Ask: Web Search

A Look Back At The Old Search Engines

The Six Revisions blog complied an excellent list of the classic search engines, some dating back to the 1990s. His list includes screen shots...

Barry Schwartz | Sep 14, 2009 at 9:31 am ET

Ask.com Expands AnswerFarm Q&A Database

Continuing its move from being a traditional search engine to an “answer engine,” Ask today has announced that its...

Matt McGee | Jun 17, 2009 at 1:48 pm ET

Russian Roulette: McAfee Details Web’s Riskiest Search Terms

Somewhere online right now there’s a music fan who’s big on free downloads, likes Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” but...

Matt McGee | Jun 9, 2009 at 3:05 pm ET

Ask.com & Symantec Partner To Detect Malicious Sites

Ask.com has partnered with Symantec to include a new “Safe Search” feature into the Norton 360 security suite, integrated into the...

Chris Sherman | Feb 3, 2009 at 12:01 am ET

Ask.com Goes Back To 1996 With New Release

Ask.com has released version 11 of their new search engine today. The new version somewhat goes back to the Ask Jeeves approach, focusing on...

Barry Schwartz | Oct 6, 2008 at 6:35 am ET

Ask Kids Relaunches With Cute Kids Features

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Barry Schwartz | Aug 29, 2008 at 8:27 am ET

Searching For Olympics News And Video

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Greg Sterling | Aug 8, 2008 at 5:27 pm ET

Ask.com Adds Privacy Link To Home Page, Hopes People Care

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Danny Sullivan | Jun 18, 2008 at 3:58 pm ET

How Search Engines Redirect Users To Country-Specific Sites

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Barry Schwartz | May 15, 2008 at 10:09 am ET

IAC Cuts 8% Of Ask.com & Kills Search Engine

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Barry Schwartz | Mar 4, 2008 at 2:55 pm ET

Ask.com Adds More Sponsored Ads, Pushing Organic Results Below Fold

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Barry Schwartz | Feb 25, 2008 at 1:28 pm ET

Ask.com Binoculars Adds Compete.com Stats

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Barry Schwartz | Feb 21, 2008 at 9:58 am ET

Google: We Didn’t Censor Aboutrika’s Gaza T-Shirt Photo

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Danny Sullivan | Feb 11, 2008 at 10:13 am ET

Ask Offers Smart (Election) Answers

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Greg Sterling | Feb 5, 2008 at 6:10 pm ET

Customizing Your Search With Ask.com

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Vanessa Fox | Jan 24, 2008 at 12:21 am ET

Privacy Group Finds Flaws In AskEraser’s Privacy Tool

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Barry Schwartz | Dec 20, 2007 at 8:59 am ET

Ask.com Launches AskEraser Giving Searches Ability To Search Anonymously

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Barry Schwartz | Dec 11, 2007 at 12:00 am ET

Search 3.0: The Blended & Vertical Search Revolution

This has been a remarkable year. After years of no real dramatic evolution in search, the third generation finally arrived. Google calls it...

Danny Sullivan | Nov 27, 2007 at 9:11 am ET

Ask.com Adds Current Time Feature For Local Searches

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Barry Schwartz | Aug 22, 2007 at 9:22 pm ET

Ask’s Michael Ferguson: Optimize For Content Rich SERPs

This week kicks off the first of our guest writers on Just Behave. This week, I’m pleased to welcome Michael Ferguson from Ask.com....

Michael Ferguson | Aug 3, 2007 at 8:35 am ET