Comments on: Cuill Secures $25M More For Next Generation Search http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/ Startup and Technology News Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:47:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Cuil’s small index is the real value « Jim McCusker’s Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2429340 Cuil’s small index is the real value « Jim McCusker’s Blog Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:22:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2429340 [...] value proposition of Cuil. Their original claim was that they were going to build a search index at 1/10th the cost of what Google has produced. Has anyone asked Tom or Anna at Cuil what their actual index/search [...] [...] value proposition of Cuil. Their original claim was that they were going to build a search index at 1/10th the cost of what Google has produced. Has anyone asked Tom or Anna at Cuil what their actual index/search [...]

]]> By: TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » Cuill has Irish roots http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2186901 TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » Cuill has Irish roots Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:24:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2186901 [...] turns out that Cuill, a stealth search engine company which just raised $25 million in a Series B round (taking its pot to an estimated $38 million), was founded by Tom Costello from [...] [...] turns out that Cuill, a stealth search engine company which just raised $25 million in a Series B round (taking its pot to an estimated $38 million), was founded by Tom Costello from [...]

]]> By: Web 2.0 Ireland » Blog Archive » Cuill the Irish connection http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2185976 Web 2.0 Ireland » Blog Archive » Cuill the Irish connection Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:12:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2185976 [...] check recent Techcrunch coverage on Cuill and their $25m funding [...] [...] check recent Techcrunch coverage on Cuill and their $25m funding [...]

]]> By: Cuill Secures recibe 25 millones de dólares http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2183112 Cuill Secures recibe 25 millones de dólares Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:42:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2183112 [...] compañía dedicada a la búsqueda Cuill ha recibido 25 millones de dólares en una ronda de financiación Serie B dirigida por Madrone Capital Partners y en la que han participado Tugboat Ventures y [...] [...] compañía dedicada a la búsqueda Cuill ha recibido 25 millones de dólares en una ronda de financiación Serie B dirigida por Madrone Capital Partners y en la que han participado Tugboat Ventures y [...]

]]> By: Cuill получит более $ 25 млн для поисковика следующего поколения | iReview http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2182426 Cuill получит более $ 25 млн для поисковика следующего поколения | iReview Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:57:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2182426 [...] Источник: www.techcrunch.com [...] [...] Источник: http://www.techcrunch.com [...]

]]> By: whoopie http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181762 whoopie Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:19:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181762 glad to see the usual collection of moronic pie-in-the-sky comments from the drechcrunch crowd. oh yeah, i have a plan for crawling the web for 1/10 the cost...i host my servers in kuwait or saudi arabia who are eager to be seen as tech-wannabes...they just underwrite the other 90% out of a sovereign fund! remember powerset children? wearing your bullshit detector is going to be vital for 08-09. glad to see the usual collection of moronic pie-in-the-sky comments from the drechcrunch crowd.

oh yeah, i have a plan for crawling the web for 1/10 the cost…i host my servers in kuwait or saudi arabia who are eager to be seen as tech-wannabes…they just underwrite the other 90% out of a sovereign fund!

remember powerset children? wearing your bullshit detector is going to be vital for 08-09.

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Cuillが次世代検索へさらに$25M調達 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181525 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Cuillが次世代検索へさらに$25M調達 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:10:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181525 [...] [原文へ] [...] [...] [原文へ] [...]

]]> By: Johnny http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181404 Johnny Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:08:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181404 I LOVE THESE GUYS! cant wait to use it!! Now that is some senior managment! I LOVE THESE GUYS! cant wait to use it!!

Now that is some senior managment!

]]> By: Rob http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181296 Rob Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:13:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181296 This is kinda interesting, search isn't really a new problem, and im sure that if there was a cool new way to improve on it, it would already be known. It is too bad that the relationship wasen't more along the lines of Doug Cutting / Yahoo with Lucene. Kinda like what Brady said. This is kinda interesting, search isn’t really a new problem, and im sure that if there was a cool new way to improve on it, it would already be known.

It is too bad that the relationship wasen’t more along the lines of Doug Cutting / Yahoo with Lucene. Kinda like what Brady said.

]]> By: EditorX http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181292 EditorX Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:12:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181292 The Internet age has just begun. Welcome improvements is always good. I really hope they will deliver as they claim. It should be interesting to see if Google snaps them up for $50 billion or they go solo and earn that in a few years. Getting market share from Google will be a huge challenge. maybe MSN will spill out the billions? It is an open game. The Internet age has just begun. Welcome improvements is always good. I really hope they will deliver as they claim. It should be interesting to see if Google snaps them up for $50 billion or they go solo and earn that in a few years.

Getting market share from Google will be a huge challenge. maybe MSN will spill out the billions? It is an open game.

]]> By: Fabian Schonholz http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181249 Fabian Schonholz Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:44:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181249 Sometime is hard to innovate from within. There are all sort of elements that prevent that from happening. So, having execs leave to start new companies and then get bought by the original company is akin to generating innovation from within. The purchase price is the bonus - or what the founders get after the investors. In any case ... think about it. It is a inexpensive way to innovate because somebody else gets to pay for it. If it works ... Google wins. If it does not work ... then no skin off their nose. It also bypasses all the internal political BS. Smart. Sometime is hard to innovate from within. There are all sort of elements that prevent that from happening. So, having execs leave to start new companies and then get bought by the original company is akin to generating innovation from within. The purchase price is the bonus - or what the founders get after the investors. In any case … think about it. It is a inexpensive way to innovate because somebody else gets to pay for it. If it works … Google wins. If it does not work … then no skin off their nose. It also bypasses all the internal political BS.

Smart.

]]> By: mike http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181187 mike Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:11:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181187 Anyone heard when Cuill is launching? Anyone heard when Cuill is launching?

]]> By: Jaymon http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181185 Jaymon Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:09:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181185 They can index the web at 1/10th the cost of Google because their spiders are so over-eager that they eventually get banned. By the time Cuill launches they probably won't have access to a large portion of the internet. They really need to learn how to properly throttle their spiders... They can index the web at 1/10th the cost of Google because their spiders are so over-eager that they eventually get banned. By the time Cuill launches they probably won’t have access to a large portion of the internet.

They really need to learn how to properly throttle their spiders…

]]> By: Ex-Cisco http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181181 Ex-Cisco Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:07:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181181 #6, revolving door was exactly how Cisco operated in the late 1990s. They will acquire, the execs will leave and start again. There have been entrepreneurs who sold companies to Cisco 3 times. So what is happening at Google isn't unprecedented. #6, revolving door was exactly how Cisco operated in the late 1990s. They will acquire, the execs will leave and start again. There have been entrepreneurs who sold companies to Cisco 3 times.

So what is happening at Google isn’t unprecedented.

]]> By: Bjoern Wilmsmann http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181174 Bjoern Wilmsmann Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:04:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181174 I am really eager to know how they are going to achieve this feat. This can't be about just fine-tuning some parameters or simply buying cheaper hardware or anything like that. This has to be a tremendous improvement in indexing algorithms. However, increasing the efficiency of indexing algorithms is limited by the number of documents and the number of tokens (i.e. strings delimited by spaces) to index. If there are n tokens on the Web you basically have a threshold of O(n), below which you can only go if you do without some of the information. I am really eager to know how they are going to achieve this feat. This can’t be about just fine-tuning some parameters or simply buying cheaper hardware or anything like that. This has to be a tremendous improvement in indexing algorithms.

However, increasing the efficiency of indexing algorithms is limited by the number of documents and the number of tokens (i.e. strings delimited by spaces) to index. If there are n tokens on the Web you basically have a threshold of O(n), below which you can only go if you do without some of the information.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181151 Aaron Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:50:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181151 It would be strange indeed if Google turned into some kind of weird revolving door company - leave google to start a company, get bought by google, leave to start a company, get bought, leave to start a company... It would be strange indeed if Google turned into some kind of weird revolving door company - leave google to start a company, get bought by google, leave to start a company, get bought, leave to start a company…

]]> By: imagine http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181131 imagine Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:34:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181131 Yeah cheaper does not mean better there will always be some one that can do it cheaper it is all about quality....check it out at http://www.clowcash.com Yeah cheaper does not mean better there will always be some one that can do it cheaper it is all about quality….check it out at http://www.clowcash.com

]]> By: imagine http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181110 imagine Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:25:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181110 How's business there at Gigablast, Morgan? How’s business there at Gigablast, Morgan?

]]> By: Morgan http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181104 Morgan Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:23:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181104 "Not a whole lot is known about Cuill except that it apparently can index the web at 1/10th the cost of Google." Not sure this is 'known' exactly yet, but if so. they'll be on track to maybe one day be within an order of magnitude or two as efficient as Gigablast. On the other hand Gigablast just plugs away on making things work instead of new rounds of funding. How boring. I love that the side effect of being efficient is that GB is positioning themselves as a 'green' search, using 1/50,000 the resources of a search at Google. C'mon, let's save this earth, folks. “Not a whole lot is known about Cuill except that it apparently can index the web at 1/10th the cost of Google.”

Not sure this is ‘known’ exactly yet, but if so. they’ll be on track to maybe one day be within an order of magnitude or two as efficient as Gigablast. On the other hand Gigablast just plugs away on making things work instead of new rounds of funding. How boring.

I love that the side effect of being efficient is that GB is positioning themselves as a ‘green’ search, using 1/50,000 the resources of a search at Google. C’mon, let’s save this earth, folks.

]]> By: Brady Brim-DeForest http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181087 Brady Brim-DeForest Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:13:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181087 Google wants to acquire them before they launch – after two of the key execs just left Google? What if Google could foster this kind of innovation in house – compensating people like Anna and Russell at levels that would induce them to innovate inside the organization? Google wants to acquire them before they launch – after two of the key execs just left Google?

What if Google could foster this kind of innovation in house – compensating people like Anna and Russell at levels that would induce them to innovate inside the organization?

]]> By: imagine http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181083 imagine Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:12:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/15/cuill-secures-25m-for-next-generation-search/#comment-2181083 Google loses 50% marketshare in 6 months, goog stock plunges to less than $80/share... :P Google loses 50% marketshare in 6 months, goog stock plunges to less than $80/share… :P

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