“Cuil is an old Irish word for knowledge. For knowledge, ask Cuil.”

Cuil... a very interesting launch of the latest search engine. So far I have not heard to much ‘buzz’ about Cuil? Most  of the founders of Cuil were former Google employees which to me is also interesting. Cuil claims their search engine is the largest out there in terms of pages indexed. Somewhere around 120+ Billion! What’s interesting to me is Cuil seems to have came out of no where and now has worlds largest index of web pages?

Cuil Features

The engine has an interesting way of of categorizing search performed also. Which I think is going to become more and more popular among search engines because it adds the visual element to the search results. This is appealing to the user and it’s great for companies to display their logo and brand right in the search results.

Here is a capture of the search results for the query ‘WordPress’

Notice a longer description and the thumbnail. Very unique because people tend to be very visually motivated with their clicks. I think this factor has huge implications for search and search marketing. I think it’s a good step in the direction of better branding and exposure opportunities. Better polish and shine your brand!

Capture of “Explore by Category Feature”

This feature breaks search results down by relevent categories which allows users to refine their search very easily. Notice the categories it displayed using the query ‘wordpress.’

Safe Search Filter

Cuil also has an easily accessable ‘filtering option’ that allows one to filter unwanted content right from the the search window.

Tabs

Cuil also adds a tab section at the top of your search panel that makes clarifying your search results easier.

Navigation Suggestion

This feature displays a drop down menu of relevent results as you enter your defined search terms. Just another helpful way to speed up search.

…Overall I think Cuil may be on to something with it’s features. Time and the amount of users will tell just how good the “worlds largest search engine” really is.

What do you think of Cuil?

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