A Cuil new internet time-waster

Forget searching for a googlewhack. With the launch of Cuil, now you can waste your time trying to find the elusive one search that shows the correct image next to a result!

Inspired by Charles’ mini-review, I also searched for myself, and here is what I found in the first page:

brett porter - Cuil
brett porter - Cuil-2
brett porter - Cuil
brett porter - Cuil
… and so on.
 
Jokes aside, there are some neat ideas behind Cuil. It has a long way to go before being really useful, and if anything this has to be a complimentary tool to other search engines by the looks of it. Will keep an eye on it.

COMMENTS / 4 COMMENTS

[…] Porter wrote up a nice summary of his first impressions of that new search engine, Cuil.  He had exactly the same experience I […]

Ascription is an Anathema to any Enthusiasm » Blog Archive » New search engine makes you look fat added these pithy words on Jul 29 08 at 9:14 am

are you sure you’re not the guy with a moose? looks very much like you har har :p

mykol added these pithy words on Jul 29 08 at 8:27 am

I don’t get it, I thought Google folks were supposed to be smart. Doesn’t it seem blindingly obvious that the image is unlikely to be relevant unless it’s served from the same domain?

Stewart Johnson added these pithy words on Jul 30 08 at 1:28 am

I had the same problem too, only one reference under cuil, while on google I have 20/30 (or so references), only one on cuil

Chhers, long time no see :)

Judd Rusnak added these pithy words on Aug 13 08 at 7:40 am

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