Comments on: Cuil It http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/07/28/cuil-it/ I go many places... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:38:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Malcolm http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/07/28/cuil-it/comment-page-1/#comment-90749 Malcolm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:22:24 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/07/28/cuil-it/#comment-90749 It's pronounced "cool". It’s pronounced “cool”.

]]> By: Addofio http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/07/28/cuil-it/comment-page-1/#comment-90705 Addofio Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:35:33 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/07/28/cuil-it/#comment-90705 I tried it, and may try it again, but it gave me too many spam sites--full of gibberish and/or not there when you click on the link. Ended up going back to google to continue my search--seemed more efficient. Google may be erring in eliminating too many sites--but it seemed to me, after about 30 minutes of use, that cuil was erring on the side of including too many. Anyone know how to pronounce "cuil"? I tried it, and may try it again, but it gave me too many spam sites–full of gibberish and/or not there when you click on the link. Ended up going back to google to continue my search–seemed more efficient. Google may be erring in eliminating too many sites–but it seemed to me, after about 30 minutes of use, that cuil was erring on the side of including too many.

Anyone know how to pronounce “cuil”?

]]> By: the one eyed man http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/07/28/cuil-it/comment-page-1/#comment-90672 the one eyed man Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:28:16 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/07/28/cuil-it/#comment-90672 A friend of mine drives around with tags which read GOOGOL1, which of course is the correct spelling for the number which has one hundred zeros. He acquired the url googol.com before Larry and Sergey started their search engine. They tried to buy the url from him in a nasty way, and he told them to get lost. This is why the search engine misspells the word googol. A friend of mine drives around with tags which read GOOGOL1, which of course is the correct spelling for the number which has one hundred zeros. He acquired the url googol.com before Larry and Sergey started their search engine. They tried to buy the url from him in a nasty way, and he told them to get lost. This is why the search engine misspells the word googol.

]]> By: Charles http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/07/28/cuil-it/comment-page-1/#comment-90654 Charles Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:24:59 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2008/07/28/cuil-it/#comment-90654 Excellent! I noticed that it doesn't give top billing for "liminality" to Wikipedia, which is interesting. Apparently it uses an entirely different algorithm from PageRank. I was disappointed to see that a search on "what is liminality?" (in quotes) does not lead to my essay on the subject, though--it just leads to the front page of my site. (And to add to the weirdness, the excerpt from my front page is from a *long* time ago... maybe that's why it has a "history in short" icon next to it? Odd.) I'll keep an eye on this one, though. It looks promising. Excellent!

I noticed that it doesn’t give top billing for “liminality” to Wikipedia, which is interesting. Apparently it uses an entirely different algorithm from PageRank.

I was disappointed to see that a search on “what is liminality?” (in quotes) does not lead to my essay on the subject, though–it just leads to the front page of my site. (And to add to the weirdness, the excerpt from my front page is from a *long* time ago… maybe that’s why it has a “history in short” icon next to it? Odd.)

I’ll keep an eye on this one, though. It looks promising.

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