Is Ask really serious about search? That's the question that a majority of Ask users are asking these days. Some think that the search engine offers quality search results and others think it is not able to meet most of the expectations on time! The debate seems to be going no where.
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Ask.com recently came up with some advancements to their semantic search technology.
The search engine introduced a couple of new semantic technologies such as DADS(SM) (Direct Answers from Databases), DAFS(SM) (Direct Answers from Search), and AnswerFarm(SM).
Ask.com has released version 11 of their new search engine today.
Techmeme is geared up with all the coverage of the news item, along with the main articles currently from the NY Times and News.com.
“We have rebuilt the Ask site from the ground up,†said Mr. Safka, who was earlier the chief executive of Match.com.
If you are one of the overly concerned and protective parents, who are almost always worried about your child's online experience, then there is a great news for you!
According to Search Engine Watch, Ask.com has relaunched their dedicated children's web portal, known as AskKids.com. The all new revamped AskKids displays suggested searches and images in the sidebars .
Via the Ask's Official Blog, Ask.com has announced that it will now be adding television program listings to its search engine result pages or SERPS.
According to Ask, “Our Ask TV listings uses our patent-pending technology DADS (Direct Answers from Databases) to answer queries and questions from structured data feeds and databases. DADS provides highly accurate answers to queries which are relevant to a given topic. Instead of using traditional keyword search algorithms, our technology can deliver much deeper, more precise search results based on understanding of a query meaning rather than syntactical text matching.
Ask.com has announced that, it has entered into a search deal with the online image hosting giant, Photobucket. This deal between Ask and Photobucket includes sponsored listings and other advertisements. This means that from now on, at Photobucket, instead of Google, we will find Ask powering Photobucket's search. However, most of the sponsored lisitngs would still be coming from Google.
According to MSN Virtual Earth Blog, Ask.com has let go of their mapping platform and have adopted the Microsoft Virtual Earth as its new mapping platform. Ask.com has integrated MSN Live Earth into Ask Maps, Ask City (search for Businesses, Events and Movies per US City) and their Web Search including the Bird’s Eye view.
Ask.com has announced. that it has added a direct link to its privacy policy via a "Privacy" link conveniently placed on its homepage, thus, easing the growing concerns of the privacy watchdogs. This would ensure that whosoever wants to know about the company's privacy policy would be able to do so, with the help of the direct link.
Just like the planetary alignment is a rare sight, so is the news of Ask.com updating their search index or algorithm!. Especially after their last update was a year ago. However, several posts have surfaced at Webmasters World reporting, that such an update has indeed taken place. Here are some interesting posts, to make you a believer:
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