[SGVLUG] RE: New "cuil" searches suffering from the /. Effect... ???

[Solomon K. Chang]

Is it supposed to have the same functionality as Google?  Because I typed in a few keywords, and it told me there were no results for my search.  Also, it tried to fill in my keyword search, as if I was entering a single string.  The words I wanted would likely appear in the same document, but not all together.  Take this search for example:

sgvlug linux caltech

You'd think you see at least *some* pages.  Cuil comes up empty.


Solomon Chang


--- On Mon, 7/28/08, Emerson, Tom (*IC) <Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com> wrote:

> From: Emerson, Tom (*IC) <Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com>
> Subject: [SGVLUG] RE: New "cuil" searches suffering from the /. Effect... ???
> To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
> Date: Monday, July 28, 2008, 8:21 PM
> [and yes, it is discussed on /.
> http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/07/28/068211.shtml]
> 
> >  -----Original Message-----
> > From: 	Emerson, Tom (*IC)  
> > 
> > I saw a tech news item last night -- seems some former
> Google 
> > employees have started their own search engine -- cuil
> 
> > [pronounced "cool"] -- today is the first
> day of operation 
> > and I'm already running into the slashdot effect
> [server load 
> > too high, try your search again in a moment...]
> 
> My favorite comment from the slashdot page:
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> We didn't find any results for "cuil
> pronunciation"
> 
> Some reasons might be...
> 
>         * a typo. Please check your spelling.
>         * your search includes a term that is very rare.
> Try to find a
> more common substitute.
>         * too many search terms. Please try fewer terms.
> 
> Finally, try to think of different words to describe your
> search.
> 
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> 
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> 
> Well, that sucks...
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