Comments on: Cuil comes out of Stealth - an Update http://www.altsearchengines.com/2008/07/28/cuil-comes-out-of-stealth-a-sneak-peek/ The most wonderful search engines you've never seen! Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:46:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Eliane http://www.altsearchengines.com/2008/07/28/cuil-comes-out-of-stealth-a-sneak-peek/comment-page-1/#comment-86436 Eliane Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:23:41 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2008/07/28/cuil-comes-out-of-stealth-a-sneak-peek/#comment-86436 Tested cuil. I looked for Advanced Search button or Help on Search button. Did not find any. My problem: How can I get only articles where I have the exact string "WORD1 WORD2" and not articles where I have the words WORD1 and WORD2 but not the string "WORD1 WORD2" ? Putting words within ""does not help: "" seem ignored. Tested cuil. I looked for Advanced Search button or Help on Search button.
Did not find any.
My problem:
How can I get only articles where I have the exact string “WORD1 WORD2″ and not articles where I have the words WORD1 and WORD2 but not the string “WORD1 WORD2″ ?
Putting words within “”does not help: “” seem ignored.

]]> By: Faith Marshall http://www.altsearchengines.com/2008/07/28/cuil-comes-out-of-stealth-a-sneak-peek/comment-page-1/#comment-85657 Faith Marshall Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:21:25 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2008/07/28/cuil-comes-out-of-stealth-a-sneak-peek/#comment-85657 I checked it out. Seems kind of "ok". Didn't think it was too user-friendly because the tabs were not consistent. Neither were the pictures. But it did provide some older stuff that I forgot was around :). Overall, I think they have some work to do. But it, like most search engines I've tried, evolve over time. Given the chance, perhaps they will too. I checked it out. Seems kind of “ok”. Didn’t think it was too user-friendly because the tabs were not consistent. Neither were the pictures. But it did provide some older stuff that I forgot was around :). Overall, I think they have some work to do. But it, like most search engines I’ve tried, evolve over time. Given the chance, perhaps they will too.

]]> By: chris http://www.altsearchengines.com/2008/07/28/cuil-comes-out-of-stealth-a-sneak-peek/comment-page-1/#comment-85325 chris Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:55:20 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2008/07/28/cuil-comes-out-of-stealth-a-sneak-peek/#comment-85325 Cuil is definitely going for it, but it's hard to imagine them doing anything but incremental changes to what Google's done. And even that would take years of effort. Me.dium.com has taken a different tack. We have a full web index, but we change the results based on the surfing activity of our user base (now over 2,000,000). It's in alpha, but I'd be curious to hear your thoughts. http://me.dium.com/search Cuil is definitely going for it, but it’s hard to imagine them doing anything but incremental changes to what Google’s done. And even that would take years of effort.

Me.dium.com has taken a different tack. We have a full web index, but we change the results based on the surfing activity of our user base (now over 2,000,000). It’s in alpha, but I’d be curious to hear your thoughts. http://me.dium.com/search

]]> By: Karlonia - Cuil Search Engine http://www.altsearchengines.com/2008/07/28/cuil-comes-out-of-stealth-a-sneak-peek/comment-page-1/#comment-85155 Karlonia - Cuil Search Engine Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:01:58 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2008/07/28/cuil-comes-out-of-stealth-a-sneak-peek/#comment-85155 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: Elliott Ng http://www.altsearchengines.com/2008/07/28/cuil-comes-out-of-stealth-a-sneak-peek/comment-page-1/#comment-83135 Elliott Ng Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:19:49 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2008/07/28/cuil-comes-out-of-stealth-a-sneak-peek/#comment-83135 Sounds like ASE should create a great debate: Cuil FAIL vs Cuil ROCKS. Fascinating that there is so much energy about this. Sounds like ASE should create a great debate: Cuil FAIL vs Cuil ROCKS. Fascinating that there is so much energy about this.

]]> By: Debi http://www.altsearchengines.com/2008/07/28/cuil-comes-out-of-stealth-a-sneak-peek/comment-page-1/#comment-83085 Debi Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:04:44 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2008/07/28/cuil-comes-out-of-stealth-a-sneak-peek/#comment-83085 I am brand new to the world of search engines. I had no idea there were so many out there. So, it's ironic that since I always go to Google to "google", that a new "bigger and better" search engine named "Cuil" would be launched. I will have to sit on my opinion for awhile. Since I am not savvy, I can only assume that it's slow due to EVERYBODY wanting to "cuil." I am brand new to the world of search engines. I had no idea there were so many out there. So, it’s ironic that since I always go to Google to “google”, that a new “bigger and better” search engine named “Cuil” would be launched. I will have to sit on my opinion for awhile. Since I am not savvy, I can only assume that it’s slow due to EVERYBODY wanting to “cuil.”

]]> By: Troy http://www.altsearchengines.com/2008/07/28/cuil-comes-out-of-stealth-a-sneak-peek/comment-page-1/#comment-83056 Troy Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:50:55 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2008/07/28/cuil-comes-out-of-stealth-a-sneak-peek/#comment-83056 It's a promising site, but I've been having some problems with it. It does a great job of breaking down very broad subject matters, but does very poorly on very specific results. For example, "necktie" brought back over 400,000 results. But, "How to tie a necktie" brought back nothing. The statement that they're bigger than Google is a pretty lofty claim and probably the reason so many sites are being rather harsh on them. But, on the other hand, that claim is why they're getting so many reviews in the first place. It's a good search engine, especially for only being less than 24hrs old. It’s a promising site, but I’ve been having some problems with it.

It does a great job of breaking down very broad subject matters, but does very poorly on very specific results.

For example, “necktie” brought back over 400,000 results. But, “How to tie a necktie” brought back nothing.

The statement that they’re bigger than Google is a pretty lofty claim and probably the reason so many sites are being rather harsh on them. But, on the other hand, that claim is why they’re getting so many reviews in the first place.

It’s a good search engine, especially for only being less than 24hrs old.

]]> By: Scott Baxter http://www.altsearchengines.com/2008/07/28/cuil-comes-out-of-stealth-a-sneak-peek/comment-page-1/#comment-83038 Scott Baxter Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:35:42 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2008/07/28/cuil-comes-out-of-stealth-a-sneak-peek/#comment-83038 Hello, Seems like an interesting engine. Where would we leave a comment to let you all know about our search engine. tyrols.com. It has a very small database updated by free software on the site. User's of the software actually build it. But the images, video, and business results are somewhat unique. The business results show addresses and phone numbers. The shopping results show any web site with a price relating to the topic. More info in the 'press' room at tyrols.com/press. Thanks. Scott Hello,

Seems like an interesting engine.

Where would we leave a comment to let you all know about our search engine. tyrols.com. It has a very small database updated by free software on the site. User’s of the software actually build it. But the images, video, and business results are somewhat unique. The business results show addresses and phone numbers. The shopping results show any web site with a price relating to the topic. More info in the ‘press’ room at tyrols.com/press.

Thanks.

Scott

]]> By: Hope Leman http://www.altsearchengines.com/2008/07/28/cuil-comes-out-of-stealth-a-sneak-peek/comment-page-1/#comment-82977 Hope Leman Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:07:08 +0000 http://altsearchengines.com/2008/07/28/cuil-comes-out-of-stealth-a-sneak-peek/#comment-82977 Works quickly and is handsome. It doesn't have the nice feature of, "Did you mean?" I tried "amyotrophic lateral sclerosis" but misspelled and it insisted that I spell it utterly correctly before I got any results. Some of the results are a little quirky, like listings for articles from 1998 and 2005 as the first options. That is pretty stale stuff. And in “Explore by Category” I got the bizarre option of, "Cultural Revolution People." That may have been because Mao Tse Tung is said to have had ALS (although that is speculative). But Mao wasn't given as an option--only his minions. Promising, but needs work. Works quickly and is handsome. It doesn’t have the nice feature of, “Did you mean?” I tried “amyotrophic lateral sclerosis” but misspelled and it insisted that I spell it utterly correctly before I got any results.

Some of the results are a little quirky, like listings for articles from 1998 and 2005 as the first options. That is pretty stale stuff.

And in “Explore by Category” I got the bizarre option of, “Cultural Revolution People.” That may have been because Mao Tse Tung is said to have had ALS (although that is speculative). But Mao wasn’t given as an option–only his minions.

Promising, but needs work.

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