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Jun. 4, 2007 at 9:14pm by Greg Sterling
Ask Relaunches: Now "Ask 3D"
Chris Sherman once compared Ask.com to Apple. Ask CEO Jim Lanzone remarked to me that he liked the comparison because it spoke to quality and innovativeness. Indeed, among the top-tier search engines Ask has arguably been the most innovative. In one sense it has to be. Without that effort it...
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May. 18, 2007 at 10:03am by Gord Hotchkiss
Ask.com’s Usability Architect: Exclusive Interview With Michael Ferguson
I love an underdog, especially a smart underdog. So I’m definitely rooting for Ask.com, because I think they’ve been an undervalued player in the search game. All the headlines have been focused on the big three and in the meantime, the team back at Ask.com has been quietly building...
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May. 17, 2007 at 8:21am by Barry Schwartz
Imagine Live Search - Microsoft's Test Site Launches
Spotted via LiveSide, Imagine Live Search is a new experimental search engine from Windows Live. Like those from Ask (Ask X), Google (SearchMash) and Yahoo (Alpha), it provides a mixture of results all on the same page. Below is a look at Microsoft's new test bed search engine, Imagine Live...
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Jan. 19, 2007 at 8:50am by Barry Schwartz
Search Engines' Test Beds
In Search of... Better Ways to Search at the Wall Street Journal goes through the different ways search engines like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Ask.com use "spin off" sites to test new features. We have reported about all these in the past, but the article offers a nice overview of...
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Jan. 11, 2007 at 4:12pm by Chris Sherman
Interview with Ask.com "Head Chef" and CEO Jim Lanzone
Spotted via Marketing Pilgrim, this interview with Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone by Donna Bogatin at ZDNet on his vision and his role within both Ask and parent company IAC: "We are a world-class technology company and we are able to take ingredients from our sister companies, luckily in many cases...
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Dec. 19, 2006 at 2:03pm by Barry Schwartz
Ask.com Tests New Search Interface With Ask X
The Read Write Web blog first spotted Ask.com testing a new interface they named Ask X. The new interface sports a steel background for the home page with more goodies inside. A search on Ask X for barry schwartz shows a three column pane interface. On the left hand...
