Buhahahaha: Cuil adds realtime search

Self proclaimed Google killer Cuil has introduced real time search as part of a range of changes the company hopes might bring customers back.

The new feature offers a “real time” popup box that promises to show real time results on demand. It sounds appealing in theory, but so was Cuil itself before it launched.

There’s no way to sugar coat this feature: it’s bad. As in someone has had a bet and is playing a joke on the general public by launching it.

The box above shows “real time” web results for Gnomedex. There’s 13 results spanning 10 hours. In FriendFeed as I’m typing this the “real time” stream for Gnomedex (which started last night) is pumping, and Gnomedex has been a trending term on Twitter all day. Cuil manages to find 13 results. In Google, there are 36,000 results for Gnomedex in the last 24 hours, and even Google Blog Search delivers 181 results.

Mashable has a more positive take on Cuil realtime failsearch here.