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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: March 4, 2008 - 1:24 pm
Posted By: northrock 186 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: June 28, 2008 - 2:40 pm
Posted By: rhcerff 72 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 28, 2008 - 3:00 pm
Posted By: martinbowling 72 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: March 13, 2008 - 12:17 pm
Posted By: bhartzer 177 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: February 29, 2008 - 12:26 pm
Posted By: DavidWallace 190 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: July 17, 2007 - 5:05 pm
Posted By: dannysullivan 417 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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Avatar Went Hot: June 18, 2008 - 5:59 pm
Posted By: kevinheisler 82 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 4, 2008 - 8:45 pm
Posted By: DavidWallace 186 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: September 21, 2007 - 8:35 pm
Posted By: dannysullivan 351 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: March 6, 2008 - 6:07 am
Posted By: timcohn 185 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: January 10, 2008 - 4:09 am
Posted By: rustybrick 241 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 - 9:31 am
Posted By: rustybrick 270 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: July 22, 2007 - 6:46 am
Posted By: chriswinfield 414 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: December 11, 2007 - 7:04 pm
Posted By: northrock 271 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 Posted By: crashingflwrgrl 186 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://money.cnn.com)
Category: Ask.com
In a dramatic about-face, Ask.com is abandoning its effort to outshine Internet search leader Google Inc. and will instead focus on a narrower market consisting of married women looking for help managing their lives. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: qwerty 319 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.bruceclay.com)
Category: Ask.com
Apparently, if you don't capitalize your query the right way, you don't get to enjoy Ask's blended results. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: justin 186 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.searchenginejournal.com)
Category: Ask.com
The rumors about layoffs at Ask.com have proved to be true. Gary Price a familiar face at SES and SMX is one of the unfortunate ones. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: bwelford 298 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.cre8asite.net)
Category: Ask.com
Perhaps ASK will turn out to be the strong number 2 in the market eventually. Google may be overwhelming Yahoo and Live but ASK is holding its own. Google has even suggested it may become more ASK-like in the future. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: mpilatow 198 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Ask.com
Ask.com has announced that they have added site statistics from Compete.com to the binoculars feature in the search results. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: northrock 277 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://blog.ask.com)
Category: Ask.com
..Including a certain competitor/partner in the #3 slot. But what can we say? Our list is as straight as it comes--we tell it like it is. And maybe--just maybe--if *other* search engines showed us their lists of top searches...we might see Ask.com i read more »
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Avatar Posted By: 0thelisa 415 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.bruceclay.com)
Category: Ask.com
I love them, I do, but will Ask.com ever get it right? read more »
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Avatar Posted By: DavidWallace 185 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.sfgate.com)
Category: Ask.com
From The Associated press: "In a dramatic about-face, Ask.com is abandoning its effort to outshine Internet search leader Google Inc. and will instead focus on a narrower market consisting of married women looking for help managing their lives." Sou read more »
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Avatar Posted By: Burgo 307 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://crave.cnet.com)
Category: Ask.com
Bit of a light-hearted sphinn; take a look at some of the suggestions Ask lists. Leave your most ludicrous suggestion that YOU come across in the comments :) read more »
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Avatar Posted By: qwerty 270 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://sp.ask.com)
Category: Ask.com
AskEraser allows a user to delete his/her search history from Ask's servers. read more »
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Avatar Posted By: DavidWallace 183 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.marketingpilgrim.com)
Category: Ask.com
Jordon McCollum writes, "It seems that some people don’t wish to believe Ask.com’s backtracking this week. After several mainstream media stories were published about Ask.com focusing its efforts on women, the blogosphere immediately decided that As read more »
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