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From the SocialMediaBarCamp meeting

Cuil.com - A new Search Engine - First look

Here are my initial thoughts about cuil.com (pronounced "cool"), the search engine by several former Google employees.

• Today it timed out several times, although I'm sure they will eventually fix that (i.e. the Twitter message, too much traffic.)
• The images in the search results are not very relevant, i..e. when I search or cuil myself, the first result is correctly my linkedin.com profile page but I get some Asian characters rather than a photo. That's a little bit annoying...
  
• I don't think it's as relevant as Google, not that Google is always that relevant.
• I will say that it bothers me not to see any ads....or maybe the fact that I can't protect my beachhead and insert my ads.
  

In any regard, it's nice to see some healthy competition which will hopefully result in lower keyword advertising prices.