Ex-Google engineers debut 'Cuil' way to search

**Hairbautt** · 07-28-2008, 02:56 PM

"Developers of new engine say it offers a more comprehensive way to search the Internet."

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- "Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system. She believes her latest invention is even more valuable - only this time it's not for sale.

Patterson instead intends to upstage Google, which she quit in 2006 to develop a more comprehensive and efficient way to scour the Internet. The end result is Cuil, pronounced "cool." Backed by $33 million in venture capital, the search engine plans to begin processing requests for the first time Monday.

Cuil had kept a low profile while Patterson, her husband, Tom Costello, and two other former Google engineers - Russell Power and Louis Monier - searched for better ways to search.

Now, it's boasting time.

Web index: For starters, Cuil's search index spans 120 billion Web pages."

Source: Full Article @ CNN

View: http://www.cuil.com/ - Apparently it's still in testing because I keep getting "Oops! We couldn’t find that page." messages. Works sometimes tho'.

**222MHz** · 07-28-2008, 03:54 PM

I gave it a shot with a couple of searches.. Still pretty rusty if you ask me.

**Hairbautt** · 07-28-2008, 04:19 PM

I tried Rammstein and got some good results, but then I changed my preferences then ran the search again and it told me that there weren't any results.

Gotta work out the kinks, I suppose.

**Barbarossa** · 07-28-2008, 04:22 PM

I just tried it, it's not as good as google

**Hairbautt** · 07-28-2008, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by Barbarossa

I just tried it, it's not as good as google

'Least it's better than shit.

**backlash** · 07-28-2008, 08:48 PM

first search was good, second was the same as the first with rapidshare after it, no results. doh. not really worth using just yet.

**delimare** · 07-28-2008, 08:59 PM

It is very clear that it is still in its infancy stage. Searches are not impressive compared to Google searches with the same search input. Time will tell if it truly can compete with the almighty giant.

Thanks for the link though. I am sure a lot of people will be watching its progress with great interest.

**tesco** · 07-28-2008, 09:46 PM

337,830,352 results for site:filesharingtalk.com

edit: looks like it just doesn't support the "site" command. They aren't all filesharingtalk.com