MonkeyFilter (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
"Refreshing, Existential and Disturbing" That's what Search Engine Watch calls Ask.com's Top 10 Questions of 2009. Considering the site dropped the Question-based format in favor of plain search years ago, they're also way behind the curve. But it's not the worst Top 10 list you'll see before the end of the year (and you'll be seeing a lot more). [ more inside ]
Advertising For Success (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Ask.com has always been a slightly different type of search engine. Beginning with the butler Jeeves, through several transitions which did not improve market share, the latest rendition of Ask.com wants to reinvent the question and answer engine. You will ask a question and the answers displayed will be ranked by algorithms, not by page rank or other SEO tools. In addition to traditional search search...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
As the end of 2009 creeps up upon us, the search engines are starting to release some interesting data. Google, AOL, and Yahoo all recently revealed Michael Jackson to be the top search term of 2009 . Other hot search commodities for the year included "Facebook," "Twitter," and -- thank you, fellow gentlemen -- " Megan Fox ." Now, thanks to a newly released list by Ask.com...
Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
During the latest IAC ( NSDQ: IACI ) earnings call when CEO Barry Diller mentioned an interest in consolidating Ask.com with another search player, the quick conclusion was the #4 search engine is for sale. Not the case, Diller clarified at the Reuters ( NYSE: TRI ) Global Media Summit today, stating “this isn’t an asset that’s for sale.” In fact, he said he’s rebuffed...
Digital Daily - All Things Digital (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Turns out Barry Diller isn’t all that interested in selling off IAC’s Ask.com search engine, "speculative" though its future might be. Speaking at the Reuters Global Media Summit in New York on Wednesday, Diller said he'd rather partner with another search company than divest Ask outright.
Tech Trader Daily (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
IAC/Interactive (IACI) CEO Barry Diller today said he has been approached by various parties about the potential sale of Ask.com, but that he is more interested in partnering with another search engine than in selling the business outright. “I think further consolidation in search is necessary given Google’s dominance,” he said [...]
Website Magazine (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
While you may struggle optimizing your site and its content for competitive rankings on search engines for popular keywords there remains a very good opportunity in optimizing for search query phrases that come in the "question" format. Yesterday Ask.com released its list of the top question of 2009 . According to the announcement, " More than 50 million people visit Ask each month,...
Technologizer (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
It’s become a tradition for the major search engines to release year-end summaries of what their users have been searching for–and for reasons unknown to me, all of them unveil these lists on December 1st, so they really cover 11/12th of the year. After the jump, lists from Google, Yahoo, Bing, and Ask.com–sadly but unsurprisingly, the [...]
Decelerating Delta S (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
A report of the top searches on the Web this year has been produced by the major search engines. AP PHOTO. WOMAN AND MICHAEL JACKSON WAX STATUE IN SUMMER 2009 Some Top Searches Michael Jackson facebook lady gaga poker face lyrics eminem NASCAR World Wrestling Entertainment On Yahoo, Britney Spears did manage to fall from four straight years on top. Top Questions According to Ask.com, the #2 and #1...
Search Engine Watch Blog (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Ask.com gets a lot of their search queries in the form of a question - more so than any other search engine. So, it makes sense that their end-of-the-year list features questions instead of keywords. The questions are a refreshing departure from the usual fare seen on the end-of-year lists from other search engines. They're also humorous, curious - and yes, existential. How much should I weigh? How...
Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Yesterday, we said this was going to be a busy time for year end lists and we were not kidding. Today, the release of the Ask.com list of the Top Questions of 2009. More than 50 million people visit Ask each month, where they are three times more likely to enter their queries in the form [...]
The PopCrunch Show (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
“Is Lady Gaga A Man'” and “Is Michael Jackson dead'” were among the “Most Asked Questions Of 2009,” according to Internet search engine Ask.com. Ask has released a list of the most commonly asked questions it received in 2009 and the fan obsession with the pop sensation’s gender was the third most asked this year. “Last [...]
Technology Alerts (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Today's Columns: » Measuring Success 101, Part 2 » Social Media FAQs » Gain Efficiencies with a Global Search Center of Excellence About | Blog | Forums | Search Marketing Topics | Ratings & Stats | View Online SearchDay November 30, 2009 Top Jobs Sr. Graphic Designer - Online/Digital Trident Marketing Southern Pines, United States Paid Search Manager Trident Marketing Southern...
Adotas (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
ADOTAS - Whether online or print, classifieds have always been magnets for muck. However, as technology allows for better tracking of fraud, the online classifieds space is looking like a cleaner spot to advertise. Anchor Intelligence will score online classifieds ad traffic for Oodle, whose platform is the muscle behind classifieds that appear on Facebook, MySpace and AOL. Oodle will employ Anchor’s...
Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
» Even though they are now partners, Microsoft ( NSDQ: MSFT ) is trying to outbid Yahoo ( NSDQ: YHOO ) for search partners. [ TBI ] » The contract to finalize the Yahoo-Microsoft deal appears ready to be signed. [ All Things D ] » How Ask.com can make headway in a crowded search field. [ Search Engine Land ] » Activision ( NSDQ: ATVI ) CEO Bobby Kotick has collected $37 million...
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retrevo | 11/27/2007
Retrevo.com is the first dedicated search engine developed specifically for pre-purchase research, shopping and post-purchase support of consumer electronics. You can find great reviews, manuals, deals on HDTV , Camcorders , Digital cameras , GPS , Color printers and cellphones .
ggoal.com | 11/14/2007
Ggoal is the first search engine based on human intelligence , created by users and for users, with the sole aim of offering added value to the web knowledge through the free user-created content. Ggoal offers a keyword-based content search service on the web. It supplies the user with links, internet addresses and multimedia content into different formats following the shared interactivity criteria.
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