Search Engine Midsummer Madness

Sigh! Another made-up name with a non-obvious pronunciation hits the Internet. This one is to rival the top search engines. "cuil" is pronounced "cool". Right. The name is supposedly derived from an old Irish word meaning "knowledge". Well, the spelling looks Celtic, I'll give it that. Purpose: index the whole Internet and provide the most relevant results without invading your privacy. Noble. According to a Vnunet article:

The site has indexed 120 billion web pages, which it claims is three times more than any other search engine, and results are organised by ideas rather than just rankings.

This organization by idea is going to take some getting used to. Apparently "cuil" doesn't think as I do. The first results in the few trials I attempted didn't seem to make sense. The website has taken Google's minimalism to an extreme with no instructions or advanced search features to help tweak requests. Displaying the same sites on successive pages of results did not impress me favorably, either.

We were neither amazed nor amused. Your mileage may vary, and I hope it does. Please let us know about your experiences.