Why I’m using the new Cuil search engine.
A few ex-Google employees launched a new search engine a few weeks ago, and its nothing like what’s out there now.
Cuil (the Gaelic word for both knowledge and hazel) does not collect any data from searches. There are no cookies stored, no search queries logged, and no private data collected. None. They do not analyze search queries in an attempt to have more popular results appear first, and instead rely on the actual information on web pages to provide relevant results. Because they don’t rely on popularity, they index many more pages. Cuil, having launched only 18 days ago, has approximately 3 times as many pages indexed as Google or Yahoo.
The revolutionary way results are displayed is one of the main selling points for me. Results are all displayed “above the fold”, in a 2 or 3 column format that makes it easy to see your first, most relevant set of results. When applicible, a thumbnail image of what you’re searching for unobtrusively appears next to resulting pages. If relevant, a list of categories to search will appear to help you find what you’re looking for.
Give it a shot, it’s well worth it.
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August 18th, 2008 13:16
Cuil is definitely going for it, but it’s hard to imagine them doing anything but incremental changes to what Google’s done. And even that would take years of effort.
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
August 18th, 2008 16:16
I like where this is going… very cool site. I would like to see those kind of results without the need for a toolbar though… Between Entrecard, Google, Alexa, and so on… I certainly don’t need to weigh down my browser any more. Is this being looked in to? I’d love to do a write up about your search engine… shoot me an e-mail with some of the finer details so I have an inside scoop on where you guys are coming from.