Are People Really Using Cuil?
The Cuil search engine has been around for a few months, and now that the momentum has died, we've taken the liberty to look at the usage statistics to see how it is faring.
At High Rankings Forum, most individuals forgot about it (and even forgot how to spell it). Some think it's a dead fish in the water; Jill Whalen, however, suggests that Cuil will relaunch eventually once they address the issues that were brought up during the shoddy launch of the service. (Personally, I think Cuil is out of their window to launch in such a fashion; they missed the ball.)
We'll see. I think Cuil is forever forgotten, and I think I'm not alone.
Here's Alexa's usage statistics:
And Quantcast:
And check out the dying Google trends:
What do you think? Forum discussion continues at High Rankings Forum.
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Tamar Weinberg in Other Search Engines at November 25, 2008 9:11 AM
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It takes any new search engine about two years to establish itself. In my opinion, it's way too soon for people to be driving nails into coffins for Cuil.
Google continues to lose real market share, so there is no reason to believe that someone won't take their top slot somewhere down the road. Right now, Microsoft is the most aggressive player chasing Google, but in a year that picture could change totally.
Posted by Michael Martinez at November 25, 2008 13:55