July 29th, 2008 12:58 pm:

There’s been a bunch of hype on Cuil. (Yes, I regret adding to it.) But some are starting to take notice of its shortcomings. I think it’s a valid point. Cuil focuses on helping you refine your search, which assumes your first search will fail. Too bad, search works better when the first result on your first search is exactly what you were looking for. The only problem for Cuil is that Google nails that as well as anyone can hope. Oh well, I still say they’re not in it to win but to be acquired.