There is a new Google in town, ladies and gentlemen, and it’s called Cuil. It was developed by the guys who originally made Google, and they claim that the search engine is bigger and will yield more relevant results. It’s definitely pretty cool looking and I just *love* the layout of the search results. HOWEVER…ACCORDING TO CUIL, I DON’T EXIST. A search for “Sara Schaefer” just pulled up NO RESULTS:
Ummmmm, excuse me, Cuil? How the HELL to do you expect to topple Google if you can’t provide the thousands of Sara Schaefer pages that we would FULLY expect to see??? Ha. Good luck with that. When the public gets wind that they can’t access Sara Schaefer through Cuil, you’re petty much done.
And besides all that, can we really imagine incorporating the word “Cuil” (pronounced “cool”) into the cultural lexicon, just as Google became a word used so much that it has now been added to the dictionary? Because honestly it’s going to sound pretty stupid – not to mention confusing. Imagine this conversation:
Boss: Jenkins, I need to know more about this Branford merger.
Jenkins: Sure, do you want me to do a Lexis Nexis search?
Boss: Nah, just Cuil it.
Jenkins: Cool it? Geez, I was just asking a question—
Boss: What? I’m telling you I want you to Cuil it Jenkins, are you really that incompetent that you don’t know how to Cuil it?
Jenkins: Hey! Why don’t you cool it!
Boss: Excuse me? You better watch your step young man.
Jenkins: Really? You don’t pay me enough for this sh*t.
Boss: Is that so? Well how about I don’t pay you anything at all?
Jenkins: That’s actually a great idea, because guess what? I QUIT!
[Blackout.]
(via Buzzfeed)
