Learning Search Engines: Ask.com

Ask.com

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by Muhammad Amiruddin Abdullah

Want to search something? Just type ask.com.You will get the solution. Ask.com is the most reliable and popular search engine in the world.With many interactive features you will feel that ask.com is the first choice search engine. Here are some features about ask.com.

Ask.com (or Ask Jeeves in the United Kingdom) is a search engine founded in 1996 by Garrett Guerner and David Warthen in Berkeley, California. The original search engine software was implemented by Gary Chevsky from his own design. Chevsky, Justin Grant, and others built the early AskJeeves.com website around that core engine. Three venture capital firms, Highland Capital Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, and The RODA Group were early investors. Ask.com is currently owned by InterActiveCorp under the NASDAQ symbol IACI.

Blog Search

Search the blogosphere using our unique algorithm that combines Ask.com search technology and Bloglines subscription data. We index the most popular blogs and feeds that people across the web subscribe to daily to ensure higher-quality results and minimizes blog spam.

Conversions

The Ask Conversion Tool converts world currency, temperature, weight, length, area, and even cooking/volume conversions. There is no need to search the web for multiple conversion tools when you can do it quickly on Ask.com.

Search Toolbar

Search from anywhere on the web. The Ask.com Toolbar puts search at your fingertips for Internet Explorer and Firefox users.

Search the web from anywhere online
Personalize your search experience with saved locations, your local news and more
Save images, web pages and searches, and access them right from the toolbar
New! Easy search box for maps and business listings

References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask.com
http://about.ask.com/en/docs/about/webmasters.shtml