Lol - He's actually pretty good to us in Ireland/UK Not sure why but he beats out MSN where we are ranked in the same spot. I saw an article somewhere on the popularity of Ask in the UK that backed that up.
I remember there was a time if I type the actual question, such as "Why does he suck?" It will actually try to answer my question with a very human manner, such as "I'm not sure what you mean by "why do you suck." Perhaps you mean..." And a style similar to that. Now it is just a like a normal search engine...? It doesn't do the human style anymore?
Ask does well for us. But people take it a bit too literally IMO so I see the longest of questions show up in my referals that oftentimes crack me up.
See why does askjeeves suck?... Apparently, this is a question that has been asked many times before...
Hey - you stole that from the Simpsons where Bart and Millhouse are playing on the computer and Bart says: "Ok, What should we ask Jeeves... Hey, how about, why does he suck?" Credit where credit is due.
In the related topics column these shows for "why does ask jeeves suck?" (a selection of the list) › Is Jeeves Gay? › Is Jeeves Stupid › Tricks to Ask Jeeves › Is Jeeves Well Hung? › Why Is Jeeves White? › Why Is Jeeves Fat › Why Is Jeeves a Loser? All relevant questions.
I also notice a link on the askjeeves site to P.G. Wodehouse, the author who created the character Jeeves in his novels about Bertie Wooster...