Introducing the Cuil Search Engine
July 29th, 2008 by Bernie | 3 Comments | Filed in SEO
This podcast discusses the announcement of Cuil.
Cuil is a new search engine from former Google engineers. It has been under development for about two years.
Cuil uses a different approach to indexing. Out of the gate, they claim to have indexed 120 billion web pages.
Cuil is indexing content based on content and displaying other relevant keyword. Their monetization strategy is not apparent.
They are using a semantic approach by helping the user with similar keywords. For many search results, cuil displays a table to the right with suggested categories to consider in the search.
Cuil is displaying results in a magazine style using three columns across. Each page is not limited to 10 listings. Most listings displays a graphical image such as a company logo. Graphical images are being pulled by their algorthm. Cuil makes being on the first page even more compelling.
From a user experience standpoint Cuil seems friendly and easy to use.
It remains to be seen in the long run if Cuil will gain market share. Google is the king of search engines.
We are focused on understanding the impact of Cuil on search engine optimization (SEO).
Will Google legally challenge Cuil?
Stay tuned for more on Cuil.
What do you think of Cuil?
Tags: Cuil, cuil.com, Google, search engine, SEO
