Will Cuil (search engine) be acquired in 2008?

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Cuil (pronounced "cool", according to the creators) is a search engine that organizes web pages by content and displays relatively long entries along with thumbnail pictures for many results. It claims to have a larger index than any other search engine, with about 120 billion web pages. It went live and made a big marketing splash on July 28, 2008.

Cuil, of course, is far from reaching the success of Google. Google is no longer a search engine but it has offered many online features (such as gmap, gmail). The most possible future of Cuil is to be acquired? Will MS acquire it? Who else?

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	ZiiValue (chance)	MyValue (0% to 100% chance)	()	Possible Outcomes
	2%			by Microsoft
	8%			by AOL
	3%			by Other (please specify)
	87%			status quo

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