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Mar. 5, 2008 at 9:58am by Danny Sullivan
Obit: A West Coast Digerati Deadpools Ask.com
Goodbye, Ask.com. You caught my eye back in 1997 as an unusual meta search engine that asked questions to get answers. By 1998, I counted you alongside Google and Direct Hit as shining examples of what to watch in search. You'd dumped depending on others for search results and...
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Feb. 22, 2008 at 11:43am by Greg Sterling
Six Minutes With Former Ask CEO Jim Lanzone
AllThingD's Kara Swisher does a wide ranging video interview with former Ask CEO Jim Lanzone. Among other things, Swisher and Lanzone discuss "the future of search" (at only the very highest level, however)....
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Feb. 4, 2008 at 9:35am by Greg Sterling
IAC Troubles, Ask.com, And Post-Yahoo Search Share
The New York Times and Wall Street Journal both report on the legal battle for control of IAC's board and thus the company itself. It's not pretty, and IAC claims that it's impeding the company's ability to effectively operate. The legal fight arguably prevents IAC from making any sort of...
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Jan. 4, 2008 at 1:20pm by Greg Sterling
PC World Picks Ask3D As One Of "The 25 Most Innovative Products Of The Year"
At number 23, Ask3D was named one of PC World's "25 Most Innovative Products of the Year." The site opined that Ask "melds comprehensive search results more coherently than competing universal searches do." Ask saw the largest gains in consumer satisfaction in the annual University of Michigan American Customer Satisfaction...
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Aug. 22, 2007 at 9:22pm by Barry Schwartz
Ask.com Adds Current Time Feature For Local Searches
Ask.com is now displaying a clock showing the local time in relation to local searches. For example, search for san jose, ca, and you'll see the local time there appearing in the right-hand column, like this: Give it a try for your favorite city....
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Aug. 14, 2007 at 8:16am by Greg Sterling
Ask Jumps, Google Slips and Yahoo Leads American Customer Satisfaction Index for Search
For the first time, Yahoo has beaten Google in the annual University of Michigan American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The survey measures U.S. consumer satisfaction across a broad range of business and product categories including "e-business," which covers search. The survey asks a statistically representative sample of consumers to rate...
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Jul. 20, 2007 at 8:53am by Greg Sterling
Searching For Earthquakes
This morning at 5 am US Pacific time there was a magnitude 4.2 earthquake in the Oakland, California hills where I live. Danny found the earthquake by doing a search on Ask simply for "earthquakes." The example highlights the value of Ask 3D, the inclusion of more "vertical" structure in...
