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Why There Won’t Be a Google Killer

Started by Sid Yadav · 11 months ago

A search engine which has been making waves in the blogosphere for the last day or two is Cuil (pronounced “cool”). You’ve probably used it twice already, and its random search results (in some cases, the worst ever served by a search engine) do less to serve and more to amaze. I made up my mind this morning to not write about Cuil ... Continue reading »

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  • There is no profitable scope in search engine market. Is saturated, Google remains the king and will be there for a lot of time...

    But still, in future, when more people will get online, all they want is services that respond to them in real time. Like example - Twitter. I know a lot of people who trust Twitter for their updates. A lot of people get breaking news on their mobil using Twitter. They dont rely 100 % on mechanical algorithm based search engine to give them results they want. In fast paced world, a search engine is fine, but slowly and surely, it will give way to services that provide real time access to information content. My bet is on them..
  • For me, it's all about the search results. If a search engine gives me markedly better search results for every query, I'll happily use it instead of Google. Not until then, though. I don't care if it has cover flow results, columnar results, or holographic results; it's all a question of utility, and results equal utility.
  • That's a good point, but I think the problem -- if this should happen -- would be in judging those search results. How would you know search results for x on Google are better than the results on GoogleKiller? And if you do happen to make up your mind on the other one, how long would it take for you to completely switch your habits, or would you come crawling back a week later? I'm not completely convinced that people would let go off Google so easily.
  • Google has certainly created a monopoly of sorts and will remain at the top for a very long time.. it's inevitable. I also believe that after searching for several things on Cuil - they released it a bit too soon..the results are mostly less than desirable.
  • that what we used to say about yahoo or about myspace before facebook

    i think cuil should buy lots adwords from google to more traffic lol
  • LOL - CUIL SUCKS!! The very first time I ran a search and clicked on a result, the page that popped up was full of nasty spyware. It wasn't even a "dodgy" search term. I tried it a few more times and am 100% convinced that it's not in the same league as Google... hell, even Yahoo and MSN are better.
  • My wife works for Microsoft in Seattle and she says that they are genuinely scared of Google
  • I guess this is a case of the predator becoming a prey. I think it difficult to kill google. Google Killer out there: beware and don't get killed in the process!
  • I guess this is a case of the predator becoming a prey. I think it difficult to kill google. Google Killer out there: beware and don't get killed in the process!
  • Though we cant lose hope for aspiring google killer but the fact will remain the same.. Google has captured almost all the market so its hard to take it over..
  • Google remains the king and will be there for a lot of time...
  • Google has certainly created a monopoly of sorts and will remain at the top for a very long time.. it's inevitable.
  • Keep up the excellent work! Your website helps to keep me from boredom as well.

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