Cuil - Search engine different from Google
There's a new search engine in town. It's called Cuil (pronounced cool) and calls itself the world’s biggest search engine. So far, that's not exactly true but they might give Google a run for their money soon, looking at the way things are going. According to their info page, they search as three times as many web pages as Google.
Unlike Google where search results are based on link popularity, Cuil bases it's results on content analysis. Another difference with Google is Cuil promishes complete privacy to the searchers - something that a lot of people will definitely find attractive. As for the design, it is similar to Google in the sense that it's rather simple without any clutter. However, it has a dark background as opposed to Google's white background.
Anna Patterson, part of the husband-and-wife team that founded the company, used to work with Google. She was the architect of Google’s large search index, TeraGoogle, which was launched in early 2006. She is also noted for having created the world's biggest search engine index (at that time) consisting of 30 billion pages using information from the Internet Archive at Archive.org. Her husband, Tom Costello is the CEO of the company.
Other related links:
- Former Googleers unveil Cuil, a new search engine
- Cuil Challenges Google With Privacy
Comments
Really poor
Plus, it's always good to see other companies having a go at search.
Who cares if you give me the accurate information if I can't even select and decide properly to make my accurate decision.
That's what I'm feeling now.
I which we could turn the table around as I find, on an SEO stand point, that Google is playing Diva, meaning that they impose their will.