http://www.andrewrollins.com/2008/07/31/cuil-is-uncool/ Technology, entrepreneurship, the Internet, and video games Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:52:31 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.andrewrollins.com/2008/07/31/cuil-is-uncool/comment-page-1/#comment-497 Dom Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:12:52 +0000 http://www.andrewrollins.com/?p=137#comment-497 It's hard to be revolutionary in search space. What matters is search relevance and presentation. Live has proven that simple stuff like too bright font on white page makes it harder to use search. IMO they nailed UI. Now it's time to fix query results... It’s hard to be revolutionary in search space. What matters is search relevance and presentation. Live has proven that simple stuff like too bright font on white page makes it harder to use search. IMO they nailed UI. Now it’s time to fix query results…

]]> http://www.andrewrollins.com/2008/07/31/cuil-is-uncool/comment-page-1/#comment-486 Andrew Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:49:25 +0000 http://www.andrewrollins.com/?p=137#comment-486 Adi: You have a point, but it's nothing revolutionary. People have tried similar layouts before and they didn't make a dent in the market. Adi: You have a point, but it’s nothing revolutionary. People have tried similar layouts before and they didn’t make a dent in the market.

]]> http://www.andrewrollins.com/2008/07/31/cuil-is-uncool/comment-page-1/#comment-485 Adi Oltean Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:03:34 +0000 http://www.andrewrollins.com/?p=137#comment-485 I give them credit, though, for a clean way to display search results (in a news-style tabloid format). The tab-based search categories is interesting. I am would be not surprised if Google copied some of their layout/display/categorization ideas ... I give them credit, though, for a clean way to display search results (in a news-style tabloid format). The tab-based search categories is interesting. I am would be not surprised if Google copied some of their layout/display/categorization ideas …

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