Take a test drive of Cuil this morning; you will be surprised at what you find. It has been a while since a new product has come out on the market in the search engine space that actually works well, and is actually fairly interesting in how they present data. Cuil was released to the public this morning, and it is truly something very cool.
Cuil Search Thinks Knowledge Is Cool
The new search engine, named after an Irish word for knowledge, claims a bigger index and better relevance than competitors makes it a better search solution.
Microsoft, Facebook Seal Search And Ad Deal
Not happy with Facebook’s search and advertising system? Well, Microsoft’s going to try its hand at improving things. A new deal between the two companies should bring Live Search aboard before winter begins.
MySpace Used In Search For Missing Toddler
The family of a missing toddler have set up a MySpace profile in efforts to make contact with anyone who can help locate her. Two year-old Caylee Marie Anthony has been missing since around June 9th, but, in a bizarre story leaving her mother a prime suspect, wasn’t reported missing until July 15th.
Google Shows Off Its Search Know-How
Last week, Amit Singhal explained that Google’s search results are manually edited on an infrequent basis. Today, the Google Fellow explored some of the technological achievements that allow for manual interventions to remain so rare.
Google Inches Closer To 70 Percent Of Search
US market share of search queries rose again at Google, while that of its next three competitors dropped.
Google Experimenting With Editable Search Results
Google’s impressive market share makes for convincing evidence of its skill at search. Few things are perfect, though, and the search giant is now allowing select users to alter their own results.
No Alarms And No Surprises: Google’s All About Search
Last week, a Hitwise analysis of Yahoo’s properties showed that search wasn’t the company’s most popular service, and also that it depended a lot on Google for traffic. A new look at Google’s properties shows that search makes up the Mountain View giant’s backbone, and that as time goes by, the industry leader is increasingly self-sufficient.
Microsoft’s Yahoo Interest: Patently Paid Search
Way back in the pre-publicly traded days of Google, the search advertising company settled a patent case with Yahoo. Four years later, that settlement may be key to Microsoft’s interest in Yahoo’s paid search business.
Hitwise Proves The Value Of Yahoo’s Non-Search Parts
Suppose that Steve Ballmer and Jerry Yang miraculously agreed on something: the sale of Yahoo’s search department. A new Hitwise report sorts through the pile of properties that would remain, and as it turns out, the leftovers look pretty tasty.