A new search engine has joined in the fray for dominance on the web. It's called Cuil (pronounced "Cool") named after a celtic legend Finn McCuill. http://www.cuil.com The new search engine is built by former Google employees and supposedly does a much better job since it's breadth and depth of searching is allegedly greater than the current search giant. Unfortunately, when I go to the page, I get this:
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We'll be back soon...
Due to overwhelming interest, our Cuil servers are running a bit hot right now. The search engine is momentarily unavailable as we add more capacity.
Thanks for your patience.
Today is launch day. It's a shame they weren't able to anticipate the load, because this looks bad on them. Very bad. You can read more about the origin of Cuil in this news article: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080728/technology/technology_google_challenger |