Comments on: I hope Cuil isn’t an “epic fail” http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/28/i-hope-cuil-isnt-an-epic-fail/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Maggy Young http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/28/i-hope-cuil-isnt-an-epic-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-374807 Maggy Young Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:06:16 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2568#comment-374807 Gave Cuil a brief try, it isn't there yet, but it's good to see something different. <br>Mostly Google is great, but sometimes it can be awful, it has its faults & I think that's what you meant. And it has become more spammy of recent. So why is there no (real) competition ? Is it so much that Google is fallible, everything is, but we've gone stale on seeing the same old search engine ? Gave Cuil a brief try, it isn't there yet, but it's good to see something different.
Mostly Google is great, but sometimes it can be awful, it has its faults & I think that's what you meant. And it has become more spammy of recent. So why is there no (real) competition ? Is it so much that Google is fallible, everything is, but we've gone stale on seeing the same old search engine ?

]]> By: Maggy Young http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/28/i-hope-cuil-isnt-an-epic-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-339746 Maggy Young Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:06:16 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2568#comment-339746 Gave Cuil a brief try, it isn't there yet, but it's good to see something different. <br>Mostly Google is great, but sometimes it can be awful, it has its faults & I think that's what you meant. And it has become more spammy of recent. So why is there no (real) competition ? Is it so much that Google is fallible, everything is, but we've gone stale on seeing the same old search engine ? Gave Cuil a brief try, it isn't there yet, but it's good to see something different.
Mostly Google is great, but sometimes it can be awful, it has its faults & I think that's what you meant. And it has become more spammy of recent. So why is there no (real) competition ? Is it so much that Google is fallible, everything is, but we've gone stale on seeing the same old search engine ?

]]> By: seemsArtless http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/28/i-hope-cuil-isnt-an-epic-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-339745 seemsArtless Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:52:32 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2568#comment-339745 The importance of alternatives rings true with me. We talk so much about innovation, but then everyone jumps on a single bandwagon and there are only a few 'lost' souls to support the competitors. <br><br>I was reminded of this when looking for a pair of portable stereo Bluetooth speakers -- take them to the dock, out in the back yard, no wires! But the latest and greatest iPhone / iPod can't support stereo Bluetooth out, so there is no market, so there are very few options.<br><br>I'll give Cuil a try for a while, especially when I'm searching for a wide ranging topic. The 'Explore by category' looks like it could be really useful. The importance of alternatives rings true with me. We talk so much about innovation, but then everyone jumps on a single bandwagon and there are only a few 'lost' souls to support the competitors.

I was reminded of this when looking for a pair of portable stereo Bluetooth speakers — take them to the dock, out in the back yard, no wires! But the latest and greatest iPhone / iPod can't support stereo Bluetooth out, so there is no market, so there are very few options.

I'll give Cuil a try for a while, especially when I'm searching for a wide ranging topic. The 'Explore by category' looks like it could be really useful.

]]> By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/28/i-hope-cuil-isnt-an-epic-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-339744 mathewi Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:42:41 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2568#comment-339744 Thanks, Matt. I can't think of any off the top of my head right now -- I'm sure that they were searches for relatively generic and/or spammy type terms -- but when I come across some I will be sure to let you know :-) Thanks, Matt. I can't think of any off the top of my head right now — I'm sure that they were searches for relatively generic and/or spammy type terms — but when I come across some I will be sure to let you know :-)

]]> By: Matt Cutts http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/28/i-hope-cuil-isnt-an-epic-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-339743 Matt Cutts Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:39:48 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2568#comment-339743 Hey Mathew, I'd be interested to hear more about some of the Google searches that returned poor quality results, if you wanted to give some examples. Hey Mathew, I'd be interested to hear more about some of the Google searches that returned poor quality results, if you wanted to give some examples.

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