Comments on: Someone Challenges Google.com http://www.orange-blog.com/2008/07/29/someone-challenges-googlecom/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:16:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: baltimoregal http://www.orange-blog.com/2008/07/29/someone-challenges-googlecom/#comment-1046 baltimoregal Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:40:09 +0000 http://www.orange-blog.com/?p=549#comment-1046 Well it's been ripped pretty good by the development/advancement research community. The basic opinion is that it's just not up to Google's standards yet. Some of the comments I've seen: "I entered a few sample searches into it, and unfortunately it returned little to no relevant data." "...Cuil (at least as of today) does not offer a spell-check feature." " I didn't see the ability to search cached pages :/" "I checked out www.cuil.com and was disappointed. I tried several searches and did not receive the variety or relevance of results I received on either Google or Yahoo!." "My short take is that it's not ready for prime time. That also means I'm willing to give it another chance in a month or so." Well it’s been ripped pretty good by the development/advancement research community. The basic opinion is that it’s just not up to Google’s standards yet.
Some of the comments I’ve seen:
“I entered a few sample searches into it, and unfortunately it returned little to no relevant data.”
“…Cuil (at least as of today) does not offer a spell-check feature.”
” I didn’t see the ability to search cached pages :/”
“I checked out http://www.cuil.com and was disappointed. I tried several searches and did not receive the variety or relevance of results I received on either Google or Yahoo!.”
“My short take is that it’s not ready for prime time. That also means I’m willing to give it another chance in a month or so.”

]]> By: Scott Zero http://www.orange-blog.com/2008/07/29/someone-challenges-googlecom/#comment-1036 Scott Zero Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:28:56 +0000 http://www.orange-blog.com/?p=549#comment-1036 I like the layout, and if they start to get more relevant results, I could see myself using it. However, they don't have the rest of what Google brings to the table (gmail, maps, readers, docs, etc) so I don't see my homepage changing any time soon. I like the layout, and if they start to get more relevant results, I could see myself using it.

However, they don’t have the rest of what Google brings to the table (gmail, maps, readers, docs, etc) so I don’t see my homepage changing any time soon.

]]> By: Ben Kunz http://www.orange-blog.com/2008/07/29/someone-challenges-googlecom/#comment-1033 Ben Kunz Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:47:01 +0000 http://www.orange-blog.com/?p=549#comment-1033 Cuil got whipped good by the bloggers in the past day. Thus I think it will succeed. I read somewhere they're backed by $30MM and some very smart people. The initial launch fumbled, but the search results do present information in a novel way, and one that focuses more on the content inside articles vs. the linking-game going on outside of them. I wouldn't rule Cuil out yet. Cuil got whipped good by the bloggers in the past day. Thus I think it will succeed. I read somewhere they’re backed by $30MM and some very smart people.

The initial launch fumbled, but the search results do present information in a novel way, and one that focuses more on the content inside articles vs. the linking-game going on outside of them.

I wouldn’t rule Cuil out yet.

]]> By: neal s http://www.orange-blog.com/2008/07/29/someone-challenges-googlecom/#comment-1031 neal s Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:51:40 +0000 http://www.orange-blog.com/?p=549#comment-1031 I'd love to see a legitimate challenge to Google, but I spent about fifteen minutes with Cuil yesterday and came away frustrated. Some obvious searches came back with no results, while others would return pages of results but only have one be accessible. It also seems to disproportionately weight commerce pages (i.e. Barnes & Noble and Amazon). I have a hunch that these were just early technical glitches, but they don't bode well. I’d love to see a legitimate challenge to Google, but I spent about fifteen minutes with Cuil yesterday and came away frustrated. Some obvious searches came back with no results, while others would return pages of results but only have one be accessible. It also seems to disproportionately weight commerce pages (i.e. Barnes & Noble and Amazon).

I have a hunch that these were just early technical glitches, but they don’t bode well.

]]> By: BIG Kahuna http://www.orange-blog.com/2008/07/29/someone-challenges-googlecom/#comment-1030 BIG Kahuna Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:49:56 +0000 http://www.orange-blog.com/?p=549#comment-1030 For many reasons this doesn't work and at best it will have a tiny following: 1. Branding: Let's start with the name. Why make a name you can't pronounce. At least Google was easy to pronounce. 2. People like to see relusts stacked. It gives them a sense of importance. 3. The pictures are just thrown in anywhere. I searched Branding Company and came right up but right next to me was a Futurebrand logo. It looked as though that were my logo. Very confusing. For many reasons this doesn’t work and at best it will have a tiny following:

1. Branding: Let’s start with the name. Why make a name you can’t pronounce. At least Google was easy to pronounce.

2. People like to see relusts stacked. It gives them a sense of importance.

3. The pictures are just thrown in anywhere. I searched Branding Company and came right up but right next to me was a Futurebrand logo. It looked as though that were my logo. Very confusing.

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