The latest search war is being touted as a David and Goliath battle. In modern-day terms, that means Cuil versus Google.

Cuil, pronounced “cool,” on Monday launched a new search-engine platform that claims to combine the largest Web index with content-based relevance, results organized by ideas, and complete user privacy. Cuil said it has indexed 120 billion Web pages, three times more than any other search engine.

What gives that classic David and Goliath story an interesting twist is

that several former Google engineers are behind Cuil. Co-led by COO Anna Patterson, best known for her indexing work at Google, Cuil is looking to win the hearts of searchers with what it says is a better way to scour the Web’s trillion-plus pages.

A ‘Realistic Attitude’

Beyond its breadth of search, Cuil’s “cool” features include organized results. Cuil uses a magazine-style layout that separates results by subject and allows […]

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