Ex-Googlers launch Cuil, but maybe too early?

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Cuil vs. Google

According to some of the most public and powerful media sources, that inevitably pump 'edited facts' into the minds of the general public, portray Cuil as being a dismil attempt to tackle google.

"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.

What a load of garbage. What if three years ago we were to say 'MySpace has become so synonymous with Social Networking that it may no longer matter how good upcoming competitors such as Facebook or any other challenger is' ... there are many more comparisons that would suggest Allen Weiner's statement to be rash and narrow minded.

"Search has become as much about branding as anything else," Weiner said. "I doubt (Cuil) will be keeping anyone at Google awake at night."

Fair enough Allen, stating the obvious about branding a little, however I am sure Google isn't keeping anyone at Cuil awake at night either. At the end of the day people will use the tool that best suits the task.

Additionally, to simply declare that Cuil will undoubtedly fall into the same category as Wikia Search, and/or any other previous google competitor for this matter, seems to be jumping the gun a little my opinion. Obviously I do not know the secrets and tactics that Cuil plan to use, therefore I won't make any assumptions on what the search engine capabilities are, and likewise the potential (it is still early days for Cuil).

I have very much the same attitude to this search engine as I did for google in 1998, when the battle began against Altavista. Firefox is another great example.

The so called fact that Cuil has the largest index is a big call to make, although it is important to realise that the index size does not necessarily reflect quality.

In regards to the indexing and desired user results - I have noticed, from my experience, that Cuil often displays either different results, or a different ranking. In some cases I prefer the results from Cuil, depending on the search. For now I would recommend using both, don't rule Cuil out just yet.

Posted by: Matt Pratley   Posted on: 07/29/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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