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 Index (ACSI) vs. its search competitors. And there are some indications that Ask has also seen a bump in traffic from its 3D redesign, though reports from various metrics firms conflict on this point. Other PC World innovative products included Google Gears, the iPhone, and Amazon Kindle.

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