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By: Clement

Clement — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:26:42 +0000

I am of the view that cuil will not manage to break the big G’s dominance in search. Cuil is going to fade into the background just like the rest because we are so used to the big G. I am told that the big G can manage to search successfully only a fraction of the enormous, sprawling internet, and their index can never be entirely up to date.

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New Search Engine Cuil Launches But Something is Amiss | SearchRank Blog — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:31:30 +0000

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Hitwise Intelligence - Bill Tancer - US: Cuil Stats - The Early Numbers — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:03:33 +0000

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By: 7 bizzare Cuil search results - beats Google for humor | Bloggle

7 bizzare Cuil search results - beats Google for humor | Bloggle — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:36:10 +0000

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GeekPicks: Cuil Is Cool But Not Yet Hot — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:37:14 +0000

[...] “Challengers to Google’s search dominance seem to spring up from time to time with each promising something different from what the Mountain View, California company delivers. Mahalo has tried to present a fresh alternative to the Big G as have Wikiseek, Gigiblast, and a handful of others, but none have seriously threatened Google’s leadership.”[via matthew keegan] [...]

By: John atte Wode

John atte Wode — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:25:03 +0000

New search competition for Google from a site promising three times the number of searchable pages as Google.

By: Matthew C. Keegan

Matthew C. Keegan — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:32:24 +0000

Mihaela, you raise some good points! However, I will say this: the $33 million raised is likely only the beginning point for Cuil. Most successful ventures go out for a second or third round of venture capital fundraising.

That being said, the emphasis will be on the word successful. Very early on we agree that Cuil isn’t a success, that it got off to a bad start, and something needs to be done and quick.

Our wanting Cuil to succeed won’t make it happen, but I’m a patient man and believe that if the Cuil team has a good product, then they’ll work out the many flaws and come back stronger.

We need something besides Google; a viable product that can challenge the leader.

By: Mihaela Lica

Mihaela Lica — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:13:42 +0000

He he, Matt. I misspelled "Ciul" to start with myself and... "Culi" I wonder what these mean... As you know I am not a Google supporter, I criticized their hypocrisy more than once, but we also need to see things realistically: Cuil is not better (OK, they just launched, but even on the long run, what's the point?) and it's certainly not bigger (despite their statements - see the TechCrunch tests and Google's statements) $33 million in venture capital is not even enough to cover the monthly costs for in depth search... Nah... just because they are ex-Googlers and they know how Google works doesn't mean that they can actually build something better. Without the man power and the financial power of Google it is unrealistic to think they will succeed. I think they were made to sell, like Powerset and hakia and others. I hope I am wrong and they succeed. But I don't see how. I really don't. Mihaela Licas last blog post..Feedback Needed - The Best Music Site Is the Goal