New Cuil Search Engine Unveiled

Category: Internet
Posted: July 28, 2008 06:42AM
Author: Nemo

A new way to search the web was unveiled on Sunday. The new service, called Cuil (sounds like "cool"), is the brainchild of four former Google search experts. What Cuil brings to the table is a new way to search based on each page's content instead of relying on links and traffic patterns. Cuil claims that its technology can index a greater portion of the Web far cheaper and faster than can Google. In fact, Cuil claims to have indexed 120 billion Web pages compared to the 40 billion currently indexed by Google. Another difference is that Cuil claims it has no need to store user information based on previous web searches because it focuses on content and not click history. Whether it can post a serious threat to Google remains to be seen as challenging the giant is a daunting task as even the likes of Microsoft have discovered. Try out Cuil and let us know what you think.

I liked Cuil a lot and plan on using it as my go-to search engine. I like that it doesn't save anything about me and gives me a summary of each item it finds. Big difference from Google.