[IP] Not "cool" yet?

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Michael Zimmer [zimmerm@uwm.edu]
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 8:25 PM
To: David Farber; sjmanning@fymc.com
Subject: Re: [IP] Not "cool" yet?

I haven't (yet) had the chance to really dig into the relevancy/scope
of Cuil's search results, or to compare them with Google, etc. But I
have seen similar reactions to what you express. See, for example:

Cuil shows us how not to launch a search engine
By Rafe Needleman
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10000670-2.html


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Associate, Center for Information Policy Research
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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On Jul 28, 2008, at 5:59 PM, David Farber wrote:

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> ________________________________________
> From: Steven J. Manning [sjmanning@fymc.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 5:16 PM
> To: David Farber
> Subject: Not "cool" yet?
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> Hi Dave.
>
> For IP if you wish....
>
> Hello Dr. Zimmer.
>
> A question...
>
> You focused on a very specific and what may become a most critical
> issue for all search engines.  Privacy.
>
> I spent, made a good effort, rather, to spend a bit of time on
> CUIL.  I found it quintessentially opposite to their intent.
> Unwieldy, over broad, nearly paralytic in detail and lacking in
> intuitive process.
>
> Is my visit premature, along the lines of expecting good things from
> a restaurant on an opening night?
>
> Thanks and regards.
>
> Steve.
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