Funny that , my wife said to me yesterday that there was a new search engine in town to compete with Google , something she has sen on TV.. I laughed heartily
Having not looked at Ask for ages, I gave it a go the other day. and it is a very nicely laid out search page now. - Expand or Narrow your suggestions on one side, image, news and video suggestions on the other. Can it eat into google's marketshare? - Thar remains to be seen - though I wouldn't be surprised to see google picking up on some of their features. What is their relationship with google, anyway? I see they carry google ads (sponsored listings) so what is the deal there?
After reading this post I thought I would have a look. I love the main layout, it is very Web 2.0 Also love the effect of the search results. It looks a lot better than the main google page but I think google is still "the daddy"
I don't think Ask.com could ever catch up to Google, just because of Google's stellar brand name, but I am willing to bet Ask.com can gain 10% of market share.
I saw it as well. I love Ask.com's new design, but their results are still terrible (IMO). Tis all they need to fix for me to start using it.
There are probably a lot of people like that. I think that we all get hung up about the quality of a SE's results, but what really determines their market share is advertising. Google seems unbeatable because a lot of new computers get loaded with Google desktop, and it's always in the news.
I love their maps personally. I like the way you can click and add destinations or move existing destinations and it automatcally updates the driving directions. pretty damn hot if you ask me.