Cuil: A Brief Review

Monday, July 28th, 2008

In a day when the term “google” has become synonymous with internet search (in fact, it’s even in the dictionary), a new search engine named Cuil (pronounced “cool”) is making some pretty bold claims.

Cuil searches more pages on the Web than anyone else—three times as many as Google and ten times as many as Microsoft. [source]

Coming out from under wraps just recently, Cuil is attempting to redefine the way web search is done. After noticing it via a news story on the home page of CNN.com today, I decided to take Cuil for a spin to see what it is made of. Some of what I found was nice, some wasn’t impressive at all. Let’s start with the good news. (more…)