Comments on: A tale of two search engines https://programmingzen.com/a-tale-of-two-search-engines/ Meditations on programming, startups, and technology Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:38:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: 10 Units of Measurement You've Never Heard Of - Random Review https://programmingzen.com/a-tale-of-two-search-engines/#comment-38730 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:38:48 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/?p=1140#comment-38730 […] measurement came into play because Cuil the search provided such nonsensical and irrelevant results it became a joke that it was so absurd as to be surreal. Just how far from what you wanted to see could Cuil get? […]

]]> By: Robert https://programmingzen.com/a-tale-of-two-search-engines/#comment-8892 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:33:16 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/?p=1140#comment-8892 Hi Antonio,

I see that your blog is occupying second place in the search result group “Ruby (programming language)”. Pure coincidence of course. =D

Seriously though, I had never even heard about Duck Duck Go Go. I already love it though. The grouping keeps the search results nicely on-topic.
I wish that I could search within results though.

]]> By: Aaron https://programmingzen.com/a-tale-of-two-search-engines/#comment-8887 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:03:33 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/?p=1140#comment-8887 I’ve been rockin’ DuckDuckGo for a while now and love it. Gabe is a trusted colleague and brilliant entrepreneur. He could conquer a whole team of GooglyGiants.

]]> By: Stuart https://programmingzen.com/a-tale-of-two-search-engines/#comment-8868 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:01:09 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/?p=1140#comment-8868 I had to laugh at Cuil’s own page on cpedia:

http://www.cpedia.com/search?q=Cuil

“Hell no..!! Cuil is a search engine that has launched on this (28th 2008). “But according to reviews on CNN, cuil fails to deliver a good service better than Google.”

]]> By: Dave Reynolds https://programmingzen.com/a-tale-of-two-search-engines/#comment-8867 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:02:09 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/?p=1140#comment-8867 Congratulations Gabriel. As a fellow Philly area entrepreneur, I’m inspired by your success!

]]> By: Revital https://programmingzen.com/a-tale-of-two-search-engines/#comment-8865 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:25:52 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/?p=1140#comment-8865 A very interesting comparison. I think Duckduckgo is a very good engine, and certainly a refreshing breeze in the search engine arena.

]]> By: matt https://programmingzen.com/a-tale-of-two-search-engines/#comment-8864 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:24:09 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/?p=1140#comment-8864 OMG, the cuil wiki results are bad! I hadn’t seen them before. The ruby language page you linked to was bad, but readable — a few searches yielded more examples that fail even the readability test.

Clearly there’s not enough “I” in Cuil’s “AI.”

]]> By: Gabriel Weinberg https://programmingzen.com/a-tale-of-two-search-engines/#comment-8863 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:35:05 +0000 http://antoniocangiano.com/?p=1140#comment-8863 Thank you so much for the nice write-up! And please let me know if you have more feedback.

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