Comments on: Ask.com: We’ve Got All The Answers http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/07/askcom-were-going-to-be-the-best/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:46:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: shareitall http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/07/askcom-were-going-to-be-the-best/#comment-780138 shareitall Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:47:44 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/07/askcom-were-going-to-be-the-best/#comment-780138 It isn't reasonable to expect Ask to take on Google straight on, so change is obviously needed, thanks for the new info Matthew! Daniel <a href="http://theuniversitykid.com" rel="nofollow">entrepreneur blog</a> It isn’t reasonable to expect Ask to take on Google straight on, so change is obviously needed, thanks for the new info Matthew!

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]]> By: Alby10 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/07/askcom-were-going-to-be-the-best/#comment-770930 Alby10 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:30:48 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/07/askcom-were-going-to-be-the-best/#comment-770930 It's about time google had some serious competition, they have become quite a dictator in the search market. <a href="http://www.chrysalisfinance.co.uk" rel="nofollow">CSelf Employed Loans </a> It’s about time google had some serious competition, they have become quite a dictator in the search market.

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]]> By: Alby10 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/07/askcom-were-going-to-be-the-best/#comment-770927 Alby10 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:26:28 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/07/askcom-were-going-to-be-the-best/#comment-770927 Ask has been struggling for some time,many new companies are trying to tackle google such as cuil, wether they are succesfull is another matter. Ask has been struggling for some time,many new companies are trying to tackle google such as cuil, wether they are succesfull is another matter.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/07/askcom-were-going-to-be-the-best/#comment-744190 Anonymous Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:04:46 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/07/askcom-were-going-to-be-the-best/#comment-744190 You would think that after steadily falling for a long time, they would make a drastic change. I think they are probably just riding it out & milking it to the very end. I think a lot of ask users are the less internet-savvy type of people, and probably don't even know about other SEs. You would think that after steadily falling for a long time, they would make a drastic change. I think they are probably just riding it out & milking it to the very end.

I think a lot of ask users are the less internet-savvy type of people, and probably don’t even know about other SEs.

]]> By: copywriter39 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/07/askcom-were-going-to-be-the-best/#comment-654106 copywriter39 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:17:35 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/07/askcom-were-going-to-be-the-best/#comment-654106 Ask.com has a lot to go to reinvent itself. And I'm not sure it's core market will stick around. It may be too little, too late. Ask.com has a lot to go to reinvent itself. And I’m not sure it’s core market will stick around. It may be too little, too late.

]]> By: ParkinT http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/07/askcom-were-going-to-be-the-best/#comment-649615 ParkinT Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:15:48 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/07/askcom-were-going-to-be-the-best/#comment-649615 I think for the average user [who has no understanding of the technology or operation of search engines], an "answer" really means SERP based on a query string phrased like a question. Thus, ASK.COM is a perfect domain name and they have performed according to [those] expectations. I think for the average user [who has no understanding of the technology or operation of search engines], an “answer” really means SERP based on a query string phrased like a question.
Thus, ASK.COM is a perfect domain name and they have performed according to [those] expectations.

]]> By: Stevie D http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/07/askcom-were-going-to-be-the-best/#comment-649595 Stevie D Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:41:27 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/03/07/askcom-were-going-to-be-the-best/#comment-649595 At one time I used ask.com a lot, but my main problem with it is that they don't seem to ever update their index - it is still referencing websites that closed two years ago. At one time I used ask.com a lot, but my main problem with it is that they don’t seem to ever update their index - it is still referencing websites that closed two years ago.

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