Cuil Launches With a Thud

Somehow we think Cuil, the latest challenger to Google Search, expected more from their debut. BusinessWeek reports that Cuil launched Monday to what it refers to (diplomatically) as a “cool reception.”

Basically, the search engine works—sort of. Many users reported trouble even accessing it, receiving amusing errors such as “Cuil servers are running a bit hot right now,” which spawned doubts about the company’s long-term ability to resolve outages.

Plus, the search results themselves were a little off; if you searched for “Cuil” or “Cuil search engine itself,” you’d get nothing from Cuil.com.

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