Ask Making A Bigger Bet On “Social Search” Or Q&A
Nov 18, 2009 at 8:33am ET by Greg Sterling
If you're the number four search engine in a market that is looking like it's going to be about two (maybe three) players in the long run, what do you do? If you're Barry Diller and running the parent company of Ask, the search engine in question, you're potentially looking at selling, with Microsoft as a logical buyer. That's all speculation at this point, however.
In the meantime, Ask is doing and trying a lot of things to keep users and redefine its role in this new, contracting or consolidating search landscape. Most recently it made a major push into shopping with "deals search." Anoth [...]
Filed in: Ask: Business Issues, Ask: General, Ask: Other, Ask: Web Search
Google Plays It Safe With ‘09 Veterans Day Logo
Nov 11, 2009 at 9:13am ET by Barry Schwartz
If you visit Google.com today, you will see a special logo for Veterans Day. The logo is less complex when compared to last years, where Google had to fix their Veterans Day logo. Last year, Google placed hats on top of each letter on the Google logo, the hats included Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. But they forgot one, the U.S. Coast Guard, which they added later.
Google also has a logo on Google.co.uk for Remembrance Day:
Bing has a Veterans Day Theme:
Yahoo typically skips adding a special logo for today, which is what they have done today. But you can see more [...]
Filed in: AOL: General, Ask: General, Google: Logos, Microsoft: General, SEM Industry: General, Yahoo: General
MicroHoo-Ying Eyeing Global Reach, What About Ask?
Nov 5, 2009 at 8:40am ET by Greg Sterling
There's a report from Reuters this morning that Microsoft and Yahoo are considering expanding the scope of their search deal "outside the United States":
Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday the company could look to extend its search engine partnership with Yahoo outside the United States, if it gets regulatory approval.
Wasn't that already the intention? I thought it was a global deal already. European regulators wouldn't be considering it if it didn't apply to their markets; they wouldn't have jurisdiction. So I guess I'm a bit confused I guess.
Regardless, if [...]
Filed in: Ask: General, Legal: General, Microsoft: Bing, Microsoft: Outside US, Microsoft: Partnerships, Yahoo: Outside US
Halloween ‘09 From Google, Yahoo, Bing & Others
Oct 31, 2009 at 8:11pm ET by Barry Schwartz
Today is Halloween and the search engines have logos up for the special day. Before I post the logos, here are some posts from others in the community on Halloween.
Matt Cutts of Google had a holy costume. Google Blogoscoped noticed Google added trick or treat to their robots.txt file. Bing has a special visual search edition for today. Bruce Clay's team dressed up and PPC Heros added some funk. Finally, the logos you see below is reposted from the Search Engine Roundtable.
Google has four Doodles:
Yahoo (Flash):
AOL (Flash):
YouTube:
Bing:
Ask.com:
[...]
Filed in: AOL: General, Ask: General, Google: Logos, Microsoft: General, SEM Industry: Community, Top News, Yahoo: General
Ask Launches New “Deals” Vertical Within Search
Oct 6, 2009 at 2:15am ET by Greg Sterling
Online coupons have been around for many years, at least a decade. Despite this no publisher or site has arisen to yet win the space. There's no Facebook of coupons, no Twitter of coupons and, dare I say it, no Google of coupons. Google itself would seem to have missed or mishandled the opportunity with its peek-a-boo approach to local coupons.
Yet coupons and deals have become progressively hotter during the recession. And now there are a growing number of sites online and in mobile that promise access to offers and savings. Sensing a differentiating opportunity, Ask is today launching a [...]
Filed in: Ask: General, Ask: Maps, Ask: Mobile
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