You won’t need 3D glasses to appreciate Ask’s new approach to search. Designed to be helpful to both casual searchers and power users, the new interface gives you less ads and more information. This article takes a closer look to see whether it’s really an improvement on what has become the norm.
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Ask.com: is there Room for Another Major Search Engine?
AskJeeves is still around, only now it has a new name: Ask.com. It also has a new owner as of last summer and a cleaner interface. Can it survive without its venerable butler? And is it serious about taking on Google?
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Ask Jeeves Steps out from under Google’s Ad Umbrella
Ask Jeeves has been a faithful butler; the ads it has served up as an affiliate of Google’s sponsored listing program provided it with more than half of its revenue last year. So why is this arguably second-tier search engine striking out with its own sponsored listing program? What will Google think? And should you consider using it?
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