Comments on: Cuil made a fool of itself

By: Cuil is not yet out of the race, plans a comeback…. we are waiting | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:26:22 +0000

[...] Cuil? The search startup that boast how it could beat Google in its game? Well many of us would have [...]

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Firefox is about making web more open; CEO Lily | Startup Meme — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:13:07 +0000

[...] flare, there are others that remain humble despite biting one fifth of what the giant shared. The failures are quite a lot, Cuil and Google’s Lively to name a few, but one platform maintains its nag of [...]

By: Seven ways to kill your Startup – Startup Lessons from Freshbooks | Startup Meme

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:54:50 +0000

[...] trick there is in the book to generate buzz about your service, but we have seen it from the example of CUIL that it might not be the best move specially in entrenched [...]

By: Navigaya: Experience everything here | Startup Meme

Navigaya: Experience everything here | Startup Meme — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:41:50 +0000

[...] and an amalgamation of the various search engines from Google the giant to the shout more and do less Cuil. It offers users to access a wide variety of online services directly through its interface. [...]

By: CUIL Search Engine - CUIL Success or Failure - TopRankSEO Blog « Google SEO Expert|Ethical SEO Experts|Organic SEO Expert Blog|SEO Experts in India

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:54:53 +0000

[...] marketing Cuil as Google Killer a bad idea?” by Sampad Swain and over Startupmeme.com “CUIL made a fool of itself” by Sardar Mohkim [...]

By: Sardar Mohkim Khan

Sardar Mohkim Khan — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:09:06 +0000

Thanks for the comments. There is not much we can say as to how Cuil actually plans to BEAT Google, ‘bluff’ that’s all Cuil is about. I still recall they were all over Techmeme and it had a crashdown immediately. I guess they focused more at creating a hype over beating Google rather than going after improving the very basis of a search engine.

And as Imran has said, there is nothing coming close to beating Google than Google itself.

Regards,

By: BlogsDNA

BlogsDNA — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:19:43 +0000

at first glance i thought cuil wil become google killer but whe my search on cuil was unexpected i got reply from my mind Cuil is self killer

By: Imran Hussain

Imran Hussain — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:53:49 +0000

Thanks for telling us about this, Jennifer. We’ll check Me.dium out asap.
And for Cuil, I don’t think Google would be worried of losing the search market to anyone in the near future. They probably are THE website which might around a billion or more loyal followers, plus the time, skill and research they’ve done on search is far greater than their competitors, and they wouldn’t be sitting idle watching the competition struggle to beat them at their own game. I think if someone will better Google’s search, it’ll be Google itself.

By: Jenniferlauren

Jenniferlauren — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:33:17 +0000

It’s hard to imagine Cuil doing anything but incremental changes to what Google’s done. And even that would take years of effort. Now, as an added obstacle, they have to deal with the backlash of making such gigantic claims about their search results.

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: Cuil’s Hockey-Stick Decline « Shepherd’s Pi

Cuil’s Hockey-Stick Decline « Shepherd’s Pi — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:50:43 +0000

[...] Admittedly, it’s very early, too early to dismiss them (StartupMeme.com says “Cuil made a fool of itself“). [...]

By: Afzal Khan

Afzal Khan — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:24:54 +0000

Cuil was total failure since when it was launch and it was able to grab attention just b’coz of so much hype. After launch when it was available people were getting the feeling that CUIL will fail and it seems it is drowning.

Between just after launch there was discussion over SAMPAD SWAIN blog (http://managementchords.blogspot.com/2008/07/why-marketing-cuil-as-google-killer-bad.html)

And here is my feedback comment about CUIL:-
Why Marketing “Cuil” as “Google Killer” a bad idea? – It will be very BAD idea, I had also checked for few resuls at CUIL comparing the results what they dispalyed with Google (No Doubt), Yahoo & MSN. To me CUIL seems zero to none.

I was not satisfied with the results they display and most of them were irrevelant with the kind of Query I searched for.

I agree they indexed more url’s than Google but still in algorithm & serving accurate listings they can never beat Google.

CUIL looks attractive to eye but won’t be able to solve the purpose of search.

Regards
Afzee

By: Andrew Careaga

Andrew Careaga — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:10:51 +0000

This graph illustrates what many of us suspected — Cuil would be a flash in the pan. I doubt it can recover.