Cuil has not sustained load

The new search system created by former employees Google, promises the best indexation of the Network and more relevant results of search, but meanwhile it simply does not work, writes internetno.net.

History

The first messages about Cuil have appeared in the autumn of 2007. Then it was informed, that the searcher forms by natives Google. The first round of financing has made 5 million dollars, means were allocated with founders of the company. It is necessary to tell about them more in detail.

At the Irish academicin and the businessman of Volume Kostello, founder Cuil, behind shoulders a wide experience of researches in the field of search — it the founder of revolutionary searcher Xift in whom were used automatic klasterizatsiya and the analysis of pages. It is known also, that to it degree of the doctor of computer sciences (PhD in Computer Science) the Stenfordsky university which graduates and have created in due course Google is pirated.

Wife Kostello — Anna Patterson became second founder Cuil. In Google the appreciable role belonged to it — it was the architect of search index TeraGoogle, was responsible for project GoogleBase.

Their partner in search business — Russell Pauer. Working in Google, it participated in creation TeraGoogle, attended to the project of automatic definition of a spam.

Already at the stage of creation Cuil has drawn attention of investors (the financing volume at present makes $33 million) and competitors. On hearings to acquire young search system tried Google.

Ambitions

In Cuil say, that their technologies allow to lower expenses for indexing in 10 times (in comparison with Google). Thanks to it the size of an index makes more than 120 billion documents. Google for a long time already does not disclose, how many pages it proindeksiroval, but experts believe, that about 40 billion

Founders Cuil also assert, that their search issues more relevant results of search. Unlike the majority of search cars which simply catalogue keywords, and then range a site depending on importance, in Cuil the semantic approach is used.

The new searcher differs from competitors and other user interface. Instead of the habitual list of results of search, issue in two or three columns is offered.

We’ll be back soon …

In business practice are not so simply. Low expenses for indexation yet do not relieve of necessity to purchase the equipment. With flow of visitors Cuil has not consulted also long time was inaccessible, only occasionally submitting life signs.

Users too have not seen the promised quality of search. It has appeared, that Cuil understands inquiries only in English. The huge index has appeared is not capable to issue though something on inquiry dark knight san franscisco (The Dark Knight - a new film which breaks records in the American hire). In «Lenta.ru» have paid attention and to at all amusing bug: on demand of Cuil the searcher was not on the first page of results.

On demand “yandex” Cuil has shown a "Rambler" logo

So that while early to say, that Cuil will press though someone from large players.