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komalkumari — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:28:19 -0000

hello....sirI haven't seen a clear positioning on why Cuil is better than Google
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saurabh — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:14:53 -0000

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youtube downloader — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:55:55 -0000

I think Cuil has a way to go and at this stage is not a threat or significant issue to Google. Let's not forget Google's built in audience that they developed with services ranging from Docs to Blogger.

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Corporation Financial — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:12:41 -0000

Lack of a monopoly is healthy, if the new startup can pay dividends then maybe they can get along together. Did the C come from Google like Venom from Spiderman though? It could be breach of contract.

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Philip Buxton — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:20:45 -0000

I was taught to only speak when I've got something nice to say so this is tricky, but are you really suggesting Google changed something so bad news about Cuil appears top? If so, that shows such a deep misunderstanding about how Google - and search engines generally - work, it's hard to know where to start...

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ANdy — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:06:31 -0000

I haven't seen a clear positioning on why Cuil is better than Google. Why would I use Cuil over Google? Okay, they don't collect information, they have a nicer laid out results page and they use a different approach to the algorithm but I don't know what specific type of searches are better in Cuil than Google. Saying it's generally better doesn't help me and when I invariably test it out for myself doesn't set Cuil up for a good evaluation.

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jmacofearth — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:48:02 -0000

Google google bombs itself. That's a sense of humor if you ask me.

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rsomers — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:51:21 -0000

TheSleepyGeek, great point on the high publicity. Most startup search engines claim to be doing something substantially different from Google; semantic search, clustered search, etc. That gets around the 'you can't compete with Google' reflex.

Cuil's gotten a lot of pickup in press and blogosphere by the ballsy tactic of taking on Google headon. That gets pickup for the same reason I'd get response if I did a press release claiming I was going to fight Mike Tyson.

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TheSleepyGeek — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:43:32 -0000

This is interesting. I am curious as to why Cuil is getting this much publicity. They must be doing something right at the very least. There are all kinds of search engines starting up, some as simple as Cuil and some more fancy but this seems to be getting more attention for some reason.
Not sure why, I checked it out... google still is at the top of the usability list for me.

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Armando G — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:14:52 -0000

This is why I tend to go to Wikipedia first; although not the most difinitive (or unbiased) source, I often can get background on my topic before slupring off what the engines feed me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

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KaRi from ThePrimeSpot.com — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:44:56 -0000

Because I'm still a wanna-be, Chris!

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shawnblog — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:28:10 -0000

Google has pretty clear results http://www.cuil.com/search?...

At least I can find Google.

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Zach — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:12:21 -0000

What a fantastic title. :)

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Ryno — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:06:26 -0000

Warfare! Look at how the big 4 internet companies are waging war right now!.... www.gothamtechminute.blogsp...

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chrisbrogan — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:01:06 -0000

@KaRi - why don't YOU host one? That's the point. : )

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MarkWis — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:51:40 -0000

On a related issue, I just wrote about how far Cuil has to go (in my blog on blogger *rolls eyes at self*) in regards to their sorting and presentation of certain information.

http://imprudentnecessities...

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KaRi from ThePrimeSpot.com — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:39:47 -0000

YOU rank high!

Hey, why not hold a PODCAMP in Long Beach, CA?
I'd love to promote that!

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Matt Cutts — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:05:12 -0000

Hi Chris, if your question is "Did Google change its rankings or otherwise do anything different for Cuil?" then the answer is an emphatic no.

As far as why your blog shows up at #5 when you search, perhaps you have personalized search on? To turn off personalized search, sign out from Google or add "&pws=0" to the end of your search url.

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Jason — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:44:35 -0000

Even better is searching cuil for cuil. Oh, the hilarity.

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shawnblog — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:33:48 -0000

I searched the name of a somewhat obscure podcast with and without quotes. There are 200+ results for this found on Google, so it's well indexed and there are Facebook, twitter and other references to the name.

ZERO (0) results appear on cuil.

It looks pretty slick and maybe they're still ramping up, but when I search the web, I want to find the newest content for item or topic I'm searching. I'd have to agree that this story appearing as the top news result is relevant since the search is obviously inferior.

(one guess as to who's podcast I was searching;)

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rsomers — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:30:49 -0000

What's intriguing to me is to click through to the management team at http://www.cuil.com/info/ma.... I see:

*Strong technology focus on the part of the CEO, President, VP's of Engineering and Products
*No Marketing focus per se. No VP Marketing, and VP Product has a technology rather than a marketplace focus. VP Communications has a good background in corporate comm, but that isn't a role that typically feeds back into product design and positioning.

Would their debut have been different had 1) Marketing been empowered on an executive level, and 2) the positioning been more refined? 'The World's Biggest Search Engine' may be accurate in a technical sense, but in the marketplace it's not credible positioning. Kind of like saying Fatty Arbuckle was the 'Biggest Star Ever' - technically true but irrelevant to what we'd like the word 'biggest' to convey.

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chrisbrogan — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:27:38 -0000

Cuil is the North Korea of search.

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Dylan Atkinson — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:27:08 -0000

LOL, I like how you came up as number 5. They must have saw your complaints about how your results came up when you tested your name on Cuil :-)

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Matt — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:24:42 -0000

@David - But it usually is.