Cuil -- A New Way To Search
Cuil from ALA TechSource Blog Submitted by Daniel A. Freeman on July 28, 2008 - 2:20pm.
Highlights: "Designed by a group of engineers and programmers who were instrumental in developing Google itself, this new search engine was launched today with the goal of “solv[ing] the two great problems of search: how to index the whole Internet—not just part of it—and how to analyze and sort out its pages so you get relevant results.” Cuil claims to index 120 billion web pages--3 times more than Google. It also boasts an innovative, customizable search results interface that is markedly different from the interface on Google or anything seen on previous search engines.
Librarians will interested in this new search engine as it provides "a more nuanced, interactive set of search results .... emulate[s] the experience of a more professional search, the kind you might get with the assistance of a librarian."
However, it is still a tool which only works as well as the human interface!- Sections: Continuing Ed
- Free tags: research, search engine, cuil
- Posted by: Shirley Biladeau
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