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Re: I hope Cuil isn’t an “epic fail”

Maggy Young — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:06:16 -0000

Gave Cuil a brief try, it isn't there yet, but it's good to see something different.
Mostly Google is great, but sometimes it can be awful, it has its faults & I think that's what you meant. And it has become more spammy of recent. So why is there no (real) competition ? Is it so much that Google is fallible, everything is, but we've gone stale on seeing the same old search engine ?

Re: I hope Cuil isn’t an “epic fail”

seemsArtless — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:52:32 -0000

The importance of alternatives rings true with me. We talk so much about innovation, but then everyone jumps on a single bandwagon and there are only a few 'lost' souls to support the competitors.

I was reminded of this when looking for a pair of portable stereo Bluetooth speakers -- take them to the dock, out in the back yard, no wires! But the latest and greatest iPhone / iPod can't support stereo Bluetooth out, so there is no market, so there are very few options.

I'll give Cuil a try for a while, especially when I'm searching for a wide ranging topic. The 'Explore by category' looks like it could be really useful.

Re: I hope Cuil isn’t an “epic fail”

mathewi — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:42:41 -0000

Thanks, Matt. I can't think of any off the top of my head right now -- I'm sure that they were searches for relatively generic and/or spammy type terms -- but when I come across some I will be sure to let you know :-)

Re: I hope Cuil isn’t an “epic fail”

MattCutts — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:39:48 -0000

Hey Mathew, I'd be interested to hear more about some of the Google searches that returned poor quality results, if you wanted to give some examples.