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Title: Is Cuil Killing Websites?
Post by: sam on September 02, 2008, 08:45
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An anonymous tipster wrote to us this morning to tell us that Cuil, the ill-fated “Google Killer,” has unleashed its Twiceler indexing bot on websites across the globe and in the process, has brought many sites down.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/01/is-cuil-killing-websites/
Title: Re: Is Cuil Killing Websites?
Post by: Clive on September 02, 2008, 09:28
That's very worrying Sam.  Strangley I was unable to access a couple of Websites on Sunday and now wonder if that might have been the cause?
Title: Re: Is Cuil Killing Websites?
Post by: sam on September 02, 2008, 10:12
possible...
Title: Re: Is Cuil Killing Websites?
Post by: Simon on September 02, 2008, 12:59
Looks like it's killed that link as well!

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Title: Re: Is Cuil Killing Websites?
Post by: Clive on September 02, 2008, 13:40
Can anyone access tinyurl .com ?  :dunno:  I've had to insert a space to allow the post. 
Title: Re: Is Cuil Killing Websites?
Post by: Simon on September 02, 2008, 13:49
Isn't that a blacklisted url, Clive?  I seem to recall Tony mentioning it, but there's not much we can do about it.
Title: Re: Is Cuil Killing Websites?
Post by: David on September 02, 2008, 14:14
I can access the tiny url .com and the link is fine for me  ???

Dont understand fully the content of this thread but followed the link and also entered the name mentioned NP  ???

Update no I had to spacebar the tiny,came up as blacklisted site
Title: Re: Is Cuil Killing Websites?
Post by: Clive on September 02, 2008, 14:22
I know that the forum software blacklists it but I cannot access it at all anymore.  I'm switching to snipurl. com anyway because I think it seems better.  Oh, that's also blacklisted!   :laugh:
Title: Re: Is Cuil Killing Websites?
Post by: Simon on September 02, 2008, 17:31
You can't fool SMF, Clive!  Or, to be precise, as someone would no doubt point out, the Spam Blacklist mod.  ;)
Title: Re: Is Cuil Killing Websites?
Post by: Clive on September 02, 2008, 23:35
 ;D