ASK is not too bad

Discussion in 'All Other Search Engines' started by qwestcommunications, Jan 16, 2007.

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    I get quite a few (not many, but enough for me to notice) referrals from them. In fact, at this rate they may overtake MSN.
     
    qwestcommunications, Jan 16, 2007 IP
  2. prilep

    prilep Well-Known Member

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    #2
    Yeah same for me.

    - Prilep :D
     
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  3. qwestcommunications

    qwestcommunications Notable Member

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    I think a more people might be using the since their overhaul a few months ago. Its good to know because the more competition we have the better, as this will diversify the risk for webmasters.
     
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    Tracey12 Peon

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    My site still hasn't even been indexed by them.
     
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    I might get 2 referrals a month from them, might i ask how many referrals you chaps are refering to ?
     
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    coolsitez Well-Known Member

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    ask, yahoo! are pretty good for me as well
     
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    iatbm Prominent Member

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    yep ask.com is bringing lots of traffic to me ..... more than yahoo and almost as msn..... google is still the king hehe
     
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    hhheng Banned

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    My website is not indexed by ask.com also, though its spider crawl my website regularly.
     
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    Connections Well-Known Member

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    atm on one of my sites ask is bringing in more traffic then google lmao..
     
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    jimbo21 Active Member

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    My sites dont really seem to get much traffic from ASK and I certainly prefer searching with google myself.
     
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    FaithfulWeb Peon

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    Looks like Ask plans on growing. They just signed a $6,000,000 deal for more office space into 2015.
    http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id=7FEAEE0340303F248EF7CB723284884D
    It's probably worth keeping an eye on them.
     
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    ash1 Active Member

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    doesnt ask use googles alg? or do they have their own??

    and i get more from dogpile than ask
     
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    I don't like them.

    I think they're awful.

    But for my websites on portuguese from brazil. Because to other countries it may be "not that bad".

     
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    ...doesnt ask use googles alg? or do they have their own?...

    According to Bruce Clay's SE relationship chart, Google supplies paid results to Ask, but not primary search results. And Ask supplies primary results to Lycos, HotBot and iWon.

    http://www.bruceclay.com/searchenginerelationshipchart.htm
     
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    My site gets over 400+ referrals from google only , never from ask though.
     
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    Hmmm...interesting. I think they updated their algo. Im seeing some very decent results.

    I know before they were bought out by IAC, the only way to get indexed was through paid inclusion. Is it still the same, or do they index you for free?
     
    steveb, Jan 19, 2007 IP