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==Name==
==Name==
The Irish ancestry of Anna Patterson's husband Tom Costello sparked the name ''Cuil'', which is taken from a Celtic folklore character called [[Fionn mac Cumhaill|Finn McCuill]].<ref name="AP1"/> The company says its name is [[Irish language|Irish (Gaelic)]] for ''knowledge'' and ''[[hazel]]''.<ref>http://www.cuil.com/info/faqs/</ref> Independent modern dictionary sources list the Irish word ''cuil'' as meaning ''fly'' or ''insect'',<ref>[http://www.focal.ie/Search.aspx?term=cuil Focail.ie - Dictionary of Irish Terms - "Cuil"]</ref> while the modern Irish word for ''hazel'' is ''[[Coll (letter)|coll]]'' (''coill'' in genitive form).
The Irish ancestry of Anna Patterson's husband Tom Costello sparked the name ''Cuil'', which is taken from a Celtic folklore character called [[Fionn mac Cumhaill|Finn McCuill]].<ref name="AP1"/> The company says its name is [[Irish language|Irish (Gaelic)]] for ''knowledge'' and ''[[hazel]]''.<ref>http://www.cuil.com/info/faqs/</ref> Independent modern dictionary sources list the Irish word ''cuil'' as meaning ''fly'' or ''insect'',<ref>[http://www.focal.ie/Search.aspx?term=cuil Focail.ie - Dictionary of Irish Terms - "Cuil"]</ref> while the modern Irish word for ''hazel'' is ''[[Coll (letter)|coll]]'' (''coill'' or ''cuill'' in genitive form, the former spelling having superseded the latter as a result of the ''[[Gaeilge#An_Caighde.C3.A1n_Oifigi.C3.BAil|Caighdeán Oifigiúil]]'' reforms of the mid-twentieth century).


==Launch criticism==
==Launch criticism==

Revision as of 21:50, 30 July 2008

Cuil
Type of site
search engine
Available inEnglish
OwnerCuil, Inc.
URLhttp://www.cuil.com

Cuil (IPA: [kuːl], "cool") is a search engine that organizes web pages by content and displays relatively long entries along with thumbnail pictures for many results. It claims to have a larger index than any other search engine, with about 120 billion web pages.[1] It went live on July 28 2008.[1][2]

Unlike other search engines[3] Cuil's privacy policy states that it does not store records of users’ search activity or IP addresses.[4]

Cuil is managed and developed largely by former employees of Google: Anna Patterson, Russell Power and Louis Monier.[5] The CEO and co-founder, Tom Costello, has worked for IBM and others.[6] The company raised $33 million from venture capital firms including Greylock.[7]

Name

The Irish ancestry of Anna Patterson's husband Tom Costello sparked the name Cuil, which is taken from a Celtic folklore character called Finn McCuill.[1] The company says its name is Irish (Gaelic) for knowledge and hazel.[8] Independent modern dictionary sources list the Irish word cuil as meaning fly or insect,[9] while the modern Irish word for hazel is coll (coill or cuill in genitive form, the former spelling having superseded the latter as a result of the Caighdeán Oifigiúil reforms of the mid-twentieth century).

Launch criticism

Cuil's launch received widley critical press coverage.[6][10][11] Concerns were expressed about the website's slow response times, irrelevant or wrong search results[12][13] and in at least one case, inappropriately pornographic images were displayed alongside search results.[14] Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Watch questioned the validity of Cuil's claim that it had the world's largest search engine index and criticized it for focusing on size rather than relevance.[15]

While other overloaded Web 2.0 launches using massively parallel processing might fail with a slow down or crash,[10] Cuil's architecture was responding with incomplete, "less-than-relevant results that then appear at the top of users' pages."[16][17] Cuil's VP of communications Vince Sollitto said the search engine was experiencing heavy first-day overloads and they were "busy putting out fires." Sollitto said Cuil "will only improve with time. It's day one. Traffic is massive. We're new. There are bugs to fix, results to improve."[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Liedtke, Michael, Ex-Google engineers debut 'Cuil' way to search, Associated Press, 28 July 2008, retrieved 28 July 2008
  2. ^ http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080728/google_challenger.html
  3. ^ Liedtke, Michael (December 11, 2007). "Ask.com will purge search info in hours". Journal Gazette. Fort Wayne Newspapers. Retrieved 2007-12-11. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ http://www.cuil.com/info/privacy/
  5. ^ "Former Employees of Google Prepare Rival Search Engine - NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
  6. ^ a b news.bbc.co.uk, Search site aims to rival Google
  7. ^ Crunchbase: Cuil Profile
  8. ^ http://www.cuil.com/info/faqs/
  9. ^ Focail.ie - Dictionary of Irish Terms - "Cuil"
  10. ^ a b c Needleman, Rafe (July 28, 2008). "Cuil shows us how not to launch a search engine". CNET news. CNET. Retrieved 2008-07-28. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ Hansell, Saul (July 28, 2008). "No Bull, Cuil Had Problems". New York Times Bits Blog. New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-30. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ Hamilton, Anita (July 28, 2008). "Why Cuil is No Threat to Google". Time.com. Time Magazine Online. Retrieved 2008-07-28. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ Burdick, Dave (July 28, 2008). "Cuil Review: Really? No Dave Burdicks? This Search Engine Is Stupid". huffingtonpost.com. Huffington Post. Retrieved 2008-07-28. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ Metz, Cade (July 29, 2008). "Ex-Googlers reinvent web search". www.theregister.co.uk. The Register. Retrieved 2008-07-29. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ Sullivan, Danny (July 28, 2008). "Cuil Launches -- Can This Search Start-Up Really Best Google?". search engine land blog. Search Engine Land. Retrieved 2008-07-28. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ Hamilton, Anita (July 28, 2008). "Why Cuil is No Threat to Google". Time.com. Time Magazine Online. Retrieved 2008-07-28. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  17. ^ Burdick, Dave (July 28, 2008). "Cuil Review: Really? No Dave Burdicks? This Search Engine Is Stupid". huffingtonpost.com. Huffington Post. Retrieved 2008-07-28. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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