Comments on: Cuil is Misses One Very Important Website http://ideonexus.com/2008/07/30/cuil-is-misses-one-very-important-website/ Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:43:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ClintJCL http://ideonexus.com/2008/07/30/cuil-is-misses-one-very-important-website/comment-page-1/#comment-7735 ClintJCL Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:18:44 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=1635#comment-7735 I find Viewzi slow and cumbersome. Can't even open results in a new window (I don't wait for page loads.. Homey don't play that game.) I find Viewzi slow and cumbersome. Can’t even open results in a new window (I don’t wait for page loads.. Homey don’t play that game.)

]]> By: doranchak http://ideonexus.com/2008/07/30/cuil-is-misses-one-very-important-website/comment-page-1/#comment-7672 doranchak Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:39:10 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=1635#comment-7672 Cuil has been getting universally panned it seems. Must suck for them, considering how much they paid for PR during their high-profile launch. I much prefer Viewzi: http://www.viewzi.com The results are useful AND very uniquely presented. All the different "views" are fun to play with. I like the 3D Photo Cloud View. And I like how the Video X3 View shows short animated thumbnails of some of the videos in the search results. Cuil has been getting universally panned it seems. Must suck for them, considering how much they paid for PR during their high-profile launch.

I much prefer Viewzi:

http://www.viewzi.com

The results are useful AND very uniquely presented. All the different “views” are fun to play with. I like the 3D Photo Cloud View. And I like how the Video X3 View shows short animated thumbnails of some of the videos in the search results.

]]> By: Sour Swinger http://ideonexus.com/2008/07/30/cuil-is-misses-one-very-important-website/comment-page-1/#comment-7657 Sour Swinger Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:21:21 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=1635#comment-7657 Cuil definitely disappointed me. The only thing I liked about it was the web 2.0 feeling. They certainly do have a LONG way to go if they want dethrone even other non-google search engines. Cuil definitely disappointed me. The only thing I liked about it was the web 2.0 feeling. They certainly do have a LONG way to go if they want dethrone even other non-google search engines.

]]> By: Karlonia - Cuil Results http://ideonexus.com/2008/07/30/cuil-is-misses-one-very-important-website/comment-page-1/#comment-7266 Karlonia - Cuil Results Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:29:07 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=1635#comment-7266 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: BMF http://ideonexus.com/2008/07/30/cuil-is-misses-one-very-important-website/comment-page-1/#comment-6955 BMF Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:03:40 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=1635#comment-6955 For supposedly indexing so many pages, you would think they would be able to point here? This is the third non-indexed site I've come across in the Cuil search engine. -BMF For supposedly indexing so many pages, you would think they would be able to point here? This is the third non-indexed site I’ve come across in the Cuil search engine.

-BMF

]]> By: Matt http://ideonexus.com/2008/07/30/cuil-is-misses-one-very-important-website/comment-page-1/#comment-6930 Matt Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:48:45 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=1635#comment-6930 I like the way google uses search patterns to tailor results.. IDK how that's a negative =\ I like the way google uses search patterns to tailor results.. IDK how that’s a negative =\

]]> By: ClintJCL http://ideonexus.com/2008/07/30/cuil-is-misses-one-very-important-website/comment-page-1/#comment-6905 ClintJCL Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:12:19 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=1635#comment-6905 Color me unimpressed: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=clintjcl&btnG=Google+Search vs http://www.cuil.com/search?q=clintjcl&sl=lon Gee, which one brings up my RELEVANT profiles, versus things I did once and never did again? Color me unimpressed:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=clintjcl&btnG=Google+Search
vs
http://www.cuil.com/search?q=clintjcl&sl=lon

Gee, which one brings up my RELEVANT profiles, versus things I did once and never did again?

]]> By: Dave http://ideonexus.com/2008/07/30/cuil-is-misses-one-very-important-website/comment-page-1/#comment-6904 Dave Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:10:54 +0000 http://ideonexus.com/?p=1635#comment-6904 They should have gone with http://www.Coil.com/ instead of Cuil.com Coil.com is: - Easy to pronounce - Easy to spell - Catchy - Short - Memorable It would have also been a good idea for them to launch a private Alpha and Beta before launching their search engine to the public. 10 years ago this launch would have been fine but people's expectations are much higher now after having used Google Search for many years. They should have gone with http://www.Coil.com/ instead of Cuil.com

Coil.com is:
- Easy to pronounce
- Easy to spell
- Catchy
- Short
- Memorable

It would have also been a good idea for them to launch a private Alpha and Beta before launching their search engine to the public. 10 years ago this launch would have been fine but people’s expectations are much higher now after having used Google Search for many years.

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