Ex-Google employees launch new search engine

The web was buzzing this week with news of a new search engine, started by ex-Google employees and purported to be the next Google killer. The new engine, called Cuil [1] and pronounced 'cool,' debuted on Monday morning and had trouble keeping up with traffic [2] as curious searchers bombarded the site. Those who were able to access Cuil saw a simple search box, much like Google, but one that differentiated itself by using a black background. The search results have a longer document summary than Google, and present readers with a section called "Explore by Category," which provides a way to narrow your search further in a similar manner to Ask.com [3]. One point of controversy, beyond the spotty first-day service, was a claim that it had the biggest index [4] with more than 121 billion pages. This after Google claimed to have an index in excess of 1 trillion pages just last week [5]. Article [6]