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Search Engine Watch
February 27, 2006
Chris Sherman |
Ask Loses Jeeves, Gains New Features The butler has gone into retirement, and Ask.com now sports a crisp new look with a number of impressive new features -- including icon-directed access to more than 20 search tools.   |
Search Engine Watch
May 26, 2005
Sherman & Price |
Ask Jeeves Serves Up New Features Ask Jeeves is rolling out two new enhancements today that help searchers quickly focus queries and get direct answers to questions without using complex commands or advanced search tools. |
Search Engine Watch
January 26, 2006
Chris Sherman |
Searching For a Better Image Ask Jeeves has launched a brand-new image search service, using some innovative techniques to identify high-quality pictures on the web. See how it stacks up against the competition. |
Information Today
May 31, 2005
Paula J. Hane |
Ask Jeeves Hopes to Zoom Ahead of Competitors Ask Jeeves, usually seen as an also-ran to Google and Yahoo!, has just introduced some core search innovations that it says will significantly improve the relevance and speed of users' searches. |
Search Engine Watch
February 4, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
So Long Direct Hit, Hello Teoma Say your goodbyes to the Direct Hit search engine. Direct Hit is no longer the favored child of parent company Ask Jeeves, now that the company's new baby, Teoma, is growing up... |
ONLINE
May/Jun 2004
Greg R. Notess |
On The Net - Search Engine Prefixes and Shortcuts An online searcher offers tips and practical advice on efficient and effective online searching using shortcuts and prefixes. |
Search Engine Watch
March 6, 2008
Kevin Newcomb |
Ask.com Remains Committed to Search The reports of Ask.com's death have been exaggerated. The company is not throwing in the towel, as many believe. |
InternetNews
August 3, 2004
Parker & Rodgers |
Yahoo!, Ask Jeeves Bow Local Search Tools The news follows closely on the heels Google's own local Web search offering. |
Search Engine Watch
September 21, 2004
Gary Price |
Ask Jeeves Serves It Your Way It's a busy day at Ask Jeeves with the announcement of several new services and enhancements, including the launch of a new personalized search tool and a major upgrade of the company's Teoma search engine. |
InternetNews
May 26, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Ask Jeeves Zooms in on Relevance Ask Jeeves unleashed Zoom, a related-search tool to help searchers narrow or expand the topic, and Web Answers, which provides answers to explicit or implicit questions. |
Search Engine Watch
April 8, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Ask Jeeves: Why Buy Interactive Search Holdings? Ask Jeeves' recent significant acquisition of Interactive Search Holdings largely unremarked amid the recent sparring between industry titans Yahoo and Google. |
ONLINE
Sep/Oct 2002
Greg R. Notess |
Internet Search Engine Update AllTheWeb claims it has increased the size of its database to over 2 billion fully indexed Web pages... AltaVista now really defaults to a Boolean AND... Ask Jeeves has a new, simpler design... Google has been promoting its fee-based Google Answers... etc. |
Search Engine Watch
August 1, 2005
Danny Sullivan |
New Ask Jeeves Sponsored Listings Program Lets More Advertisers Buy Direct Ask Jeeves unveiled a new automated paid listings service today, Ask Jeeves Sponsored Listings, that will allow anyone to purchase ads directly on the Ask Jeeves network. |
BusinessWeek
November 11, 2010
Stone & Pulley |
Diller's Ask.com Stops Searching IAC/InterActiveCorp has decided that Google is unstoppable in search, so it's recasting Ask.com as a Q&A site. |
InternetNews
June 5, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Ask Enters Third Dimension Ask.com introduced a new version of its search engine in hopes of boosting its lagging market share. |
Search Engine Watch
August 2, 2000
Danny Sullivan |
Ask Jeeves Adds Directory, Direct Hit Results Ask Jeeves has redesigned its home page and search results page. From the home page, you'll find category links just below the search box. These lead to the Ask Jeeves version of the Open Directory, where sites are ranked in order of popularity. |
InternetNews
August 2, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Dogpile: Search Engines Don't Have Much in Common Users of the meta-search service can now see results from MSN Search in addition to results from Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves and MSN Search. As part of its announcement, Dogpile demonstrated the diversity of results across the engines. |
InternetNews
October 6, 2008
David Needle |
Ask.com Overhauls to Take On Search Leaders The latest version of Ask.com includes a revamped interface and other features designed to simplify a user's quest for the right results. |
Search Engine Watch
October 2, 2001
Danny Sullivan |
Ask Jeeves Acquires Teoma Ask Jeeves has purchased the Teoma search engine, which has attracted interest over recent months as a potential relevancy challenger to Google... |
| T.H.E. Journal |
FYI - Ask Jeeves Kids Teachers can now easily answer their students' difficult questions with Ask.com's site for kids, Ask Jeeves Kids (www.ajkids.com). Students can ask Jeeves just about any question from "Why is the sky blue?" to "What is the capital of North Dakota?" and get immediate answers |
Search Engine Watch
October 3, 2006
Rae Hoffman |
Rebranding Ask.com How do you engineer a major overhaul to your web site to increase traffic and user satisfaction? Ask.com's Senior User Experience Analyst describes the company's careful yet bold approach to its recent redesign in this wide-ranging interview. |
Information Today
March 10, 2008
Paula J. Hane |
Ask.com Scales Back to Target Its Core Customers The internet portal has plans to scale back operations, laying off around 40 people (about 8% of its total employees), and move in a new direction for its search business. |
PC World
July 2005
Laurianne McLaughlin |
New Search Stars What's the trend in Web search? Newcomers and search giants cook up specialty services that get you information faster than ever. |
The Motley Fool
January 29, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Honor Among Jeeves Paid searches continue to propel online content providers. |
InternetNews
February 10, 2006
Michael Hickins |
IAC/InterActive Firing The Butler? Is Ask Jeeves, swimming in a crowded pool of search engines vying for the lead, ripe for a sell off? |
Information Today
December 2006
Paula J. Hane |
New AskCity Integrates Local Content, Technology, and Tools Ask.com, which has struggled for a share of the Web search market in the face of Google dominance, is hoping to make its mark in providing local search information. |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Ask and Ye Shall Recede Ask.com is getting back in touch with its roots, retracing its steps to when it was a search engine that stood out by asking its users for questions instead of search phrases. |
InternetNews
October 12, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Ask.com Intros Mobile Search Ask.com has introduced Ask Mobile, a new service for searching the Web from mobile devices. |
ONLINE
Jan/Feb 2004
Greg R. Notess |
Internet Search Engine Update About.com sold its Sprinks ad network to Google... Amazon has entered the search field in a big way... AOL has renewed its use of the Google Web and ad databases... Ask Jeeves added an advanced search page... Gigablast has removed the date sort option... etc. |
InternetNews
April 25, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Ask Loses CEO to Microsoft Following Jeeves the butler out the door, Ask.com CEO Steve Berkowitz is headed to Microsoft. |
InternetNews
December 14, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
Search Industry Gains Clout Search engines are now recognized as full-fledged media companies and search engine marketing is no longer a cottage industry. |
Search Engine Watch
January 19, 2006
Chris Sherman |
Survey: Google, Yahoo Still Favorites in North America For the second year running, a Keynote Systems study says Google provides the most satisfying search experience among North American users, despite competitive maneuvering from all of the other major search services. |
Search Engine Watch
August 5, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
Ask Jeeves To Carry Google's Ads A three year deal will see Ask Jeeves carrying paid listings from Google on its search properties, including Ask Jeeves-owned Teoma.com. |
Search Engine Watch
August 2, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Search Engine Results Continuing to Diverge A new study suggests that the overlap between search engine results is less than it was even a few months ago, and that the voices of each engine are growing even more unique. |
Information Today
September 27, 2004
Paula J. Hane |
Ask Jeeves Enhances its Flagship Search Engine The user interface is more crisp and professional, the underlying Teoma search engine has been upgraded to 3.0, local search options have been expanded, and a new MyJeeves service has been introduced. |
Search Engine Watch
September 12, 2005
Andrew Goodman |
Ask Jeeves CEO: "We Are Focused on Core Search" Now that Ask Jeeves is part of aggressive online powerhouse InterActive Corp., what's next for the search engine and its various services? Ask Jeeves' CEO Steve Berkowitz discusses the company's future. |
Search Engine Watch
February 3, 2000 |
Ask Jeeves Asks Direct Hit In a surprise move, but one that makes perfect sense, Ask Jeeves announced last week that it was acquiring Direct Hit in a $500 million stock deal. |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2004
Tim Goh |
Asking Is Too Much for Jeeves An unsatisfactory conference call and disappointing forecasts send the search engine's shares tumbling. |
InternetNews
August 24, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Battle for Search Share in Lower Tier The latest search engine share rankings show Google maintaining its lead over Yahoo, with upstarts gaining points. |
The Motley Fool
September 7, 2007
Katrina Chan |
Ask.com Seeking Better Algorithm The search site still lacks the right stuff. Ask.com could not separate websites from other search results, nor could it filter out duplicate articles from the same source. |
Search Engine Watch
January 13, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Yahoo & MSN Closing the Google Gap While Big G continues to maintain its leadership position in the eyes of web searchers, a new study finds that Yahoo, MSN Search and Ask Jeeves have all made significant improvements over the past year and are narrowing Google's mindshare advantage. |
Search Engine Watch
March 28, 2006
Andrew Goodman |
Danny Sullivan Asks Barry Diller What's up with the company formerly known as Ask Jeeves? |
Entrepreneur
January 2007
Gwen Moran |
Ready for Search Engine Advertising? This service provides small businesses a one-stop shop for search engine advertising. |
ONLINE
Nov/Dec 2004
Greg R. Notes |
Internet Search Engine Update Ask Jeeves joins the push for local search... Google and Yahoo! now have their own blogs... Lycos has introduced two new focused search engines: People Search and Discussion Search... MSN Search's technology preview of its new search engine is now gone ... etc. |
The Motley Fool
February 27, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Ask, the World Turns Ask.com starts a new life with Jeeves riding off into the sunset. But losing the edge of Jeeves won't matter if the company is able to put its many dot-com puzzle pieces together. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
November 11, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
MSN's Latest Search Beta Launched Microsoft's MSN released the latest version of its homegrown search technology on Thursday (beta.search.msn.com), offering multiple ways to narrow results, including providing local results and natural language search. |
Search Engine Watch
August 26, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Search Engine Executive Roundtable, Part 2 How do the search engines view search marketing firms? What are the growth drivers of the industry? And Is the search 'bubble' going to pop soon? Danny Sullivan continues his discussion with four top search executives. |
Search Engine Watch
June 21, 2004
Gary Price |
Ask Jeeves Sharpens Its Focus Ask Jeeves announced several new 'Smart Search' shortcuts, along with a new page preview tool. |
Inc.
May 2007
Max Chafkin |
Search for Tomorrow An army of fledgling companies is lining up to take on Google. Could the world's biggest search engine possibly be vulnerable? |
Search Engine Watch
April 20, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Google Personalizes the Web Say goodbye to bookmarks: Google's My Search History feature automatically keeps track of web searches and every page viewed from search results by saving your "search behavior," not web pages. |
