Every other feed in my reader this past week has been about the new search engine Cuil [pronounced like "cool"]. Before the launch on July 28, there were mixed reviews, but it’s been pretty much panned by everyone at this point. I like bandwagons, so here we go.
You can read about all the technical, marketing and other problems all over the internet. I suggest Googling “cuil”; as of the time I am writing this, Cuil doesn’t seem to have indexed itself as a website. Let’s look instead at a couple of things I know rather well: this blog/vlog and me.
Search for “angry puppy” on Cuil. I’m fairly sure that I put these vlogs together, but I don’t remember any of the images that appear alongside our episodes.


On a side note, a Google search for “angry puppy” has us (this blog, I mean, not a link to our vlog on another site) in the top spot. We don’t get any kind of financial remuneration for this project, so I consider that our reward for the many hours we’ve put in to keep this puppy barking. And, of course, that’s thanks to those of you who’ve clicked, linked, watched and read. (Thanks, thanks!)
We did make it onto the second page of the Cuil results, but I didn’t know we were affiliated with I Can Learn Education Systems (TM).

I will resist the urge to insert “i can haz learning?” jokes here.
Now, on to the second subject: me! This is an experiment in ego-dickery, but I suggest you all compare the Google and Cuil results of your own names. You know you do in it private, so let me know in the comments if you notice anything interesting!
A search for “lee waters” on Google shows that I have the top spot (Huzzah!). I didn’t earn that particularly, but it’s quite nice. Cuil has me on page 3, but at least they didn’t put a picture of a shark or a squeegee or something by my entry.
Actually, a shark would have been cool.
