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Ask.com's Rising Star

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the going-up dept.

hdtv writes "Fortune magazine takes a look at Ask.com, a site originally designed to respond to queries in human language that grew into a full-blown search engine after the Teoma acquisition. According to Fortune, Ask.com has many features not available with rivals -- topic clusters, quick facts from Wikipedia on the search page, and, (what counts most) fewer ads than any of the rivals. Currently Ask.com maintains 5.9% share, a share that Fortune is sure will grow."

2 of 128 comments (clear)

  1. What about punctuation? by corsec67 · · Score: 4, Interesting
    The next thing I want in a search engine is for punctuation to be a part of the search.
    For example, how do you search for the difference between the following 2 LaTeX commands:
    \circle
    \circle*
    (I know the answer now, but I had to look it up in my reference book, as google was just about worthless for my "latex star" query)
    --
    If I have nothing to hide, don't search me
  2. Ask.com: Google's up-and-coming rival?! by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The title of the article is "Ask.com: Google's up-and-coming rival", but I still want to know (and this is the third time I've asked):

    Why is Ask.com considered a Google "rival" if it primarily serves Google ads?

    (How do I know? It serves an ad I've only placed through Google.)