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[28 Jul 2008 | 2 Comments | ]

Anna Patterson (an “inventor” of search algorithms) developed her own search engine in 2004, which was so impressive that Google bought it up to upgrade elements of their own search. Today, she launched another project dubbed “Cuil” (pronounced “cool”). And this time she says Cuil isn’t for sale.

There are plenty of news stories about this search engine, so I’m going to focus on a few key elements that I think are worth a look at:
1. More robust approach to relevancy
Unlike other major search engines that use quality and quantity of …