Anna Patterson’s last search engine code was so impressive that Google snapped it up in 2004 to update their own software. Now Anna is back - but she’s keeping this one to herself. Cuil - pronounced Cool - is a new alternative to Google in the ever expanding wars for search engine dominance. At first look I have to say that not only is Cuil very “cool” looking - but when I searched the word revolverfm - 8 of the 10 searches returned all point to articles that originated right here. So, natch, I love them already.

Add to that, that as far as I can see so far, they haven’t kissed China’s backside to limit their product and suddenly I feel, well, downright smitten by the whole thing. Give it a try - it’s located at Cuil.com.

The best thing about Cuil? It doesn’t retain its users search history - something that Google does despite outcrys from privacy advocates. NOT cuil. Er, cool.