Comments on: Cuil http://www.yellowswordfish.com/801/cuil/ Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:15:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Malc http://www.yellowswordfish.com/801/cuil/comment-page-1/#comment-42636 Malc Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:03:34 +0000 http://www.yellowswordfish.com/?p=801#comment-42636 I thought it a very appropriate example of how a search engine shoudn't do things !!! Shame really, I kept hoping for a V2 or something, but the search results just don't seem to improve, I like Cuil's layout, colour scheme, the way it displays results, trouble is the results suck. I have also watched as the Safari plugin - Inquisitor has been bought by Yahoo!, so here I am back with FF3 and Google UK search! I thought it a very appropriate example of how a search engine shoudn’t do things !!! Shame really, I kept hoping for a V2 or something, but the search results just don’t seem to improve, I like Cuil’s layout, colour scheme, the way it displays results, trouble is the results suck. I have also watched as the Safari plugin – Inquisitor has been bought by Yahoo!, so here I am back with FF3 and Google UK search!

]]> By: Andy @ Yellow Swordfish http://www.yellowswordfish.com/801/cuil/comment-page-1/#comment-42632 Andy @ Yellow Swordfish Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:22:28 +0000 http://www.yellowswordfish.com/?p=801#comment-42632 @Malc: Wow - of ALL the images on my site it selects THAT one :) @Malc: Wow – of ALL the images on my site it selects THAT one :)

]]> By: Malc http://www.yellowswordfish.com/801/cuil/comment-page-1/#comment-42589 Malc Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:35:28 +0000 http://www.yellowswordfish.com/?p=801#comment-42589 Just given up on Cuil - it's no better than it started out at, try searching for "Yellowswordfish" and you get the Scottish Saltire !!!! Just given up on Cuil – it’s no better than it started out at, try searching for “Yellowswordfish” and you get the Scottish Saltire !!!!

]]> By: Malc http://www.yellowswordfish.com/801/cuil/comment-page-1/#comment-31688 Malc Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:06:05 +0000 http://www.yellowswordfish.com/?p=801#comment-31688 Chris, me.dium.com is a little lacking for the 'science / engineering / maths' type searches I do a lot of, but it is superb for the more mainstream "entertainment / media" things, a very capable competitor to google.co.uk - cheers Chris,
me.dium.com is a little lacking for the ’science / engineering / maths’ type searches I do a lot of, but it is superb for the more mainstream “entertainment / media” things, a very capable competitor to google.co.uk – cheers

]]> By: Andy @ Yellow Swordfish http://www.yellowswordfish.com/801/cuil/comment-page-1/#comment-31323 Andy @ Yellow Swordfish Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:00:52 +0000 http://www.yellowswordfish.com/?p=801#comment-31323 @Chris: I will look... that's a promise. @Chris: I will look… that’s a promise.

]]> By: Chris http://www.yellowswordfish.com/801/cuil/comment-page-1/#comment-31269 Chris Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:33:45 +0000 http://www.yellowswordfish.com/?p=801#comment-31269 Cuil is definitely going for it, but it's hard to imagine them doing anything but incremental changes to what Google's done. And even that would take years of effort. Me.dium.com has taken a different tack. We have a full web index, but we change the results based on the surfing activity of our user base (now over 2,000,000). It's in alpha, but I'd be curious to hear your thoughts. http://me.dium.com/search Cuil is definitely going for it, but it’s hard to imagine them doing anything but incremental changes to what Google’s done. And even that would take years of effort.

Me.dium.com has taken a different tack. We have a full web index, but we change the results based on the surfing activity of our user base (now over 2,000,000). It’s in alpha, but I’d be curious to hear your thoughts. http://me.dium.com/search

]]> By: Malc http://www.yellowswordfish.com/801/cuil/comment-page-1/#comment-31248 Malc Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:23:56 +0000 http://www.yellowswordfish.com/?p=801#comment-31248 Big Brother aka Google Maps has just photographed my girlfriend's house, so come on Cuil - get it together. How do I know - one of these parked up in the road. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7534755.stm Big Brother aka Google Maps has just photographed my girlfriend’s house, so come on Cuil – get it together.

How do I know – one of these parked up in the road. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7534755.stm

]]> By: Andy @ Yellow Swordfish http://www.yellowswordfish.com/801/cuil/comment-page-1/#comment-31172 Andy @ Yellow Swordfish Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:37:55 +0000 http://www.yellowswordfish.com/?p=801#comment-31172 @Malc: Camino. Yes. This last week I have needed to use Firefox (for the development extensions) so uograded to 3.1. I have to say it feels faster and so far hasn't crashed either! @Malc: Camino. Yes. This last week I have needed to use Firefox (for the development extensions) so uograded to 3.1. I have to say it feels faster and so far hasn’t crashed either!

]]> By: Malc http://www.yellowswordfish.com/801/cuil/comment-page-1/#comment-31169 Malc Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:27:46 +0000 http://www.yellowswordfish.com/?p=801#comment-31169 But it isn't Spotlight, it just looks like Spotlight. - You're still happy with Camino then ? But it isn’t Spotlight, it just looks like Spotlight. – You’re still happy with Camino then ?

]]> By: Andy @ Yellow Swordfish http://www.yellowswordfish.com/801/cuil/comment-page-1/#comment-31166 Andy @ Yellow Swordfish Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:25:20 +0000 http://www.yellowswordfish.com/?p=801#comment-31166 @Malc: Ah I see. Don't use Safari. And dislike Spotlight more than I dislike Google.... I have never had any success with it whatsoever. It's about as frustratingly awful as Automator.... @Malc: Ah I see. Don’t use Safari. And dislike Spotlight more than I dislike Google…. I have never had any success with it whatsoever. It’s about as frustratingly awful as Automator….

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