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 and pronounced 'cool,' debuted on Monday morning and had trouble keeping up with traffic 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. One point of controversy, beyond the spotty first-day service, was a claim that it had the biggest index with more than 121 billion pages. This after Google claimed to have an index in excess of 1 trillion pages just last week. Article