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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: At home
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www.cuil.com (pronounced "cool")
Anyone tried it ? There is a big buzz around it cause it's developped by former google dudes. Black is cool but search results aren't... too bad that they are my main critera for a search engine. Dave Mustaine :"God created whammy bars for people who don't know how to solo." |
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*AD SPACE FOR SALE*
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Cleveland-ish, OH
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Interesting. Never heard of it.
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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Tried this a few times yesterday. The results it returns are generally pretty wonky and often times have very little, if anything, to do with the search term. Also, the page displaying the search results is very ugly and hard to navigate - the results all look like ads!
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is the next Chiquita
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Looks like they're doing a good job of culling, all right.
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Near Indianapolis
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I'm really unimpressed. I tried it a handful of times, but I'm just not impressed with it at all. I might check it out again in a year or so, once they've had time to refine it a bit, but it just doesn't get the job done right now, IMO.
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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FAIL
I also tried my website. First hit. Not bad. But where the hell did that picture come from? Because it sure as hell didn't come from the site. |
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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It's pretty good for finding out information about bands actually. The name "cuil" is just terrible, though. If I can't say it, chances are I'm not going to use it.
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http://ga.rgoyle.com
Join Date: May 2004
Location: In your dock hiding behind your finder icon!
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A lot of the top results seem to be from directories and aggregation sites. I really hate those! They are normally just full of adverts and feeding off other sites content!
And I don't like the results layout. Other than that is good! OK, I have given up keeping this sig up to date. Lets just say I'm the guy that installs every latest version as soon as its available! |
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: St. Louis, MO
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I want to install a new door in an existing wall. Google has a TON of hits using the following search phrase:
install door in existing wall This "google killer"? Not so much... it says it found 33,776,321 hits but showed just 3 that weren't what I wanted at all. Google, on the other hand, says it found 2,620,000 and displayed a good hit as the first link, and many links immediately afterwards contained good info. I'll stick with Google, at least this week. real hackers don't use sigs |
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: At home
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Like fcgriz, I might check it again but like in 8-12 months. They really need to get better results and find a new way to display them. Like Luca already said, it looks like ads. Dave Mustaine :"God created whammy bars for people who don't know how to solo." |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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Oh yeah, it's been widely reported that most of the pictures have absolutely no connection at all with the sites they're being displayed next to.
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¡Damned!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Purgatory
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I hate that. Reminds me of Adult Friend Finder ads.
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: At home
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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What an ugly, unfriendly (and, therefore, unusable) search site.
I'm sticking with the Goog, thanks. Get back to me in a year or two and we'll see what's what. |
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is the next Chiquita
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Am I silly to feel a bit sad that Google is the only one engine worth going to for any serious search? It'd have been nice to have a serious competitor, as this benefits everyone. But nobody else seems capable of designing anything even remotely close as good as Google...
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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In all seriousness: the Cuil layout and results handling is actually pretty good. Unfortunately, the algorithm that actually delivers the results is obviously very much a work in progress. Maybe they'll get better. Maybe Google will re-employ (or even buy) them and integrate the results handling stuff back into Google (which, I suspect, may have been the business plan all along...). Maybe they'll make a living reinterpreting the results delivered by the "real" Google somehow. But they need to get a better algorithm and fast to be able to keep up...
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Unknown
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That said, I usually end up using Google because the integrated Google search bar is already installed in my browser and therefore is so convenient. I could add the others, but I don't want to waste all the space, and in the end, it's not really that big of a deal. Do you know where children get all of their energy? - They suck it right out of their parents! |
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Thunderbolt, fuck yeah!
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Denmark
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Bwa ha ha ha!!!
On a more serious note: I think the hype hit these guys before they where quite ready for it. Maybe they could slap a "beta" sign on it, just to adjust peoples expectations. Or make that an "alpha" sign. |
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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If nothing else, I'd like to see others succeed in their own ways if only to keep Google on their toes. |
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Ice Arrow Sniper
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Oh that bagpipe innards is so taken.
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rams it
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Seattle
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My instincual mannor for pronouncing that site sounded mighty close to the French word "couilles", meaning "balls" (of the testicular variety). That could be for a number of reasons right now, but take that as you will...
You had me at asl ....... |
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Making sawdust
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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so they finally got themselves running, eh?
Their friggen search bot tripled my monthly bandwidth on my web site until i told them to knock it off. |
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Hates the Infotainment
Join Date: May 2004
Location: NSA Archives
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Cool search result format and I welcome competition but so far not impressed.
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Making sawdust
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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so i turn the safe search off and it still will not give me porn? thats epic fail right there.
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Try Yahoo Image Search.
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