- home
- reviews
- news
- downloads
- cnet tv
HOLIDAY HELP DESK: Broadcasting live at 1:00 p.m., PT
- log in
- join CNET
- welcome,
- my profile
- log out

Comments on: Competing with Google is Cuil

Cuil may never beat Google, but at least it can try.

Add a Comment (Log in or register) (4 Comments)


by PACSferret July 28, 2008 11:23 AM PDT: Apparently they've raised $33M to produce more relevant results. Wow has the Valley gone mad? Just to test I tried cuil-ing "open source ris" (ris:radiology information system). Page 1 included this:

"The RIS Varro was a Griffin-class Romulan starship in Imperial Star Navy service in the 24th century."

This page is under development.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Matt Asay July 28, 2008 1:20 PM PDT: Yes, I wasn't very impressed by its results. It may be indexing much more of the web but it doesn't seem to have figured out how to make results relevant.; Like this Reply to this comment


by jrepenning July 28, 2008 5:10 PM PDT: "How to make results relevant"? I'm having trouble making it produce results at all! I've been doing all my searches in Google and Cuil, side by side, but around half the time Cuil comes up dry. Maybe the Cuil query syntax is different? Have to re-read that help page ... oh, wait, there doesn't seem to be one.

Not yet ready for prime time, I guess.; Like this Reply to this comment


by theburningsoul007 July 28, 2008 11:45 PM PDT: http://digg.com/tech_news/Cuil_Doesent_show_its_own_name_when_searched

Cuil doesent show its own name.. Talk about Cook search engine hahah; Like this Reply to this comment

(4 Comments)

About The Open Road

Matt Asay brings a decade of in-the-trenches open-source business and legal experience to the Open Road, with an emphasis on emerging open-source business strategies and opportunities. Matt is general manager of the Americas division and vice president of business development at Alfresco, a company that develops open-source software for content management. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.