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Cuil is All That and a Bag of 2.0 Chips

When I read that ex-Google engineers were coming out with an uber-cool engine to trump Google, I was excited. So I hopped right over to cuil.com to check it out.

What I first noticed was that the start page was verrah nice. The Mac-ish look offered up dreams of sweet searchy goodness to come. Since I am a bit of a Celtic Mythology buff, I thought I’d pay homage to the name of the engine on my first search and type in “Celtic Mythology”.

While I saw some spammy results earlier in the day, I decided to come back and give the Cuil another kick at the can, as everyone is allowed some rollout pains. What I was greeted with on my next go round was clean, academic quality content that made me catch my breath. They also feature a pic from the home page, a feature that I am surprised that Google didn’t adopt a long time ago (maybe because Anna left? Hmmm….)

I like the democratic nature of Cuil’s results too. Fellow SEO buffs will enjoy saying “you’re on the first page” rather than “you are #10″. I’m sure there is a way to count but lets all just leave it alone if we can (I know, we can’t, but you can’t blame a girl for having a dream).

And may I say THANK YOU for keeping Yahoo Answers out of the top search results. That app is the worst thing of life to happen to search engines, ever. If I wanted an amateur to solve my problem, I’d ask myself the question.

The Explore By Category box adds a lovely touch to the whole dynamic, allowing you to follow a breadcrumb trail to related subjects if you so desire.

The real test for me will be in researching the many articles I write. I’ll keep you posted, but from what I have skimmed on the surface I have a feeling that these search waters run deep. Major, major kudos.

Posted: July 28th, 2008 under Technobabble.
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