Cuil, a technology company pioneering a new approach to search, unveils its innovative search offering, which combines the biggest Web index with content-based relevance methods, results organized by ideas, and complete user privacy. Cuil (pronounced COOL) provides organized and relevant results based on Web page content analysis. The search engine claims to have already indexed 120 billion web pages which is three times more than any other search engine.  The company’s next generation approach to search is the result of proprietary breakthroughs in search architecture and ranking algorithms. Cuil’s employees have extensive experience in search, having worked at Google, IBM, eBay, AltaVista, Stanford University, the Internet Archive and other technology companies and research centers. Cuil is located in Menlo Park, California and has received series A funding from Tugboat Ventures and Greylock Partners, and series B funding from Madrone Capital Partners. Cuil derives its name from an old Irish word for knowledge, reflecting the background of co-founder and CEO, Tom Costello, who hails from Drogheda, Ireland.

Cuil’s methods guarantee online privacy for searchers. Since the search engine ranks pages based on content instead of number of clicks, personal data collection is unnecessary, so personal search history is always private.

The search engine goes beyond today’s search techniques of link analysis and traffic ranking to analyze the context of each page and the concepts behind each query. It then organizes similar search results into groups and sorts them by category.

Cuil gives users a richer display of results and offers organizing features, such as tabs to clarify subjects, images to identify topics and search refining suggestions to help guide users to the results they seek.

Summary of Cuil’s features:
* Biggest Internet search engine—Cuil has indexed 120 billion Web pages, 3x more than any other search engine
* Organized results—Cuil’s magazine-style layout separates results by subject and allows further search by concept or category
* Different results—Unlike other search engines, Cuil ranks results by the content on each page, not its popularity
* Complete privacy protection—Cuil does not keep any personally identifiable information on users or their search histories

For more information, please visit www.cuil.com

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