May 29, 2006

Ask Recognizing Memorial Day

The Ask homepage has recognized Memorial Day with an image and link to customized search results. While Memorial Day is specifically an American holiday, Thanksgiving is also specifically American and most search engines had fun with their logo on that day last year. Yahoo!, Google and Microsoft apparently skipped the day for custom search, while Ask has nicely provided references to the history of Memorial Day, recipes and other observance tips. Postscript: We can expect most holidays to be highlighted on Ask in the future. Our friend Gary Price wrote in to explain the Memorial Day reference at Ask is part of their Smart Answers feature which automatically includes Holidays such as Labor Day, Boxing Day, Good Friday and Purim. Smart Answers really seems like a throwback to the past with Ask(Jeeves) having started life as a directory of answers to approximately 200,000 questions. They originally provided editor qualified sites as "answers" and backfilled as a meta search engine to supplement and in the cases queries didn't trigger a response from the directory itself.

Postscript 2: To clarify, Smart Answers are different insofar as one doesn't need to pose a question. They also can provide access to more information, including Smart Answers with drop down menus to more Smart Answers. A query like dogs provides a drop down menu that navigates to more Smart Answers on specific breeds.

Posted by Detlev Johnson at 12:55 PM | Permalink

October 31, 2005

Special Logos From Engines For a "Scary" Halloween

Spooky and scary logos from Ask Jeeves, Google, and Yahoo today for Halloween.

Posted by Gary Price at 8:43 PM | Permalink

October 22, 2005

Ask Jeeves Celebrates Start of World Series with Special Logo

To celebrate the opening of the Major League Baseball World Series that begins later today, Ask Jeeves is online with a special logo. Search terms like World Series, and baseball statistics reveal Smart Answers at the top of the results pages. I wonder if the Mr. Jeeves logo will still be around for the Super Bowl?

Posted by Gary Price at 6:18 PM | Permalink

August 19, 2005

Jeeves "Beams Up" Special Logo to Honor Creator of Star Trek

To honor the birth of Star Trek creator, Gene Rodenberry, Mr. Jeeves "beams up" a special logo today.

Posted by Gary Price at 2:05 PM | Permalink

July 4, 2005

Ask Jeeves, Google, and Yahoo Offer Special 4th of July Logos

Holiday logos from Ask Jeeves, Google, and Yahoo are online today to celebrate Independence Day in the U.S.

Posted by Gary Price at 12:17 PM | Permalink

July 1, 2005

Happy Canada Day; Ask Jeeves Posts Holiday Logo

To Our Canadian Readers, Happy Canada Day!!!

Here's the holiday logo posted on Ask Jeeves. I didn't spot a holiday logo when I visited other engines this morning.

Posted by Gary Price at 8:52 AM | Permalink

June 19, 2005

Special Father's Day Logos at Ask Jeeves and Google

In honor of Father's Day, Ask Jeeves and Google have special holiday logos online today.

Posted by Gary Price at 6:09 PM | Permalink

May 30, 2005

Special Memorial Day Logo at Ask Jeeves

It's Memorial Day here in the U.S. today and Ask Jeeves is running special holiday logo on their homepage. Here's a screen cap.

Posted by Gary Price at 12:01 PM | Permalink

February 14, 2005

Special Valentine's Day Logos from Ask Jeeves, Google, and Yahoo

Ask Jeeves, Google, and Yahoo have special Valentine's Day logos online today. Actually, Google has two holiday logos. One at Google.com and another on the Gmail home page.

Posted by Gary Price at 1:48 PM | Permalink

January 21, 2005

Special Logos, Smart Search, Ask Jeeves, and Google

Have you noticed a "special" logo on Ask Jeeves this afternoon? You'll see Jeeves "thinking" about a visit to the slopes to do some snowboarding. If you click on the logo, you're taken to a Smart Answer with current ski conditions for Squaw Valley, California. I think it's more than worth pointing out that Squaw Valley is where Google is currently having their big ski trip and party . Yes, it's Friday afternoon and this is some good fun.

Btw, I've noticed that conditions for other ski areas are now also available as Smart Search results.

Posted by Gary Price at 5:52 PM | Permalink

November 25, 2004

Jeeves Floats Over NYC

A "revamped" Ask Jeeves balloon (remember, he lost some weight and got a makeover earlier this year) floated over the streets of Manhattan today as part of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Here's an image.

A special holiday logo at Ask.com notes his participation.

Mr. Jeeves returns to the parade this year after taking a required one year hiatus.

Fast Facts about the Jeeves Balloon: + 39 feet high + 70 feet in length + 25 feet wide + Filled with 12,700 cubic feet of helium + Big Shoes! They're 19 feet long

Posted by Gary Price at 1:12 PM | Permalink

November 2, 2004

Special Logos for Election Day

Both Ask Jeeves and Google have special logos for Election Day 2004 in the U.S.

Clicking the Ask Jeeves logo searches for the word "vote" and offers you an Ask Jeeves "Smart Search" box filled with direct links to polling place info, poll numbers, and much more. Nicely done.

Clicking the Google logo runs the query 2004 Election. Google also offers a page (linked from Google.com) with links to help a voter locate their polling place.

Yahoo doesn't have a special logo today. However, they do offer a box on the Yahoo.com home page with direct links to polling place info, candidate info, endorsements, and more.

Posted by Gary Price at 9:44 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

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