Comments on: Wacko Search Results http://boxofchocolates.ca/archives/2008/07/29/wacko-search-results/ a blog is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're going to get... Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:49:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt Robin http://boxofchocolates.ca/archives/2008/07/29/wacko-search-results/#comment-45 Matt Robin Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:16:05 +0000 http://boxofchocolates.ca/?p=16#comment-45 Ah, yes, did a similar thing...moments after reading about it (via Mashable), did a search for a company I know quite well, and then found (to my amusement) that some of its images were being re-used results for similar sites of rival companies....classy! At that point I realised something wasn't right with Cuil and I haven't been back to it since. I quite like the look of it otherwise. Ah, yes, did a similar thing…moments after reading about it (via Mashable), did a search for a company I know quite well, and then found (to my amusement) that some of its images were being re-used results for similar sites of rival companies….classy! At that point I realised something wasn’t right with Cuil and I haven’t been back to it since. I quite like the look of it otherwise.

]]> By: feather http://boxofchocolates.ca/archives/2008/07/29/wacko-search-results/#comment-44 feather Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:41:36 +0000 http://boxofchocolates.ca/?p=16#comment-44 Hey Matthew - interesting. Both your mismatched image and mine are both gingers. I looked at the <a href="http://www.cuil.com/info/management/" rel="nofollow">Cuil Management</a> and I see no gingers there — though it is tough to tell with black and white images :) Hey Matthew – interesting. Both your mismatched image and mine are both gingers. I looked at the Cuil Management and I see no gingers there — though it is tough to tell with black and white images :)

]]> By: Matthew Pennell http://boxofchocolates.ca/archives/2008/07/29/wacko-search-results/#comment-42 Matthew Pennell Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:58:11 +0000 http://boxofchocolates.ca/?p=16#comment-42 Searching for my name also throws up a picture of Christian Heilmann, oddly. Cuil need to release a statement on how their image-association algorithm works. Searching for my name also throws up a picture of Christian Heilmann, oddly. Cuil need to release a statement on how their image-association algorithm works.

]]> By: Richard Rutter http://boxofchocolates.ca/archives/2008/07/29/wacko-search-results/#comment-41 Richard Rutter Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:38:57 +0000 http://boxofchocolates.ca/?p=16#comment-41 Worse still, searching for Clearleft comes up with a picture of Morae - one of Silverback's competitors! (Silverback being a Clearleft product for those that didn't know) http://www.cuil.com/search?q=Clearleft Worse still, searching for Clearleft comes up with a picture of Morae – one of Silverback’s competitors! (Silverback being a Clearleft product for those that didn’t know)
http://www.cuil.com/search?q=Clearleft

]]> By: Tomas Caspers http://boxofchocolates.ca/archives/2008/07/29/wacko-search-results/#comment-36 Tomas Caspers Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:37:46 +0000 http://boxofchocolates.ca/?p=16#comment-36 That's probably not you, either? http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomascaspers/2716493258/ That’s probably not you, either? http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomascaspers/2716493258/

]]> By: mb http://boxofchocolates.ca/archives/2008/07/29/wacko-search-results/#comment-35 mb Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:38:00 +0000 http://boxofchocolates.ca/?p=16#comment-35 Thanks for the link. Thanks for the link.

]]> By: anders pearson http://boxofchocolates.ca/archives/2008/07/29/wacko-search-results/#comment-34 anders pearson Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:32:35 +0000 http://boxofchocolates.ca/?p=16#comment-34 Searching for one of my books: http://www.cuil.com/search?q="error+and+annihilation" The contextual image it brings up is the cover of "Garfield Eats His Heart Out". Searching for one of my books: http://www.cuil.com/search?q=“error+and+annihilation”

The contextual image it brings up is the cover of “Garfield Eats His Heart Out”.

]]> By: Shawn http://boxofchocolates.ca/archives/2008/07/29/wacko-search-results/#comment-32 Shawn Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:09:27 +0000 http://boxofchocolates.ca/?p=16#comment-32 This seems typical of what I have seen others reporting (NSFW feature at the Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/29/cuil_launch/ ). Yesterday, I searched for my book's short title of "Advanced Ajax" and it brought up the description of my book with someone else's cover. Today, it returns no search results. This seems typical of what I have seen others reporting (NSFW feature at the Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/29/cuil_launch/ ). Yesterday, I searched for my book’s short title of “Advanced Ajax” and it brought up the description of my book with someone else’s cover. Today, it returns no search results.

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