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<title>Sphinn / Hot Today / Ask.com</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:00:36 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[My Thoughts On Ask.com &amp; Core Search]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/55451</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/55451</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:00:36 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/55451</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lisa Barone writes &quot;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 <br/><br/>54 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sorry, Ask.com -- I Still Don't Think You're Focused On Core Search]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/55355</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/55355</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:40:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Ask.com</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/55355</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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.<br/><br/>55 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gary Price of ResourceShelf wins SLA President's Citation]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/53326</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/53326</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:59:31 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Ask.com</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/53326</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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.<br/><br/>37 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[12 Search Engines Which Can Replace Ask.com]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/34463</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/34463</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:17:59 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Ask.com</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/34463</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here's a list of 12 search engines that could eventually replace Ask.com.<br/><br/>46 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obit: A West Coast Digerati Deadpools Ask.com]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/32766</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/32766</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:07:42 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Ask.com</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/32766</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ask.com: Rest in peace...<br/><br/>33 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Goodbye Ask.com: A Brand Evangelist Hangs It Up]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/32612</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/32612</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:45:58 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Ask.com</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/32612</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lisa barone writes, &quot;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 &amp; Kills Search Engine. That bullet was<br/><br/>37 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask.com Kills Search Engine]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/32580</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/32580</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:24:31 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Ask.com</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/32580</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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.<br/><br/>61 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IAC Ready To Drop Ask.com Search Technology &amp; Partner With Google?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/31870</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/31870</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:26:33 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Ask.com</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/31870</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Barry Schwartz reports on an insider tip that IAC may sell off or abandon their Ask.com search technology and outsource it to Google.<br/><br/>43 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask.com Loses a Huge Soul to Search: Jim Lanzone No Longer with Ask]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/22274</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/22274</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:09:10 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Ask.com</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/22274</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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?<br/><br/>32 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask.com Launches AskEraser Giving Searches Ability To Search Anonymously]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18095</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18095</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:04:44 PST</pubDate>
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<category>Ask.com</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18095</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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.<br/><br/>27 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is AskEraser Really Erasing Anything?]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/18148</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/18148</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:31:02 PST</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Ask.com</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/18148</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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?<br/><br/>30 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Day &quot;The Lisa&quot; [Barone] Broke Up With Bloglines]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/6374</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/6374</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:35:23 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator></dc:creator>
<category>Ask.com</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/6374</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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.<br/><br/>36 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ask.com becomes 1st major search engine to promise users it won't store data]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/1019</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/1019</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 06:46:57 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Ask.com</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/1019</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&quot;The number of people this is important to is small,&quot; said Doug Leeds, Ask's vice president of product management. &quot;But to these people, it's very important.&quot; And a lot of those people are here on Sphinn :)<br/><br/>28 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Finally, A Way To Submit To Ask.com]]></title>
<link>http://sphinn.com/story/716</link>
<comments>http://sphinn.com/story/716</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:05:17 PDT</pubDate>
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<category>Ask.com</category>
<guid>http://sphinn.com/story/716</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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<br/><br/>40 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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