Comments on: Newly Relaunched Ask.com Glimpses of Greatness and Some Problems http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/06/05/newly-relaunched-askcom-glimpes-of-greatness-and-some-problems/ Emerging Media Strategic Planning, Web Analytics, Change Management Leadership, Business Speaker Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:20:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bill http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/06/05/newly-relaunched-askcom-glimpes-of-greatness-and-some-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-31027 Bill Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:43:49 +0000 http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/06/05/newly-relaunched-askcom-glimpes-of-greatness-and-some-problems/#comment-31027 Hi Googly Eyed, Perhaps ask.com should care about vanity searches. Please forgive me if you aren't an ask.com employee, but I sense a New Jersey attitude in your comment. Are you in ask.com office in Edison or Piscataway? (Love the name Piscataway, by the way - use to work there years ago.) I've been cheering ask.com ever since Teoma became part of the family. Nothing quite like a New Jersey based search engine. But ask.com does have some issues. Frankly, the biggest of them is that the algorithm isn't fresh, and content doesn't get updated. Ask.com disappoints me every time I use it, and I hate that. I want to be able to brag about how wonderful the search engine from New Jersey is, and I just can't. Dude, it's been 11 years since the Unibomber was arrested, and that Unibomber-algorithm commercial that you've been showing on TV is embarassing. Either you're trying to use main stream broadcasting advertising to reach out to only a very small audience (not recommended), or the sense of topicality at ask is skewed, and not in a good way. Hi Googly Eyed,

Perhaps ask.com should care about vanity searches.

Please forgive me if you aren’t an ask.com employee, but I sense a New Jersey attitude in your comment. Are you in ask.com office in Edison or Piscataway? (Love the name Piscataway, by the way – use to work there years ago.)

I’ve been cheering ask.com ever since Teoma became part of the family. Nothing quite like a New Jersey based search engine. But ask.com does have some issues.

Frankly, the biggest of them is that the algorithm isn’t fresh, and content doesn’t get updated. Ask.com disappoints me every time I use it, and I hate that. I want to be able to brag about how wonderful the search engine from New Jersey is, and I just can’t.

Dude, it’s been 11 years since the Unibomber was arrested, and that Unibomber-algorithm commercial that you’ve been showing on TV is embarassing.

Either you’re trying to use main stream broadcasting advertising to reach out to only a very small audience (not recommended), or the sense of topicality at ask is skewed, and not in a good way.

]]> By: Googly Eyed http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/06/05/newly-relaunched-askcom-glimpes-of-greatness-and-some-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-31024 Googly Eyed Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:56:06 +0000 http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/06/05/newly-relaunched-askcom-glimpes-of-greatness-and-some-problems/#comment-31024 Does the Internet really care about your vanity searching? No. Try again. Does the Internet really care about your vanity searching? No. Try again.

]]> By: lucasjosh.com » Blog Archive » Ask3D http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/06/05/newly-relaunched-askcom-glimpes-of-greatness-and-some-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-31017 lucasjosh.com » Blog Archive » Ask3D Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:12:01 +0000 http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/06/05/newly-relaunched-askcom-glimpes-of-greatness-and-some-problems/#comment-31017 [...] Lots of people are talking about Ask’s launch of their new search interface and new algorithm. It is a different way to search and so far, I’m very impressed by it. I’m not going to rehash all the new features as any of the above links can do that. Instead, I thin it is awesome that Ask continues to innovate and try new things. Honestly, I believe they are the most innovative search company right now, not counting the various vertical engines. [...] [...] Lots of people are talking about Ask’s launch of their new search interface and new algorithm. It is a different way to search and so far, I’m very impressed by it. I’m not going to rehash all the new features as any of the above links can do that. Instead, I thin it is awesome that Ask continues to innovate and try new things. Honestly, I believe they are the most innovative search company right now, not counting the various vertical engines. [...]

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]]> By: The New Ask Is One Big Step in the Right Direction. Now For Step Two. http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/06/05/newly-relaunched-askcom-glimpes-of-greatness-and-some-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-30973 The New Ask Is One Big Step in the Right Direction. Now For Step Two. Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:11:55 +0000 http://www.daviddalka.com/createvalue/2007/06/05/newly-relaunched-askcom-glimpes-of-greatness-and-some-problems/#comment-30973 [...] Search Engine Land, TechCrunch, and The New York Times, as well as commentary from John Battelle, David Dalka, and Ask’s Gary Price.  Heck… there are dozens of reviews and comments available via [...] [...] Search Engine Land, TechCrunch, and The New York Times, as well as commentary from John Battelle, David Dalka, and Ask’s Gary Price.  Heck… there are dozens of reviews and comments available via [...]

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