Cuil's search paradox

One of the things I’ve always loved about the internet is how much it depends on people just putting stuff out there to see if it flies. But with so many talented individuals sharing genuinely worthwhile stuff, you better be pretty sure your offering doesn’t suck if you’re a brand.

Unfortunately for Cuil, their ‘does it suck?’ filter wasn’t working when they launched their laughably inept search engine. In fact, so utterly useless has Cuil turned out to be that ‘Cuil Theory’ has now arisen as an entire field of research; investigating only those things that suck so badly they need a whole new definition of their own.

Posted by: Simeon at peanut butter jelly on Wednesday, 11th February 2009