Ask.com: a Google challenger?
I’ve been trying out the “new” Ask.com for the past few days. This was formerly Ask Jeeves, but Jeeves was “fired” a couple weeks ago. Best wishes, Jeeves. Ask.com been relaunched in a simple, Google-style interface with much of the same functionality as Google.
I’m fairly impressed. It’s fast and the search results are pretty good. The Binoculars feature is cool, where I can see a snapshot of a page without clicking the link. That could be a timesaver when trying to weed out junk pages in search results. I think I’ll use it as a backup to Google for now - like when I’m not happy with Google’s search results or I need extra in-depth research on a topic.
Ask.com seems to be a cut above other Google wannabees. Although it has a lot of work to do to catch Google and Yahoo in penetration in the search market. More follow-up will come later as I use it more…
March 31st, 2006 at 4:50 pm
[…] I’ve been using Ask.com for a couple more weeks after my original post. I’m still fairly impressed with the speed and accuracy of most search results. I’m still finding that Google isn’t the only definitive search engine I need. In fact, I’ve been disappointed with some searches on Google - particularly those searching for a phrase with common words in it. It’s this type of search that Ask.com can help with, providing that additional set of results when you need it. Check it out sometime. […]