One of the few things that are interesting about
Cuil, the search engine launched
two days ago, is the query suggestions feature. Most search engines suggest queries using a list of popular searches, but Cuil didn't have this option. The site obtained the suggestions by compiling a list of
n-grams from web pages. For example, if you type "web images", you'll get a lot of variations of Google's navigation bar. A Google search for
"web images * * *" returns similar results.
A simple way to view just the suggestions is to use:
http://www.cuil.com/suggest?q=click here (replace "click here" with your search). You'll notice that the results are very different than the suggestions from
Yahoo,
Google or
Ask.
i sorta like the search engine, it has a unique look,
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The unique look is interesting, however, I am not impressed with the functionality. I searched for "east coast beach vacation rentals" and it replied "no results" "shorten your search phrase" - are you kidding me!!!
ReplyDeleteI was looking for Kay Vacation Rentals - it pops right up in Google, no problem. (Google Results 1 - 10 of about 257,000 for east coast beach vacation rentals. (0.22 seconds) )
I am not sold on this one yet. Thanks for the info though.
Actually, the look of cuil totally irritates me. I have tried their 2 column layout and their 3 column layout and found both very irritating.
ReplyDelete3 column is nauseating at best. Peep this post about there lackluster launch http://daxbradysheehan.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/perfecting-the-opposite-of-cool-cuil/
ReplyDeleteI don't like its layout myself. I prefer linear layouts like that of http://find.com - simple and straightforward.
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