pauℓzurrr. Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Cuil Launches Biggest Search Engine on the Web Technology Company Offers New Look at Search MENLO PARK, Calif.—July 28, 2008—Cuil, a technology company pioneering a new approach to search, unveils its innovative search offering, which combines the biggest Web index with content-based relevance methods, results organized by ideas, and complete user privacy. Cuil (www.Cuil.com) has indexed 120 billion Web pages, three times more than any other search engine. Cuil (pronounced COOL) provides organized and relevant results based on Web page content analysis. The search engine goes beyond today’s search techniques of link analysis and traffic ranking to analyze the context of each page and the concepts behind each query. It then organizes similar search results into groups and sorts them by category. Cuil gives users a richer display of results and offers organizing features, such as tabs to clarify subjects, images to identify topics and search refining suggestions to help guide users to the results they seek. “The Web continues to grow at a fantastic rate and other search engines are unable to keep up with it,” said Tom Costello, CEO and co-founder of Cuil. “Our significant breakthroughs in search technology have enabled us to index much more of the Internet, placing nearly the entire Web at the fingertips of every user. In addition, Cuil presents searchers with content-based results, not just popular ones, providing different and more insightful answers that illustrate the vastness and the variety of the Web.” Cuil’s technology was developed by a team with extensive history in search. The company is led by husband-and-wife team Tom Costello and Anna Patterson. Mr. Costello researched and developed search engines at Stanford University and IBM; Ms. Patterson is best known for her work at Google, where she was the architect of the company’s large search index and led a Web page ranking team. They refused to accept the limitations of current search technology and dedicated themselves to building a more comprehensive search engine. Together with Russell Power, Anna’s former colleague from Google, they founded Cuil to give users the opportunity to explore the Internet more fully and discover its true potential. “Since we met at Stanford, Tom and I have shared a vision of the ideal search engine,” said Anna Patterson, President and COO of Cuil. “Our team approaches search differently. By leveraging our expertise in search architecture and relevance methods, we’ve built a more efficient yet richer search engine from the ground up. The Internet has grown and we think it’s time search did too.” Cuil’s methods guarantee online privacy for searchers. Since the search engine ranks pages based on content instead of number of clicks, personal data collection is unnecessary, so personal search history is always private. Summary of Cuil’s features: Biggest Internet search engine—Cuil has indexed 120 billion Web pages, 3x more than any other search engine Organized results—Cuil’s magazine-style layout separates results by subject and allows further search by concept or category Different results—Unlike other search engines, Cuil ranks results by the content on each page, not its popularity Complete privacy protection—Cuil does not keep any personally identifiable information on users or their search histories About Cuil Cuil (pronounced COOL) is a search engine that combines the largest Web index with content-based relevance methods, organized results, and complete user privacy. The company’s next generation approach to search is the result of proprietary breakthroughs in search architecture and ranking algorithms. Cuil’s employees have extensive experience in search, having worked at Google, IBM, eBay, AltaVista, Stanford University, the Internet Archive and other technology companies and research centers. Cuil is located in Menlo Park, California and has received series A funding from Tugboat Ventures and Greylock Partners, and series B funding from Madrone Capital Partners. Cuil derives its name from an old Irish word for knowledge, reflecting the background of co-founder and CEO, Tom Costello, who hails from Drogheda, Ireland. For more information, please visit www.cuil.com. Contacts Vince Sollitto, Cuil 650-644-7288 press@cuil.com Andrea MacLean, Manning Selvage & Lee 415-293-2796 andrea.maclean@mslpr.com I think it's much better looking then Google or any other search site, but that's just me. What about you? www.cuil.com Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
dillon31292 Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 That's actually pretty nice. I'm too used to Google to absolutely love it right off hand, but if I take some time to get used to it I just might make it my default search engine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-836511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I find that layout much harder when searching for "non-obvious" pages. You have to look around the page at each heading where as with google you can rip down the list super fast. Worse than that, the results don't seem very good. I tried insanely mac and my last name as search criteria and both returned zero results. All other engines found this site and my home page just fine. Edit: Seems their servers are already overwhelmed by people trying it. Not what I want for my search engine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-836517 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dillon31292 Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 "Insanely mac" brings up 1,623,146 results and "insanelymac" brings up 85,640 results, or did you mean that you combined your last name with that term? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-836599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatshitcat Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 It would be nice to have something really competitive to Google, but it's not yet as extensive. Like the outlook, except the way search results are grouped in boxes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-836620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I honestly don't care what they say. Google is THE search engine. They are dominating the search market share and show no signs of slowing down. Seriously, these random other companies show up and expect to beat google at their own game? Pfsh hahaha! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-836665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLiDE FTW!!1 Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Erm, there's no harm in trying... Just because Google is more widely used, doesn't mean that these guys can't capture some market share. That's like when Apple launched iPhone, everyone thought RIM was untouchable, and that they'd never lose share, etc. It's called being open minded. I laud these guys for trying in such a hard market and am keen on seeing on what they may bring in the future. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-836675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdshft Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I honestly don't care what they say. Google is THE search engine. They are dominating the search market share and show no signs of slowing down. Seriously, these random other companies show up and expect to beat google at their own game? Pfsh hahaha! moar newz plz kthx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-836694 Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I really don't like this site at all. Searching 'insanely mac netkas' brings up nothing, while all other search engines can take me to netkas's profile on insanely. This site is good if you want to learn about something new, but for finding really specific things it's awful. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-836757 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Searching for 'pcwiz' brought up some really old articles by me--not very useful. However I do have to say that the UI for this engine is the best, this UI + Google engine would be awesome Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-836790 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 I honestly don't care what they say. Google is THE search engine. They are dominating the search market share and show no signs of slowing down. Seriously, these random other companies show up and expect to beat google at their own game? Pfsh hahaha! Those with long memories will recall when Yahoo & similar were the premier search engines, then Altavista pwned them all, only to be overtaken by Google.. evolution will happen, and having more options can't be a bad thing, espedcially for all those people concerned about google's plans for world domination. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-836838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Searching for "Numberzz" brought up this sexy looking page: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-836848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 "Insanely mac" brings up 1,623,146 results and "insanelymac" brings up 85,640 results, or did you mean that you combined your last name with that term? Checking my history it seems it butchered the name it sent as search terms. I still don't care for it. It's too slow. (which may be easily fixed in the future) IMHO, they need to have options for changing the layout. When you are searching for pages and you're not 100% what you are looking for or the best terms to use, I find that layout is more time consuming to scan the individual results to see if you are close. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-836870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Puppy Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Cuil looks like a really wonderful search engine. Unfortunately, the name "cuil" is: 1) harder to type fast than "google" 2) harder to pronounce without it being explained (if it were so easy to pronounce, the article wouldn't have specified "COOL") So it might not catch on. But, I hope it will, since it is really innovative and awesome. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-837173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielmramos Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Tried it. It blows chuncks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-837796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sxjthefirst Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 If it were that good I would have heard of it from a friend not thru the media. I tried it it's not bad but no google killer either. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-837786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cain. Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Give it some time, seems to have some potential and I'd really like to have several search-alternatives again... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-837875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aibonlengket Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Dhammm... not found. looking for my site "akbarfoto" and it turn out none. no good. weak engine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-838458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Watz0n Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 I have to say, it's pretty decent (and looks great), but it isn't my cup of tea. I'm using the new Scour (Google, Yahoo, Live searches), and it works great. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-838512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
annunaki Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Not impressed overall. It's pretty looking, but quite inefficient. The results do not seem to be as "intelligent" as Google and all the preview garbage is just bells & whistles IMHO. When you need to find info, you just need the info. It reminds me how MS Vista tried to go "pretty". Google relies on search results and attempts in some magical way to anticipate your inquiries by reading your mind...or so it seems. CUIL for me stands for Can't Understand Intelligent Listings...or maybe Language...or Logic. Whatever. I tried its search for my regular evening of infotainment and I was quickly irritated by the illogical results. So for this surfer, CUIL = {censored}. Sorry guys. You got a long road ahead of you before you can consider yourselves a serious competitor to Google. Good luck though. Maybe in about 10-15 years you might have a shot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-838534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylamrin Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Tried it, its not so bad at all.... But, IT IS NOT A GOOGLE KILLER . P E R I O D. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-839140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOGIC.delayed Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Cuil is decent. I'm not that impressed with the search results I receive. Visually I find it very appealing though. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/118086-cuil/#findComment-842568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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