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Don't count out Google yet
My search includes a term that is very rare?  
By Andy Tarnoff
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What is a blog? For OMC, it is a short blurb that we write when the mood strikes us. It can be first person, funny or informative. In short, a blog is whatever we want it to be. Published July 28, 2008 at 12:40 p.m.

I just read a Reuters report about some former Google engineers who've started a rival search engine called cuil.com. It seems the founders launched the site because they think Google has spread itself too thinly, and they have a piece of technology that can index bigger, better and faster search results.

So I just tried it out. I searched for "Milwaukee."

Cuil.com came up with zero results.

It said:

"We didn't find any results for "milwaukee"

Some reasons might be...

* a typo. Please check your spelling.
* your search includes a term that is very rare. Try to find a more common substitute.
* too many search terms. Please try fewer terms.

Finally, try to think of different words to describe your search."

Well, that's that. I tried it about 10 more times, and eventually I got some results. But they are hardly consistent -- and this product is not yet ready for primetime. I guess I won't be switching from my Google homepage anytime soon.



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