Whether it’s from evening news or the Yahoo! homepage, we’ve all heard about the recent launch of the new search engine, Cuil (pronounced “cool”).В Developed by former Google engineers, Cuil claims to be the biggest search engine in the world with three times as many web pages as Google.В
At first, we were captivated by this news — mainly because Cuil’s ranking philosophy is based on site content relevancy versus Google’s algorithm, a blend of content and the number of quality links to a site.В With Cuil, a new web site with great content has a fair shot at ranking well amongst already established websites.В Google has often been accused of giving preferential treatment to already popular and well-established sites, leaving many new web site owners with a huge uphill climb.
At first glance, the black and sleek look of the Cuil homepage was appealing and different from the majority of search engine homepages.В After attempting a search, we were shocked to see that the engine wasn’t even functional.В
With all the press and attention Cuil received along with their own claims, you’d think the rollout would be impeccable.В First impressions are everything, and Cuil failed to impress on a day where so many were interested.В The majority of people will likely go back to their trusted engine, and never look back.В
We’re still going to give Cuil a chance, and the column based search results are certainly a nice change.В Will you give Cuil a chance or will you stay loyal to your favorite search engine?
