Cuil vs Me.dium 1 month later

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As far as companies to watch Cuil is at the top of my list and when I compare there strategy with ours at Me.dium it reminds me of Google vs Yahoo in the old days.

Cuil vs. Me.dium – 1 month later.

Search results are always fuzzy, the intent of the author is not always apparent based on the amount of information given to the web search engine (average 2.6 words per query) . The terms I have chosen for the side-by-side comparison are very mainstream and were executed on Sept 3 around 2pm.

On your mark, get set, Search. :)

Query 1: palin speech

Cuil number 1 result : Alaska Governor Sarah Palin

Me.dium 1 result: YouTube – Sarah Palin VP Speech – Part 1

Query 2: Michael Phelps Swimming Foundation

Cuil number 1 result: Michael Phelps Three-Time Winner at 2007 USA Swimming …

Me.dium number 1 result: General – Phelps using $1M bonus to start swim foundation

Query 3: GOP Convention

Cuil number 1 result: GOP Convention of 1940 in Philadelphia

Me.dium number 1 result:  GOP Convention Gets Back on Track

Conclusion

Cuil has content on the topics being queried but the results returned are mostly out of date. Me.dium’s results blend both current and historical. I am biased, but round two goes to Me.dium.

Me.dium 2 Cuil 0, we will try again in next month.