Search site aims to rival Google ( Called Cuil, from the Gaelic for knowledge and hazel, )

BBC ^ | Monday, 28 July 2008 12:33 UK 11:33 GMT, | BBC Staff

[AnAmericanMother]

Hey, I'm chiming in with Dwelly's (the old and HUGE if completely antiquated dictionary) and MacLennan's - which basically says the same as MacBain's.

Hazel - as the third letter of the alphabet (a nice touch of Dwelly's) - is "Coll". He marks it as "obsolete". It can also mean "neck" or "destruction", but it doesn't mean "knowledge"! A "Cuil" without the accent mark, acc. to Dwelly, is short for "cuileag" and means "fly" - as in a housefly, or a fishing fly.

I get the idea that these characters don't actually SPEAK Gaelic . . . or even read it very well.

[sionnsar]

Thanks! I was at work and had only my electronic copies available.

[shorty_harris]

I use Scroogle.

[sionnsar]

Their website says: Cuil is an old Irish word for knowledge. For knowledge, ask Cuil.

Some sharp comments -- but I had to laugh a little at the post heading: our Gaelic society newletter is called "Am Bradan Fhiosa"

[free_life]

Scroggle is good. I like Alatvista and Dogpile

Google is part of the leftoid establishment and the enemy as far as I am concerned.

[free_life]

That’s Altavista

[AnAmericanMother]

Oh, yeah, and knowledge is "fios" - as in "tha fios agam" - I know.

When it's an obscure question, I always check Mr. Dwelly. The frontispiece - of the Great Man himself - alone is worth the price of admission!

[tubebender]

I tried it this morning and it didn't bring up my company website. My current search wagon is CLUSTY

[Tainan]

seems to be working pretty good now. I like their content rather than popularity perspective....by by google.

[HKMk23]

Scroggle is good. I like Alatvista and Dogpile

You might take Ms. Dewey for a spin, sometime.

[Babu]

I tried it — one thing I saw right away that I didn’t like: When you know the name of a website you want to go to, in Google, you can type: yadayada.com, and it will take you directly to the website. I tried that in Cuil, and it won’t take you there directly.

[steve-b]

Same here. It might get better, but for now it’s a mess.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

I just did my first search on cuil and of course my first search was ANN COULTER. I like it better than google for sure.

[Revolting cat!]

Pronounced 'kew-ill'

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I think I tried that one too....Google seems to be pretty far ahead of anyone else just in the resources that they have working....