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Cuil Launches -- Can This Search Start-Up Really Best Google?

(Posted on  Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing  about 1 month ago)

Can any start-up search engine "be the next Google?" Many have wondered this, and today's launch of Cuil (pronounced "cool') may provide the best test case since Google itself overtook more established search eng… (visit source article)
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+ Cuil Launches — Can This Search Start-Up Really Best Google? (via Search Engine Land) + Keep Searching (via Forbes) + Search site aims to rival Google (via BBC)

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