IAC-owned Ask.com has agreed to acquire Lexico Publishing Group, the owner of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com. The move will help Ask.com fulfill its recent strategy to focus on reference and providing answers to questions.
The reports of Ask.com's death have been exaggerated. Earlier this week, reports began to circulate in the mainstream press that Ask.com would give up on its search technology to become a Q&A engine for married women.
Ask Launches Ask3D Ask To Launch New PPC Platform October 2 Ask to Launch Contextual Ad Network Ask Brings the Algorithm Mainstream What Should Ask.com Do? Ask is making a major push to become a legitimate contender in the search world.
That was followed closely by Ask.com's blended search results in the form of Ask3D. Or it could be the "Year of Blended Search," considering the changes made by Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Ask.com. Ask's unending push to become a legitimate search...
In his keynote interview with Chris Sherman on Tuesday morning, Jim Lanzone, CEO of Ask.com, said that 50 percent of the results they provide on Ask3D do not come from traditional web results. One of the major trends that emerged from SES San Jose...
Ask has been much-maligned for the choices it has made with some of its recent TV ad campaigns featuring D-lister Kato Kaelin or scantily-clad "chicks with swords" that likely offended at least half the intended audience.
Ask.com added a pre-search query refinement feature in June with the launch of Ask3D. Yahoo has begun testing Search Assist, a new search refinement that could have an impact on search marketers for its ability to prevent typos and guide searchers...
Search Ad Sellers Should Help CTRs MoreWhere are Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask and others when you really need them? Microsoft Adds Ask Sponsored Listings to Office Live Ad ManagementUsing adManager, small businesses can buy and manage search ads from a...
For Ask3D Power Users, Ask.com Blog Want a snapshot of the day's search marketing news? Here we've collected today's top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search-related headlines from around the Web:
For Ask3D Power Users, Ask.com Blog Should Latinos be your next target market? If you want to explore new search marketing opportunities, expand with growing economies, and reach young, Internet-savvy consumers, tapping into the Latino market may...
Search Ad Sellers Should Help CTRs MoreWhere are Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask and others when you really need them? SEW Experts: Five Fundamental Questions of Keyword ResearchMark Jackson reviews five fundamental questions to ask of your site when...
WSJ's Mossberg Likes Ask3DWall Street Journal columnist and All Things Digital organizer Walt Mossberg compared Google's Universal Search with Ask.com's Ask3D, and found Ask3D to be a better way of presenting search results.
Wall Street Journal columnist and All Things Digital organizer Walt Mossberg compared Google's Universal Search with Ask.com's Ask3D, and found Ask3D to be a better way of presenting search results. In Ask.com Takes Lead In Designing Display Of...
Ask.com has turned to Ask A Ninja for its latest online advertising effort, according to ClickZ. The live-read video campaign inserted into the popular video blog is the latest element of Ask.com's ad campaign for its revamped Ask3D search engine.
Ask.com's new look makes a big difference, Pandia From AskX to Ask3D, Ask.com blog From the SEW Blog: Measuring an SEM's Job PerformanceA new study from iProspect and Jupiter Research finds that more search marketers are able to measure ROI than...
From AskX to Ask3D, Ask.com blog According to the iProspect Search Marketer Measurement & Performance Study, more search marketers' job performance is being measured by the results they produce, both in terms of search-specific metrics and overall...
blinkx plc (“blinkx”), already the world's largest video search engine, today expanded its reach with the announcment of its exclusive video partnership with Ask.com – a leading multi-platform search destination and one of the top-4 platforms in...
Ask.com has stepped up its game, launching a new multi-faceted search interface that sets it apart from other search engines, and giving Google users a legitimate reason to give Ask.com a try. The new version of Ask.com has been dubbed "Ask3D" for...
Ask.com is positioning itself as "the other search engine," making a play to get users to think about Ask in addition to Google when they think of search. Ask.com today launched Ask3D, a new interface and re-engineered product, with new features...
There is a new look at Ask. Following hot on the heels of the recent announcement by Google of its Universal Search, Ask has now released something with very similar attributes, but significant and interesting differences.
