Monday, July 28, 2008

Cuil.com Struggling

Well looks as though Cuil.com as launched with loads of coverage, the former Google employees are striving to topple their old pay masters.

Well looks like its been a success, well with regards popularity. 8 searches before i eventually got results, looks like the servers are too hot...one of boast is they don't need as many computers as Google....looks like they will have to correct that one pretty sharpish.

Me like millions of other have been doing what Jeremiah calls "ego searches" and Cuil.com, (pronounced cool apparently) fledgling engine has been toppled.....

That said i have now tried a few searches on the site and i am reasonable impressed, more so with it top navigation. i have typed in the word Wednesday and along with the categories Ash Wednesday and big Wednesday, i get Sheffield Wednesday!! -Top Results in my book.

Still most common message today....

No results because of high load...

Due to excessive load, our servers didn't return results. Please try your search again.

Still give it a chance, the results layout make a change and make SEO option for cuil a real interesting challenge. Results make full use of the onscreen real estate, optimal for widescreens, no obvious leader of the pack.

www.cuil.com


I also have a serious question with regards the images attached to the listing having done my ego search for the company i work for i was suitable unimpressed with the images associated with my term, no relevance, and images i have never seen on our site!!!!
Plus cuil.com seems to be ignoring the "no index no follow" text judging by some results....


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