Today is the official unveiling of the website Cuil (pronounced cool) and at first glance it appears to be the first challenger to realistically have a shot at dethroning Google's top of the search heap status. With all of the ballyho, I had to go check it out, and I have to admit I, for one, was not disappointed.
I think we are all pretty familiar with your standard search engine, you put in your term(s) and you get x number of matches, listed numerically in order based on a mathematical formula that summerizes how each link most appropriately matches your search query. You have to click on each one, go to the site, go back to the search, back and forth, until you settle on what you are looking for, or you get so bored by the tediousness of the task that you abandon your search, or worse, until your eyes glaze over and you are mindlessly no longer processing what you are reading, but are simply trying to click through all of the results.
Cuil is totally cool, in that it is the exact opposite.
Cuil's searches are presented in a format similar to a magazine or newspaper layout. With Cuil you get the title of the match in hyperlink text, and then a short paragraph that gives you more information BEFORE you click on the link, so that you have a better idea if this search result applies to your specific search. Searches are fast, and they find much more information than your typical Google, MSN or Yahoo search. So you are getting your information, your results, more quickly, with more information and less eye strain. I believe we will all save lots of time with this new search engine. You know the old saying, "Time is Money"? In this economy we can all benefit by saving our time and money.
Got some spare time? Don't just take my word on it, go see for yourself and visit Cuil today:
http://www.cuil.com/
