How to Cuil ?

So here we are, Mr. Cuil ! Let's see what you can do !

Your creators claim that the internet has reached a point where there are so much data that "simply googling" on site's popularity does not stick to our needs. And that's absolutely true !

Here is the business concept of Cuil :
- The web has became huge, but everything must be referenced, so that even if a page is impopular, it should be found by someone
- As I said, popularity is one thing but does not make the whole thing. Especialy when you are looking for something very precise, you do not care about popularity but more about accuracy and context
- Organization : One word can have so many meanings that Cuil pretends to classify research hits in categories, so that you can filter and make your search more precise.
- Cuil says it has a good privacy policy, compared to google that sells your personal data and search habit to companies for a good price !

And so, what's in reality ? First of all, I find that Cuil's start page has a pure, classy and simple design. Such as Google there are no adverts. Moreover, this entire black page will save some K watts.

So let's have a try. I typed in "busine" and then, some suggestions came down related to my search. Not too bad, but already done in Google.


After having chosen "Business Opportunities" (great !) the search came out with... 20,597,858 results. Around 64,000,000 for Googles. Does that mean it is more accurate, or only that it has not referenced as many pages as Google ? I gave a try just down there.

In the search results, this is where Cuil reveals all its power. First of all the results layout is much better, with a better site's preview (some pictures added).

Moreover, there are some tabs helping you precising your search :


And some drilldown functionalities that help you sort your results by categories :


Mmmm, Burger King, a business opportunity ? You will have to explain that to me, Cuil !

Finaly, I have tried to find my own name : 23 results in Google, all relevant and... none in Cuil. Apparently, it seems that despite what its creators' are claiming, Google seems to have a bit of advance in terms of indexing.

Even if this product is still young and needs to prove its capabilities and resistance to the market, I think that I will use it for some days to see if it really helps me finding quicker what I want !