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New Search Engine, KGB: Knowledge Generation Bureau

2 points by kwamenum86 18y ago

kwamenum86 18y ago
Seems intriguing. Their web search is still in alpha though. Here are their three youtube ads as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWXo3ctvGXI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWXo3ctvGXI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3taQ2Ym38E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3taQ2Ym38E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PULV8EAgTNI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PULV8EAgTNI Already better then cuil, imo, on the strength of their ads.
Rod 18y ago
KBG sounds a whole lot better than "Cuil". If KGB one day eventually fails, at least their demise will bring back memories of a humorous name.
- iamdave 18y ago
  See, I think of something more historical with KGB that has nothing to do with the Internet. In the future, when someone mentions KGB, I'm still not going to think of this search engine.
  - gravitycop 18y ago
    Weatherunderground.com (wunderground.com) was successful. In the 70's, the name, for most people, was nothing to joke about. http://www.google.com/search?q=weather+underground+nail+bomb http://www.google.com/search?q=weather+underground+nail+bomb Today, it makes a good punny name for a weather-report site. Maybe, as time passes, people will also lighten-up about the KJB.
tower10 18y ago
Self-referential fail. No results for: kgb search engine Time will tell but how am I going to remember to take another look in six months time? :)
- kwamenum86 18y ago
  I think that is actually accurate though. They are not relevant enough yet for their own search results. ...they are in alpha after all. I guess that does kind of seem like a pre-alpha step if you are a search engine.
medianama 18y ago
not bad... i don't like the page design though
trickjarrett 18y ago
I saw a few commercials for the site on tv this week but didn't check it out. After a few searches I'm underwhelmed. I searched for things I know fairly well and found their ordering to be surprising as some sites for small outlets ranked higher than bigger, more established sites. I like the name, and am eager for Google to find real search competition again, but their design is also very awkward. Every link looks like a Google ad to me, the styling and small size of results. Perhaps they'll pick up speed and take off but I won't be using them anytime soon.

2 points by kwamenum86 18y ago

Seems intriguing. Their web search is still in alpha though. Here are their three youtube ads as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWXo3ctvGXI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWXo3ctvGXI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3taQ2Ym38E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3taQ2Ym38E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PULV8EAgTNI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PULV8EAgTNI Already better then cuil, imo, on the strength of their ads.

Rod 18y ago

KBG sounds a whole lot better than "Cuil". If KGB one day eventually fails, at least their demise will bring back memories of a humorous name.

iamdave 18y ago
See, I think of something more historical with KGB that has nothing to do with the Internet. In the future, when someone mentions KGB, I'm still not going to think of this search engine.
- gravitycop 18y ago
  Weatherunderground.com (wunderground.com) was successful. In the 70's, the name, for most people, was nothing to joke about. http://www.google.com/search?q=weather+underground+nail+bomb http://www.google.com/search?q=weather+underground+nail+bomb Today, it makes a good punny name for a weather-report site. Maybe, as time passes, people will also lighten-up about the KJB.

tower10 18y ago

Self-referential fail. No results for: kgb search engine Time will tell but how am I going to remember to take another look in six months time? :)

kwamenum86 18y ago
I think that is actually accurate though. They are not relevant enough yet for their own search results. ...they are in alpha after all. I guess that does kind of seem like a pre-alpha step if you are a search engine.

medianama 18y ago

not bad... i don't like the page design though

trickjarrett 18y ago

I saw a few commercials for the site on tv this week but didn't check it out. After a few searches I'm underwhelmed. I searched for things I know fairly well and found their ordering to be surprising as some sites for small outlets ranked higher than bigger, more established sites. I like the name, and am eager for Google to find real search competition again, but their design is also very awkward. Every link looks like a Google ad to me, the styling and small size of results. Perhaps they'll pick up speed and take off but I won't be using them anytime soon.