Comments on: Not as Cuil as I Expected http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/07/28/not-as-cuil-as-i-expected/ Wed, 16 May 2012 21:42:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Warming Up To Cuil | The Noisy Channel http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/07/28/not-as-cuil-as-i-expected/comment-page-1/#comment-2723 Warming Up To Cuil | The Noisy Channel Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:57:11 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=63#comment-2723 [...] wasn’t so long ago that Cuil launched and I offered a pretty cold appraisal. Of course, I wasn’t the only one to be underwhelmed after they under-delivered on their [...] [...] wasn’t so long ago that Cuil launched and I offered a pretty cold appraisal. Of course, I wasn’t the only one to be underwhelmed after they under-delivered on their [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/07/28/not-as-cuil-as-i-expected/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Anonymous Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:11:00 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=63#comment-147 At first I was impressed with the combination of images and text on Cuil. My assumption was they were picking the most relevant image from each result page, which seems like a nice idea.<br/><br/>Then I noticed that the images very often do not come from the result page, and sometimes do not match the text at all. And if you go through multiple pages of results, you often see the same images repeated. Has anyone else noticed this? Does anyone know what they are trying to do? At first I was impressed with the combination of images and text on Cuil. My assumption was they were picking the most relevant image from each result page, which seems like a nice idea.

Then I noticed that the images very often do not come from the result page, and sometimes do not match the text at all. And if you go through multiple pages of results, you often see the same images repeated. Has anyone else noticed this? Does anyone know what they are trying to do?

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/07/28/not-as-cuil-as-i-expected/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Daniel Tunkelang Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:21:00 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=63#comment-146 I noticed that they at least fixed the <a HREF="http://www.cuil.com/search?q=cuil" REL="nofollow">search for Cuil</a> so that their site now comes back. Some of my other searches that returned no results before are now returning good results, but it's a mixed bag. Perhaps they are learning from their logs. If they manage to rapidly improve their quality as a result of log mining or any other strategy, I will be truly impressed. I noticed that they at least fixed the search for Cuil so that their site now comes back. Some of my other searches that returned no results before are now returning good results, but it’s a mixed bag. Perhaps they are learning from their logs. If they manage to rapidly improve their quality as a result of log mining or any other strategy, I will be truly impressed.

]]>