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Apr. 10, 2008 at 9:36am by Greg Sterling
IAC To Launch Startups, Take A Demographic Approach To Search
The Wall Street Journal reports that IAC, parent of Ask, is preparing to launch a number of startups after its spin off of some of its traditional media properties. Among the new sites is RushmoreDrive, a niche search engine targeting African Americans. What's interesting is its demographic approach to search....
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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. 14, 2008 at 8:29am by Barry Schwartz
Google Logo & Others Say Happy Valentine's Day
Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Google and other search engines and search blogs have special logos and themes up for the day. Here are logos from Google, Yahoo, Ask, DogPile, and others in the search industry:...
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Jan. 23, 2008 at 9:46am by Danny Sullivan
FTC Complaint Filed Over AskEraser: "Unfair & Deceptive"
Photo adapted from one by Hans Engel Some felt Ask.com won the privacy oneupmanship that went on last year when it rolled out Ask Eraser, a tool promising to stop recording any information about someone doing a search. But questions quickly came up, including whether the tool helped at...
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Dec. 21, 2007 at 8:44am by Barry Schwartz
Holiday Search Engine Logos
Happy Holidays, Search Engine Land Readers! The logos above are from Google, Yahoo, and Ask.com for the 2007 holiday season. Google will actually be uploading a new holiday logo each day, Yahoo's logo is very animated, and Ask.com has snowflakes falling from the sky! Plus, as always, '07 Holiday...
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Dec. 20, 2007 at 8:59am by Barry Schwartz
Privacy Group Finds Flaws In AskEraser's Privacy Tool
Group says Ask's privacy feature is flawed from News.com reports that the Electronic Privacy Information Center has found a few flaws in AskEraser, Ask.com's new privacy searching feature. The three problems are: AskEraser uses an opt-out cookie instead of an opt-in cookie. Ask stores the time that the user enables...
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Dec. 11, 2007 at 12:00am by Barry Schwartz
Ask.com Launches AskEraser Giving Searches Ability To Search Anonymously
Ask.com has launched AskEraser, giving searchers the ability to search anonymously. Ask.com told us about this tool back in July, and six months later, it's now live for all searchers to use. When a searcher activates AskEraser, Ask will stop recording the searcher's search queries and cookie information. This information...
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Dec. 4, 2007 at 9:02am by Barry Schwartz
Jennifer Lopez Tops Ask.com's Pregnant Stars Of 2007 List
Ask.com is next to release their top ten search list for 2007. Ask.com actually has a category for "Top Celebrity Searches of Pregnant Stars in 2007," where Jennifer Lopez is the most searched for pregnant star in 2007 at Ask.com. Below are the remaining categories for the lists:...
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Aug. 3, 2007 at 8:40am by Barry Schwartz
Building Ask's Traffic: It's The Toolbar, Stupid!
Can Zwinky Save Ask? from the New York Times reports that the real winner in growing Ask.com's search volume growth is their FunWebProducts division. The division launched a product named Zwinky.com that enables people to create avatars of themselves online. They then place these avatars throughout their social network pages....
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Jul. 23, 2007 at 8:49am by Danny Sullivan
Microsoft To Anonymize Log Data; Calls For Industry Standards Along With Ask.com
First Google, then Ask.com and now Microsoft have jumped onto the privacy protection train. Late yesterday, Microsoft announced that it was going to follow Google's lead and anonymize search log data after 18 months. In addition, it has partnered with Ask to call for an industry effort to develop privacy...
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Jul. 19, 2007 at 5:36pm by Barry Schwartz
Ask.com To Launch AskEraser To Erase Search History & New Data Retention Policy
Ask.com announced that they will be launching "AskEraser" in the near future, a feature to allow you to erase your search history. Ask also said it will be implementing a new 18 month data retention policy, where searches will be disassociated from IP addresses or cookies that might possibly be...
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Jul. 16, 2007 at 12:00am by Danny Sullivan
Ask.com: Today's Google Free Alternative
Today's the day we're encouraging people to try Ask.com as part of our Google Free Fridays in July. But why is it happening on a Monday? Because I'm a day behind, as I explained last Friday. Shush, you! What's that? Why do we hate Google so much to be promoting...
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Jul. 13, 2007 at 10:59am by Danny Sullivan
Google Free Friday: Ask.com's Turn Moves To Next Monday!
Remember Google Free Friday? Last week, I posted info to help those trying out AOL as an alternative. Today, it was supposed to be Ask.com's turn. But I'm afraid the launch of our Sphinn social news and sharing site has put me behind. So I'm moving Ask's Google Free Friday...
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Jun. 29, 2007 at 5:09pm by Danny Sullivan
London Car Bombs: The Big Fat Search Failure
I was in London last night right smack in the area where a large bomb was defused this morning. Naturally, I was curious about what exactly had happened. I hit the news sites, but then I wondered what would happen for those searching generally for information using search engines. Both...
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Jun. 22, 2007 at 1:38pm by Phil Bradley
Looking At Ask.com's New Home Page Features
The Ask.com blog posts today about Ask's new home page, which they are particularly proud of, and I think rightly so. They talk about their icons, suggest feature and skins, all of which are worth a quick peek....
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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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Jan. 17, 2007 at 9:38am by Greg Sterling
Industry Moves: Peter Horan Goes To IAC
Peter Horan, who was the About.com CEO until its acquisition by the New York Times and then moved west to head up small business portal AllBusiness.com, has now been appointed CEO of IAC Media & Advertising. According to the company, "The CEOs of the Media & Advertising businesses will now...
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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...
