Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Cuil not Google rival

Cuil in the July 28 launch of the fresh search engine Google to Yahoo and Microsoft's lunch. Then, due to visit the search engine's users too much and next to search results showed that the incorrect photo from the user's anger, Cuil search engine quickly collapsed.

Cuil again returned to the application development stage to modify the search algorithm.

After three weeks, Cuil next to the search results displayed in the photo has been significantly improved. Cuil established a 120 billion page index and search results for the photos in order to provide meaningful and Google, Yahoo and Microsoft and other search providers to compete.

Aberdeen LLC network storage vendors, marketing manager of the Trenton Baker in the July 29 said that his company's industry-specific search results are photos of abuse network and the content of misleading results. At that time, the search for "storage servers" to return to the Aberdeen competitors SMC Networks product of a press release. This is the image Cuil product search engine from Aberdeen on the page from a photo. When you click on the link to the photos, you do not have a site visit to Aberdeen, but was connected to the SMC a news release.

Baker believes that such a contradiction of the search results undermine the company's brand. However, the search is now Aberdeen's "storage server," next to search results is the photo of Aberdeen network-attached storage rack five-year period of quality assurance logo.

The search results and the picture is appropriate. This shows that Cuil search engine to provide relevant search results based on the context of the photos algorithm has been going on for fine adjustments.

Cuil vice president in charge of communications Vince Sollitto said, the possible number of search results link to provide the relevant picture is not an easy thing. It is also widely available this feature is not one of the reasons why. Many people use the search engine can provide this function.

In addition to Aberdeen, there are some companies took note of the Cuil search engine of this problem. The industry believes that, Cuil to compete with Google and business to make money from the search there is still a long way to go. Cuil in addressing these serious problems before the public launch of this search site is really surprised.

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