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Ask.com exposing real-time user queries to the public
Ask.com left its server status Apache page open to the public, exposing private search data to the...
US Desktop Search Rankings Hold Steady; Google Maintains 64% Share
Google and Ask each drop 1/10 of a percentage point in comScore's monthly rankings of the domestic search market. ...
Virtually No Change In US Desktop Search Market Share According To ComScore’s May 2015 Report
Google still at 64%, while Bing holds on to the 20% share it reached in March....
Ask.com’s Top 10 Searches For 2014: “What Are The Symptoms Of Ebola?” Leads The List
With more than a month still to go in 2014, Ask.com has already released its top searches for the year. Based on its 100 million monthly U.S....
In His Own Words: Ask.com CEO Responds To Arbitrage Accusations
Ask’s Doug Leeds also says the site's not collecting first-party data or double-serving ads on...
Will Ask.com Google Arbitrage Ever Stop?
Google has been steadily cracking down on sites with poor quality content, both on the organic and the paid side. So why does Ask.com continue...
Study: Top 5 Search Engines See Search Traffic Drop By As Much As 31% Since December 2013
A newly released report from Shareaholic claims the top five search engines — Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ask.com and AOL — have all...
A Round Up Of Today’s Thanksgiving Themed Search Engine Homepages & Logos
While’s Google’s Thanksgiving Day logo may have the best music, it’s not the only site to celebrate the holiday. Here’s...
Ask.com Posts Most Popular Questions Of 2013 Without Waiting To See What Gets Asked In Dec.
It’s not even Thanksgiving week, but Ask.com has posted its Most Popular Questions and Search Terms for the year, listing 2013’s top...
Search Engines Keep The Lights Out On Fireworks Ads, Mostly
Happy 4th of July! It’s fireworks season here in the US, a time when online searches for “fireworks” skyrocket. Yet, ads for...
Market Share: Bing Continues Gains, Yahoo “Stabilized,” Google Flat
Financial analysts are releasing May comScore search market share data to their clients, which means we’re getting an early look at what...
Will A Google Crackdown On Shady Search Toolbars Hurt AVG & IAC?
Search toolbars are big business for security software company AVG and media company IAC. But could revenue from these toolbars be in danger, as...
Ask’s New App Search To Be Powered By Quixey
Quixey and Ask have entered into a deal in which apps from Quixey’s database, whether for mobile or the PC, will be integrated into...
The Big Ask Of 2012: Do You Search For Team Kstew Or Rpatz?
Ask.com’s 100 million users remain almost as loyal as Twihards, prompting us to ask if searchers are on Team Jeeves or Team Diller when...
Study: Google Search Share Slips Below 90% In The UK In October
Only 89.33% of internet searches in the UK were conducted on Google sites last month, according to Experian Hitwise. It’s the first time...
Is Ask.com Continuing To Play The Google Arbitrage Game?
We recently received an email from a reader who’d made an inquiry with Google AdWords support. Why, this reader had asked, is Ask.com...
Ask CEO Doug Leeds Proclaims Search Wars “Over,” Says Yahoo Can Be Great Again
Ask.com has 3.5 percent of the search market according to comScore. Ask.com CEO Doug Leeds told Bloomberg that number may seem small but it...
September Search Share: Yahoo Continues Downward Slide
We’re getting the usual sneak peek at comScore data from financial analysts ahead of the official release tomorrow. In terms of the...
Ask.com Launches New Visual Q&A App “Pollroll”
It seems like there are a million apps launching or promoting themselves in connection with the upcoming SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. Among...
Scroogle’s Gone? Here’s Who Still Offers Private Searching
You’ve probably read the news already that Scroogle is gone forever. It launched back in 2003 and was popular among searchers who wanted...