Anyone used ask.com recently? I have written a small blog about it if anyone has a spare 2 minutes Ask.com has a secret
Nice features they got there - I agree, they certainly know what users need, great and helpful features. Meti
Ask.com started advertising in my area via the radio. Maybe they're starting to do a big advertising campaign. If people start using it, like it, and tell their friends, we could find that it's worth looking at. I doubt that it'll have much of an impact on Google unless they have something amazing to offer.
They're advertising here in the UK too. They've been around for a very long time, but i must say i do like the look of this new website. I might even consider switching from google. It would be good if they get that contextual advertising network they patented launched.
The problem I have with Ask is that all of the data seems very dated. I did some searches yesterday and all of the listings were of pages that had been gone many months and in some cases at least a year.
I really like the look, but I've gotta agree with wasabiventures. Some of their cached versions of my sites are several months old. If they could combine great crawling/updating with the new look, I'd definitely consider switching over.
Exactly... I think the world would love to have a real alternative to G. But so far I have not found anyone that really does general search as well.
Hmm, It's been a long time since I have visited Ask. It appears they might be on the right track, but I think it has a long way to go yet. Images were very weak. But at least better than it use to be.
Wow, I must say it's quite a turn around from what they used to have. I like the skins feature, and the ajax features (such as the little search query thing that comes up). Bravo, Ask! Well done