[Publib] Cuil search engine

[Philip Cheney]

Cuil.com wins hands down based on comparative hits in my recent search.
Many of the hits are to local newspapers.  In one case the link to the
website no longer produced the original information.  Information older than
two years  did not appear to have been picked up.
 
Philip Cheney
South Carolina
 



Subject: RE: [Publib] Cuil search engineDate: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:58:30 -0500From: Arend at winnefox.orgTo: publib at webjunction.org




Interesting.  I did the same and found my picture but it was connected to a linkedin profile for  someone at Microsoft.  Had to go 4 pages into the search results to get anything even related to me.  At least it’s our library system site but there’s no mention of me on that page.
 
I think they’ve got a few bugs to work out.
 
 
 
-------------------------------Mark W. Arend, Assistant DirectorWinnefox Library System106 Washington Ave.Oshkosh, WI  54901(920) 236-5222           fax: (920) 236-5228mailto:arend at winnefox.org                 http://www.winnefox.org/Recently read:
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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Connie Jo OzingaSent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 12:10 PMTo: publib; inpublib at lists.in.govSubject: [Publib] Cuil search engine
 
Has anyone checked out this new search engine at cuil.com?  I had a really strange experience with it.  After playing around with it I googled myself.  (Surely that term still works for other search engines.) Usually when I do that I get links to things related to my current job or my previous job, much of it due to things like board meeting minutes online and newspaper articles.
 
The first several pages displayed in my search were my various postings to lists like this one, all the way back to a post to featherweight fanatics in 1995.  Most of them were postings to publib and inpublib, and many were accompanied by a photo of a woman I have never seen before in my life.  In fact one of two women I don’t know.
 
So if you search for me on Cuil, don’t think that is me you are seeing.  Very weird.  L
 
Connie Jo Ozinga, Director  cjo at elkhart.lib.in.us 
(574)522-3333  www.myepl.orgElkhart Public Library Elkhart, IN  46516
 
The Elkhart Public Library provides access to resources which inform, educate, enlighten and entertain our diverse community.....Books are just the beginning.
 
 
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