A new search engine, Cuil (say "cool," old Irish word for knowledge) comes online today, developed by some former Google Ph.D's. Theoretically searches three times as many web sites as does Google.
Most folks know that Google returns search results ranked by how often the returned sites are linked to by other web sites. In other words, the web itself (web users) determine the ranking of results. Cuil supposedly has new technology that analyzes the content of web sites and ranks them in the returns on the basis of pure content, not popularity among other web sites.
When I tried Cuil this morning it was noticeably slow in returning results compared to Google's instantaneous feedback. I'm sure speed will improve over time. The returns are formatted totally differently from Google. Because it's different, it seems "strange" -- but that's just because we've been Google-ized.
One other good thing about Cuil: Searches are private. Unlike Google, Cuil keeps no record of search histories or information about users. And it has an optional "Safe Search" (turned on by default -- nice) feature that theoretically blocks pornography, etc., from appearing in returns.
Most folks know that Google returns search results ranked by how often the returned sites are linked to by other web sites. In other words, the web itself (web users) determine the ranking of results. Cuil supposedly has new technology that analyzes the content of web sites and ranks them in the returns on the basis of pure content, not popularity among other web sites.
When I tried Cuil this morning it was noticeably slow in returning results compared to Google's instantaneous feedback. I'm sure speed will improve over time. The returns are formatted totally differently from Google. Because it's different, it seems "strange" -- but that's just because we've been Google-ized.
One other good thing about Cuil: Searches are private. Unlike Google, Cuil keeps no record of search histories or information about users. And it has an optional "Safe Search" (turned on by default -- nice) feature that theoretically blocks pornography, etc., from appearing in returns.
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