy — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:49:28 +0000

I agree with your post, having taken this so-called “Cruil” nonsense for a test drive. A 4-word combo kills Cruil. And searching for “cruil” in their own search engine yielded: Wholinks2me Cuil Aodha.

I doubt I’ll try it again.

By: Rob Kristie

Rob Kristie — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:34:26 +0000

I don’t think this is really ready for users yet.
I did a search for ” las vegas web design company”, no results, said the term was too large…
went to “vegas web design comany”, again, no results, term was too large….
“las vegas web design” shows no company pages, only directory sites.

It has to improve on long search terms before it is really ready. I would like to see a valid competetor, but these guys are not there yet.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:20:24 +0000

Why is this internet so full of complainers, I didn’t see any of them forking over millions of their dollars to start a new venture?
Sure there are going to be many bugs but has everyone forgot that Google didn’t take off like a rocket either in the beginning.