Cuil’s biggest hurdle = their horrible name
Speculation about Cuil.com is rampant. Is it a true Google Killer? Is their format superior? My only burning question is why they picked such a shitty name. If you haven’t heard, it’s pronounced “cool”. That made me dislike it from the start for some reason. “Cool” can never become a verb like Google. Google is quirky-sounding, fun, geeky. Cuil makes me want to gag. It just looks like it should be pronounced with an annoying accent, “kewl”, “cuuiill”.
Call me a Google fanboy, but I really think Cuil made a big mistake by choosing such an annoying name. I know that choosing a company name and getting the corresponding domain isn’t easy. But “cool”? Come on.