Comments on: Too Cruel To Cuil? http://www.melcarson.com/too-cruel-to-cuil.html Mel Carson collecting stories and insight from the digital media space and bringing them back down to earth... Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:47:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jack Wallington http://www.melcarson.com/too-cruel-to-cuil.html/comment-page-1#comment-37286 Jack Wallington Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:09:47 +0000 http://www.melcarson.com/?p=643#comment-37286 I like the layout but the results need to get much better very quickly! The server overload should have been anticipated but it's not the first website in the world to go down on launch. Agree with Paul about BETA. I like the layout but the results need to get much better very quickly! The server overload should have been anticipated but it's not the first website in the world to go down on launch. Agree with Paul about BETA.

]]> By: Kizzume http://www.melcarson.com/too-cruel-to-cuil.html/comment-page-1#comment-7899 Kizzume Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:38:05 +0000 http://www.melcarson.com/?p=643#comment-7899 I do not like the fact that I can't use any sort of syntax to refine a search. I can't use quotation marks or minus or plus. 11 results per page with no preference to see more. No cached pages. No image searching. Very disappointing, but I will wait and see. I expect that ANY new search engine will have a rocky start. As long as their focus remains on being a search engine and they don't go into desktop searching programs or messenger programs or get into people's searching habits or intrude on privacy in general, I think they may actually do well and be a really good search engine in the future. I do not like the fact that I can’t use any sort of syntax to refine a search. I can’t use quotation marks or minus or plus. 11 results per page with no preference to see more. No cached pages. No image searching. Very disappointing, but I will wait and see. I expect that ANY new search engine will have a rocky start. As long as their focus remains on being a search engine and they don’t go into desktop searching programs or messenger programs or get into people’s searching habits or intrude on privacy in general, I think they may actually do well and be a really good search engine in the future.

]]> By: Fina http://www.melcarson.com/too-cruel-to-cuil.html/comment-page-1#comment-7873 Fina Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:15:26 +0000 http://www.melcarson.com/?p=643#comment-7873 I searched Cuil for "Rock Band 2 Song List" and it returned NOT ONE result having to do with the video game RB. It was just links to different rock bands and blogs about song lists. I Googled the same exact thing and recieved a hundred pages of nothing but the song list for RB2. So yeah. What is the point? Don't announce that you're better than Google and then suck way harder than even the search engine attached to my intranet at work. I searched Cuil for “Rock Band 2 Song List” and it returned NOT ONE result having to do with the video game RB. It was just links to different rock bands and blogs about song lists.
I Googled the same exact thing and recieved a hundred pages of nothing but the song list for RB2.
So yeah. What is the point? Don’t announce that you’re better than Google and then suck way harder than even the search engine attached to my intranet at work.

]]> By: Jack Wallington http://www.melcarson.com/too-cruel-to-cuil.html/comment-page-1#comment-7816 Jack Wallington Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:05:31 +0000 http://www.melcarson.com/?p=643#comment-7816 I like the layout but the results need to get much better very quickly! The server overload should have been anticipated but it's not the first website in the world to go down on launch. Agree with Paul about BETA. I like the layout but the results need to get much better very quickly! The server overload should have been anticipated but it’s not the first website in the world to go down on launch. Agree with Paul about BETA.

]]> By: PaulH http://www.melcarson.com/too-cruel-to-cuil.html/comment-page-1#comment-7782 PaulH Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:05:56 +0000 http://www.melcarson.com/?p=643#comment-7782 Faced that dilemma when working for a casino, launch with reduced features or wait a few more months. In the end we launched without waiting but kept it fairly quiet, missing out on lots of publicity. Cuil needed a great big BETA button, and actively asked for feedback. Better to have no pages than broken pages :( Faced that dilemma when working for a casino, launch with reduced features or wait a few more months. In the end we launched without waiting but kept it fairly quiet, missing out on lots of publicity.

Cuil needed a great big BETA button, and actively asked for feedback. Better to have no pages than broken pages :(

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