Comments on: A Cuil Roundup (and countdown to acquisition starts today) http://michaelgracie.com/2008/07/28/a-cuil-roundup-and-countdown-to-acquisition-starts-today/ Clever Tagline Unavailable At Publication Time Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:33:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Michael Gracie http://michaelgracie.com/2008/07/28/a-cuil-roundup-and-countdown-to-acquisition-starts-today/#comment-12488 Michael Gracie Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:39:00 +0000 http://michaelgracie.com/?p=2449#comment-12488 So you're suggesting this is a prime Microsoft buy ;-) ? I just got... <em>"No results because of high load... Due to excessive load, our servers didn't return results. Please try your search again."</em> Was working this morning (probably before people got to the office and opened up Drudge). Makes you wonder whether the PR rush was unexpected. The good results/bad results arguments certainly seem moot when you can't get any results at all. So you’re suggesting this is a prime Microsoft buy ;-) ?

I just got…

“No results because of high load…

Due to excessive load, our servers didn’t return results. Please try your search again.”

Was working this morning (probably before people got to the office and opened up Drudge). Makes you wonder whether the PR rush was unexpected. The good results/bad results arguments certainly seem moot when you can’t get any results at all.

]]> By: George Kay http://michaelgracie.com/2008/07/28/a-cuil-roundup-and-countdown-to-acquisition-starts-today/#comment-12487 George Kay Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:22:27 +0000 http://michaelgracie.com/?p=2449#comment-12487 I once had a boss who always said this whenever someone messed up, "Good help is hard to get these days." This reminds me of a few Redmond based products. "We’ll be back soon... Due to overwhelming interest, our Cuil servers are running a bit hot right now. The search engine is momentarily unavailable as we add more capacity. Thanks for your patience." I once had a boss who always said this whenever someone messed up, “Good help is hard to get these days.”

This reminds me of a few Redmond based products.

“We’ll be back soon…
Due to overwhelming interest, our Cuil servers are running a bit hot right now. The search engine is momentarily unavailable as we add more capacity.

Thanks for your patience.”

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