Second, I am not jumping on every product on the market. But the level of negativity and pro google comments sounded little childish to me
-kartal
On the contrary, praising/standing by a proven product seems less childish to me than naysaying them to side with a new and unproved/untested product for the sake of bucking trends. More to the point, I don't believe it's fair to praise an admittedly stumbling new product, asking us to lower expectations because it's new, while dismissing those who praise a time tested product. My initial impressions of cuil were that it was, in every way meaningful to me, inferior to the search engines (plural) I prefer. If praising the search engine that has served me best for years is childish, then I may as well never praise another product that works for me again. But what, pray tell, does that make going to the defense of a product you can't have run more than a handful of searches in?
That isn't to say I don't feel you should give Cuil a fair shake, after all competition in the market place is a necessary thing and I'd be glad to see a superior search technology rise up. But Cuil has not struck me as that technology in any way shape or form. Granted its privacy agreement rings a chord with some... for me it's not a selling point. I'm OK with trading my usage habits and interests for a service that does what works for me.
Yes, Cuil is new--but they didn't come out saying pardon us, we're new. They're coming out with an aire of superiority, hyped as a google killer. I judge them by what they claim to be, not by their age. If they going to come forth with that degree of confidence, I expect to see that level of delivery. Were their promises more modest, I'd be far less critical. No way to curb potential fans faster than to immediately disappoint them and send them home disillusioned. I expected to be amazed by my initial queries with this "superior" search. I wasn't. The bottom line is, if you can't play with the big leagues, don't outright challenge the holder of the pennant. Work your way up through the leagues, building up your momentum and your fan base as you go.