I’ve just finished my lens reviewing Cuil on Squidoo.
What I hoped would be a valuable comparison of promising new technology turned out to be nothing more than a source for a migraine.
If Cuil were the only search engine left I’d go back to Gopher.
Cuil is just not worth talking about so I won’t anymore, unless the historical insanity of Wall Street shows its face and creates a Cuil IPO.
I’ve covered the flaws in more detail on the lens linked above. Here I’ll share two of my favorite fatal flaws revealed in About Cuil that ensured this was dead before launch:
“The Internet has grown exponentially in the last fifteen years but search engines have not kept up—until now.”
There’s just no truth in that statement. Google is keeping up fine and Cuil is not delivering more results.
Besides when it comes the sheer number of pages I don’t think size is an asset.
“Rather than rely on superficial popularity metrics, Cuil searches for and ranks pages based on their content and relevance.” … “Then we offer you helpful choices and suggestions until you find the page you want and that you know is out there.”
So I’m supposed to cull through the millions of pages myself? Not so cool Cuil, you’re as irrelevant as your search results.
And BTW, Cuil doesn’t understand the concept of phrase search.
Go away Cuil. You’re a waste of time for anyone that uses you.
Tags: cuil, ciul, Google, searchengine, new search engine
