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Sorry David. I thought I did

Ian Lamont — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:35:15 -0400

Sorry David. I thought I did judge this one. Putting it through now ...

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Why the delay in judging

David Kuan — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:09:44 -0400

Why the delay in judging this?

Cuil is still operational.

Ian Lamont — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:43:06 -0400

Cuil is still operational. An SEO pro reviewed it yesterday, and said that while the results have improved, there are still some bad pages showing up:

http://www.searchenginejournal.com/cuil-meets-wolfram-alpha-gives-birth-...

Meanwhile, Bing continues to gain on Google:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10260490-56.html

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Cuil had $33M in 2 rounds of

David Kuan — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:22:56 -0400

Cuil had $33M in 2 rounds of VC funding and has only spent $7M at launch. 3rd round financing might not be as easy given its launch debacle. However, remaining $26M can easily afford Cuil to stay afloat and in operation beyond July 2009 since the business is not a capital intensive one

http://seekingalpha.com/article/87581-cuil-s-not-a-story-but-26-million-...

New Cuil search engine ceases operations by July 2009?

David Kuan — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:35:52 -0400

With former Google engineers at the helm, Cuil had an incredibly high profile launch amidst great hype (props to the PR firm).

Almost immediately after launch, however, Cuil experienced server performance and availability problems.

When service was finally restored, Cuil suffered the worst criticisms of all - the usability and relevancy of the search results were well below expectations.

One month after the launch, Cuil's VP of Product quietly stepped down to a consulting role.

And, as reported by Net Applications, Cuil traffic has now dwindled to near-zero usage.

Prediction: Cuil will cease operations by end of June 2009.

Judgement can be made earlier with a formal announcement made by Cuil or the mainstream media. Otherwise, judgment will occur July 1, 2009.