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Topics related to the many great features offered by this important search engine. For more background, see Ask.com news stories from our sister site, Search Engine Land. Below are topics submitted by Sphinn members:
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Avatar Went Hot: June 28, 2008 - 3:00 pm
Posted By: martinbowling 12 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.bruceclay.com)
Category: Ask.com
Lisa Barone writes "Oh my poor disgraced Ask.com bag. I wish I could rescue you from the back of my closet but I still can't bring myself to look at you.

I didn't intend to blog about the recent phone call I had with Ask CEO Jim Safka and the PR read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 28, 2008 - 2:40 pm
Posted By: rhcerff 13 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Ask.com
Ask.com... getting closer to core search or simply trying to increase the number of searches? Barry Schwartz gets to the nitty gritty... or not. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: June 18, 2008 - 5:59 pm
Posted By: kevinheisler 22 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.searchenginewatch.com)
Category: Ask.com
Time to honor Gary Price for his accomplishments as an informational professional. He's been one of the guiding lights of the search industry and deserves all the kudos he's receiving. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: March 13, 2008 - 12:17 pm
Posted By: bhartzer 117 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Ask.com
Here's a list of 12 search engines that could eventually replace Ask.com. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: March 6, 2008 - 6:07 am
Posted By: timcohn 126 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Ask.com
Ask.com: Rest in peace... read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: March 4, 2008 - 8:45 pm
Posted By: DavidWallace 126 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.bruceclay.com)
Category: Ask.com
Lisa barone writes, "Barry Schwartz twittered this morning that he had news that would make me sad but wouldn’t elaborate. Then, a few hours ago the story went live on Search Engine Land: IAC Cuts 8% of Ask.com & Kills Search Engine. That bullet was read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: March 4, 2008 - 1:24 pm
Posted By: northrock 126 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Ask.com
I think this stinks. I have been hoping Ask could build it's search into a competitive engine. Their interface was nice but we all know that's not enough. I'm surprised they didn't stick it out longer. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: February 29, 2008 - 12:26 pm
Posted By: DavidWallace 130 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Ask.com
Barry Schwartz reports on an insider tip that IAC may sell off or abandon their Ask.com search technology and outsource it to Google. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: January 10, 2008 - 4:09 am
Posted By: rustybrick 181 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Ask.com
Jim Safka To Replace Jim Lanzone As CEO Of Ask.com

Jim Lanzone goes into venture stuff. But more shocking... He leaves Ask.com.

Jim, to me, is the soul of Ask.com. It is very very sad to see him leave Ask.

Thoughts on why, who, what? read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: December 11, 2007 - 7:04 pm
Posted By: northrock 211 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Ask.com
When a searcher activates AskEraser, Ask will stop recording the searcher's search queries and cookie information. This information includes IP address, User ID, Session ID, and the complete query text. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: December 11, 2007 - 9:31 am
Posted By: rustybrick 211 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.seroundtable.com)
Category: Ask.com
Funny how PR teams come up with names of products before they are developed. AskEraser doesn't erase data, it never writes the data anywhere to erase it. What should AskEraser really be called? read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: September 21, 2007 - 8:35 pm
Posted By: dannysullivan 292 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.bruceclay.com)
Category: Ask.com
Lisa Barone breaks up with Bloglines. Why does it sound like she's so experienced in breaking hearts? She lets Bloglines down easy, explaining that well, she's gotta go with The Other Guy. read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 22, 2007 - 6:46 am
Posted By: chriswinfield 354 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.thestate.com)
Category: Ask.com
"The number of people this is important to is small," said Doug Leeds, Ask's vice president of product management. "But to these people, it's very important." And a lot of those people are here on Sphinn :) read more »
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Avatar Went Hot: July 17, 2007 - 5:05 pm
Posted By: dannysullivan 357 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Ask.com
Of the major search engines, Ask.com is the only one that has never had a URL submission form. Now you can finally submit your URLs through sitemaps and a pinging service. Of course, it doesn't guarantee you'll get listed. But it might make you feel read more »
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