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Category Archives: Ask.com

Ask.com: Too Many Ads

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Josh
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I just did a search on Ask.com and got 7 sponsored ads above the search results. At 1024×768 screen resolution, the ads completely push the actual search results below the fold:

Ask.com Ads
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Ask.com Sponsored Results – Going Too Far?

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Josh
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Yesterday when I was searching Ask.com it was showing 10 sponsored results above their organic search results.
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How Ask.com Could Gain Webmaster Loyalty

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Josh
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I recently did an experiment where I used Ask.com as my main search engine. While the Ask.com SERPs have the best organization of the major search engines, the actual organic search results from Ask.com are not good.
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Ask.com vs. Google

Posted on September 19, 2007 by Josh
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I had to give up my Ask.com experiment. I tried to use Ask.com as my main search engine, but the search results from Ask.com just weren’t good enough.

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Ask.com vs. Google, Day 2

Posted on September 15, 2007 by Josh
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After taking a closer look at Ask.com and the great layout of their SERPs, I’ve been experimenting with Ask.com.

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When Ask.com is Better Than Google

Posted on September 14, 2007 by Josh
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I’ve been looking at Ask.com lately. I think that they have done a clever job with their marketing and decided to take a look at what they are doing. Here are some comparisons between Ask.com’s and Google’s search engines, and an explanation on why Ask.com is providing better SERPs than Google.
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