So, is Cuil the next (kinda) big thing?

krackerjack · (08-02-2008, 06:49 AM)

I hear all this talk about the search engine Cuil being able to make a good name for itself in the search engine world. Anybody else agree?

I would like to invest in something and - although I'm not sure if you can invest in Cuil right now (anybody that knows different please point me in the direction to do so) - after missing the Google train, this would seem like it has some potential.

Afterall, if it gets just 1% of the marketshare, isn't it worth billions?

What do you all think?

zoku88 · (08-02-2008, 06:51 AM)

I think its quircky search results will keep people from using it at first. The order of its results.... not very good...

Try searching for something like akiba online. There's a site with that name but the results on the first page are sites that mention akiba online

Alien Bob · (08-02-2008, 06:52 AM)

It's the next forgettable thing

Battersea Power Station · (08-02-2008, 07:12 AM)

No. To get marketshare from Google, a search engine would have to be revolutionary.

Powerset is messing around with sematic web stuff, so they have a better shot of gaining popularity (not now, but if they keep progressing) than Cuil.

http://www.powerset.com/

t4ng0 · (08-02-2008, 07:23 AM)

Originally Posted by Battersea Power Station:

No. To get marketshare from Google, a search engine would have to be revolutionary.

And thats highly unlikely to happen, since websites have adapted to how Google searches..

krackerjack · (08-02-2008, 07:23 AM)

Originally Posted by Battersea Power Station:

No. To get marketshare from Google, a search engine would have to be revolutionary.

Powerset is messing around with sematic web stuff, so they have a better shot of gaining popularity (not now, but if they keep progressing) than Cuil.

http://www.powerset.com/

Really? Alls I got was mostly search results that looked like the sidebar ads on Google! With Cuil I did get what I was looking for.

pewye · (08-02-2008, 07:24 AM)

it is Cuil.. SOOOOO COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

titiklabingapat · (08-02-2008, 07:25 AM)

It will be the next twitter or second life. Big web-hype, but short on actual substance/relevance.

Polari · (08-02-2008, 07:33 AM)

lol, no. Cuil is definitely not the next big thing. They blew it by launching too early. Plus, Google's so entrenched that to displace them you're going to have to not just be better, but better by a significant margin. Cuil isn't.

cjelly · (08-02-2008, 07:37 AM)

My only problem with Cuil is that it's not very good at finding websites.

Also, to the OP: Your avatar is fucking huge.

Vicious · (08-02-2008, 07:40 AM)

Holy shit @ that avatar. I haven't seen an image take 30 seconds to load since the days of 56k.

Dolphin · (08-02-2008, 07:40 AM)

Originally Posted by krackerjack:

I hear all this talk about the search engine Cuil being able to make a good name for itself in the search engine world. Anybody else agree?

I would like to invest in something and - although I'm not sure if you can invest in Cuil right now (anybody that knows different please point me in the direction to do so) - after missing the Google train, this would seem like it has some potential.

Afterall, if it gets just 1% of the marketshare, isn't it worth billions?

What do you all think?

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krackerjack · (08-02-2008, 07:44 AM)

Haha sorry about the picture...I don't know why it is coming up that big for you all...it was normal on mine?? Ah well, deleted it...it was getting old anyways...

Yeah I just read an article on how the servers went down within hours after Cuil launched...not a good sign....damn I was really hoping to get into something that could have a little name for itself.

ItAintEasyBeinCheesy · (08-02-2008, 07:52 AM)

I searched for NeoGaf, titties and some other thing, going of what was shown in the other thread........ the dicks........... and nothing........ Cuil sucks.

JoshuaJSlone · (08-02-2008, 07:54 AM)

Of course, I searched for my own name. And found... this page. Whaaa? Sometimes I've seen gibberish on a page meant to attract views for displaying ads, but that page seems to lack the ads.

muttyeah416 · (08-02-2008, 07:57 AM)

how does cuil work? and how does it affect me in terms of my porn searches?

demon · (08-02-2008, 08:01 AM)

sorry.

Lord Error · (08-02-2008, 08:06 AM)

Cuil is a total disaster of a search engine right now. Pretty much completely useless, and I think the only reason they got any news exposure is because it's founders are some ex-google people. I can think of a couple no-name search engines that all do a much better job.

As an example of what google does - I have noticed that when someone starts a thread here, any random thread, few minutes later you can search for some phrases from that thread, and google finds them. Few minutes. Thread on GAF. What can anyone possibly make to beat that kind of speed of information indexing?

Ford Prefect · (08-02-2008, 08:10 AM)

I searched "why" and got this.

aswedc · (08-02-2008, 08:59 AM)

If a new search engine ever becomes better than Google, it will not be a start up.

The amount of capital Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft have sunk into their offerings is enormous, simply can not be matched by venture capital, and it shows in the results. All three are much better than Cuil, even as Microsoft and Yahoo are still noticibly inferior to Google.

ConfusingJazz · (08-02-2008, 09:03 AM)

Originally Posted by Marconelly:

Cuil is a total disaster of a search engine right now. Pretty much completely useless, and I think the only reason they got any news exposure is because it's founders are some ex-google people.

I was going to go with a hell of a media team and a slow news cycle, but that would work too.

LiveFromKyoto · (08-02-2008, 09:21 AM)

I'd never heard of Cuil. In the few things I've tried, it's actually come up with some really good results with less garbage than google spits out, and I like the presentation.

I'm actually going to give this a shot for a while. Not sure why so many of you are so cynical about it.

MobiusPigeon · (08-02-2008, 09:31 AM)

altavista. lycos.

jandar · (08-02-2008, 02:06 PM)

Google has been so overtweaked by marketers it is starting to get worthless without running multiple operators against your search.

iapetus · (08-02-2008, 02:30 PM)

No.

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Horrible search results, ugly results pages, gay porn and other inappropriate images associated with personal web pages (even with 'safe' search on).

ZAK · (08-02-2008, 03:33 PM)

It's gonna need a much less stupid name first.

Phobophile · (08-02-2008, 03:45 PM)

Originally Posted by ZAK:

It's gonna need a much less stupid name first.

This. No one knows Gaelic phonics. If that shit's supposed to be pronounced "cool" write it out phonetically somehow in English.

SpeedingUptoStop · (08-02-2008, 03:47 PM)

I give it 3 years before it limps into the grave -_-

xXCHAOSXx · (08-02-2008, 04:13 PM)

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=328996 =-/ Old.