Media Coverage Archive

July 15, 2009	10 Best iPhone Apps for College Students U.S News & World Report and 148Apps.com rates the Dictionary.com app as the number one iPhone app for college students.
July 14, 2009	Dictionary.com Reaches 2.3 Million iPhone App Downloads Dictionary.com experiences great success with their iPhone app as the #2 reference app with 2.3 million downloads. The Dictionary.com app also made the list of Apple's 30 Favorite Apps to celebrate the Apple App Store's first birthday.
July 13, 2009	Ask.com Is Still at Your Service Ask.com holds its own in the competitive search game as they continue to focus on improving the basics of search, giving the best answer the first time, every time.
July 10, 2009	NASCAR Gives Ask.com Time for a Few More Laps Ask.com believes it can grow by focusing on their longtime strategy answering questions better than everyone else.
July 8, 2009	Ask.com, Semantic Search & the SEO Industry - SEM Synergy Extras Bruce Clay's Virginia Nussey chats with Scott Garell, President, Ask Networks, about Ask.com's next steps and their place in the Search community. Also included, for an episode of Webmaster Radio's SEM Synergy, Nussey speaks with Ask.com's EVP of Global Search & Answers, Tomasz Imielinski about how Ask.com is leading the way in semantic search.
July 7, 2009	Ask.com's Restless Pursuit of Search Ask.com races forward with their consumer-centric strategy, and they don't plan on resting until every user is satisfied. Ask.com is the 4^th largest search engine and is holding steady against other search engines dominating in market share.
July 2, 2009	Ask.com Bets on Semantic Search, Targeting Special Audiences With a strong focus on semantic search, Ask.com continues to invest much time and effort into the question-and-answer search engine they introduced in October 2008. After much success from their collaboration with NASCAR, Ask.com will continue to pursue an 'audience-centric' strategy.
June 29, 2009	Ask's Next Question In the six short months since Ask.com announced their NASCAR sponsorship, the company has seen very strong results with double digit growth among NASCAR fans and an increase in awareness, positive impressions and frequency. The Sports Business Journal tells how Ask blew into NASCAR and become the story of the season.
June 4, 2009	Prius Takes Over Dictionary.com's Home Page Dictionary.com partners with Toyota Prius to integrate ads with Dictionary.com content based off of keywords that Toyota associates with their Prius brand.
June 3, 2009	New Dictionary.com Ad Offering Combines Keywords with Display Ads, Plus Homepage Takeover Dictionary.com offers brands a custom advertising package combining keyword-based ads, display ads, and homepage takeovers. Dictionary.com rolls out the new ad package with Toyota Prius.
May 28, 2009	Miss Spell's Class for iPhone Dictionary.com launches Miss Spell's Class, a new game app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Macworld touts Miss Spells Class as a fun spelling game that's easily recommended.
May 22, 2009	Fifth grader takes a spin with NASCAR driver J.V Washam Elementary School in Cornelius, North Carolina wins Ask.com's Safe Search Schools event in Charlotte. Fifth grader Brittany Amber Osborne is driven to school by Bobby Labonte in the No. 96 Ask.com Ford Fusion.
May 19, 2009	Webware 100 Winners! Ask.com is a CNET Webware 100 Award winner in the Search & Reference category. The category highlights Web 2.0 apps and services for their innovative search tools and how the find and organize data.
May 8, 2009	Labonte's Birthday Gift Inspired by Fans Ask.com presents Bobby Labonte with a special birthday gift inspired by fan submissions.
May 8, 2009	A Mother's Day Special from Jeff Gordon's Mom Ask.com shares special Mother's Day interviews in which the moms of some of NASCAR's best drivers talk about their sons.
May 6, 2009	Ask.com Answers the Data Extraction Question Dr. Tomasz Imielinksi, Ask.com's EVP of global search and answers, sits down to chat with SemanticWeb.com about the newest technologies that search engines are using to find information on the Web.
May 1, 2009	Bobby Labonte Takes 5th Graders for a Ride Ask.com, Web Wise Kids, and NASCAR selects Cold Harbor Elementary School in Hanover County, VA as the winner of the Richmond Safe Search Schools event. Fifth graders Kara Satterwhite and Janack Jani receive a ride to school by Bobby Labonte in a No. 96 Ford Fusion decorated with their names.
May 1, 2009	Not your average school bus ride The Ask.com Safe Search School's Blue Ribbon Panel recognizes Cold Harbor Elementary School for teaching their students the importance of cyber safety. Cold Harbor received $10,000 in new computers.
April 27, 2009	Ask Provides Sitelinks to SERPS Too Ask.com continues to improve their search results with the introduction of Domain Navigation, a product that includes sitelinks on the search results pages.
April 27, 2009	Ask Talks Domain Navigation Ask.com introduces Domain Navigation, a block of up to 8 navigational links under the first organic results. Domain Navigation links are the most popular and most useful links on a site to give users the most relevant results.
April 9, 2009	App-A-Day: Dictionary.com The San Francisco Chronicle's an App-A-Day column gives Dictionary.com's new iPhone app an A+ grade. The app includes 275,000 definitions and 80,000 synonyms and features audio pronunciations and the popular Word of the Day. Dictionary.com is a service of Ask.com.
April 9, 2009	Ask Partners with Anchor Intelligence to stop fraudsters and optimize ad serving Ask.com partners with Anchor Intelligence to score its paid search clicks in a move to protect Ask's advertisers from paying for fraudulent clicks.
April 8, 2009	Dictionary.com on iPhone: Slightly abridged Dictionary.com, a service of Ask.com, launches a free dictionary application for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
April 8, 2009	Dictionary.com Launches Free iPhone App Dictionary.com, part of the Ask.com network, launches a free iPhone app that truly delivers. The app, also available on the iPod Touch, lets you look up definitions and synonyms from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com.
April 3, 2009	Bobby Labonte gives a lucky kid a ride to school NASCAR driver Bobby Labonte and sponsor Ask.com select Liberty Elementary School as the winner of the Ask.com Safe Search Schools program in Dallas/Fort-Worth, Texas.
April 2, 2009	NASCAR Driver Bobby Labonte gives elementary student a ride to school Ask.com and Bobby Labonte visits Liberty Elementary School in Flower Mound, Texas to recognize the school for their Internet safety education program. Bobby Labonte gives one lucky 5^th grader a ride to school in the #96 Ask.com Ford Fusion.Check out the video available here!
April 2, 2009	Eventful Weekend for Bobby Labonte in Home State The Ask.com Safe Search Schools program partners with Bobby Labonte and Web Wise Kids to award one Dallas/Fort Worth elementary school with new computers for promoting Internet safety in their classrooms.
March 6, 2009	Beyond Pit Road: Safe Search VIDEO: Bobby Labonte drives a Cotton Indian Elementary school student to school in the #96 Ask.com Ford Fusion, passes out new computers, and teaches students about internet safety as part of Ask.com's Safe Search Schools program.
March 6, 2009	Surprise due from NASCAR's Labonte NASCAR driver Bobby Labonte and sponsor Ask.com team up to select one Atlanta elementary school as the winner of Ask.com's Safe Search School Program. The school will receive new computers for incorporating Internet safety education in their classrooms.
March 6, 2009	Computer Man Ask.com and NASCAR drive Bobby Labonte award Cotton Indian Elementary in Atlanta with new computers as the winner of the Safe Search School Program. Labonte also surprises one lucky fifth-grader with a ride to school in the #96 Ask.com Ford Fusion.
February 24, 2009	Canonical URL for Ask Ask.com announces that they will support the "canonical URL tag", a tag feature that gives webmaster an opportunity to set a "preferred" name for a page.
February 23, 2009	Ask.com Implements Canonical URL Tag Ask.com joins Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft to support a new Canonical tag that will help sites tell web developers which URL the search engine should prioritize.
February 23, 2009	Ask.com goes big at quieter Daytona In a time where sponsors are scaling back their activities at the Daytona 500, Ask.com makes a big splash at The Great American Race.
February 10, 2009	Labonte deftly handles cars, tech devices Ask.com and tech savvy NASCAR^® driver Bobby Labonte issue a public service announcement encouraging parents to make sure their children use the Internet safely.
February 4, 2009	Ask.com to power Symantec's Safe Search Ask.com announces a multiyear partnership with Symantec Corp, owner of Norton security software, to power the Safe Search function on the Norton Safe Web toolbar.
February 3, 2009	Ask.com & Symantec Partner To Detect Malicious Sites Ask.com partners with Symantec to include a "Safe Search" feature in the Norton 360 security suite toolbar. When searches are run from the toolbar, results are flagged using color-coded icons that rate their safety.
February 2, 2009	Ask partners with Symantec on security ratings for Web searches Search engine Ask.com announces a partnership with Symantec to offer Web surfers ratings on the safety levels of their search results.
January 21, 2009	A sea of cruise ship bargains Ask.com's travel expert Dennis Schaal shares tips on travel bargains for LA Times', The Ultimate Guide to Cruising.
January 14, 2009	Ask.com has the answer for Bobby Labonte, Hall of Fame sponsorship search Ask.com will use NASCAR as their primary marketing platform for 2009 in an effort to connect with the NASCAR audience and win over race fans who try Ask.com.
January 14, 2009	Ask.com Finds Answers in NASCAR Ask.com partners with NASCAR and NASCAR.com and has signed on as the sponsor for the No. 96 Hall of Fame Racing Ford. In addition to powering NASCAR.com, Ask.com will build a new NASCAR semantic search product and will offer fans an exclusive NASCAR toolbar.
January 14, 2009	Ask Revs Up Search for NASCAR Ask.com partners with NASCAR, NASCAR.com and Hall of Fame Racing. Ask plans to introduce a NASCAR vertical search engine, the first of a dozen new vertical search engines to come.
January 14, 2009	Ask.com offering answers at the speed of NASCAR Ask.com will launch a new semantic search tool that will provide fans with the best NASCAR search experience on the Web, giving users answers at the speed of NASCAR.
January 13, 2009	Yates Racing to run Hall of Fame's team Ask.com will be the primary sponsor of the No. 96 Ask Ford in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driven by Bobby Labonte. Ask will also become the official search engine of NASCAR.
January 13, 2009	Hall of Fame Racing teams up with Yates, Signs B. Labonte Ask.com signs deals with NASCAR and NASCAR.com to become the official search engine of NASCAR. Ask will also be the primary sponsor of the No. 96 Ford for Hall of Fame Racing, who recently entered into an alliance agreement with Yates Racing.
January 13, 2009	Bobby Labonte decides on Fords of Hall of Fame/Yates Ask.com announces it will sponsor Bobby Labonte and the No. 96 Ford in 18 of the first 21 races in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Ask.com's sponsorship will also make it the official search engine of NASCAR and will include at-track marketing initiatives and a presence on NASCAR.com.
December 15, 2008	Spears, Obama top 2008 Web search lists Ask.com announces their unedited list of the most popular search terms of 2008. "Dictionary" tops Ask's "Real Deal" list as the most searched for term, reflecting how people use search engines to find practical, everyday information.
December 3, 2008	Ask.com: Top Search Trends of 2008 SearchEngineLand does a roundup of Ask.com's most popular search queries of 2008. The lists include the top "Real Deal" searches, top celebrity moms, most popular sports heroes, and Dictionary.com's fastest rising buzzwords of the year.
December 1, 2008	Ask.com's Answer to Why the Sky is Blue & Other Questions we Ask Ask.com shares their top ten lists for 2008, including their list of most frequently asked questions. "How do I get pregnant?" ranks as the number one question users are seeking an answer to on Ask.com.
October 8, 2008	Ask.com puts a face on the 'Nagging Question' Ask.com and agency Hanft Raboy & Partners, promotes the new Ask.com by introducing the Nagging Questions advertising campaign.
October 6, 2008	Ask.com hopes to make search faster, more relevant Ask.com rolls out new relevancy, speed, and user interface enhancements to its site to get users to come to their site more often.
October 6, 2008	Ask revamps for faster Web search, better relevance In an effort to gain market share, Ask.com overhauls its search engine to deliver faster results and improved relevancy.
October 6, 2008	What's Up at Ask.com? A New Revamp Ask.com, the flagship brand of IAC, launches a redesigned site to help drive retention and frequency.
October 6, 2008	Ask.com unveils new version to improve searches Ask.com launches with a new simplified design, improved speed and relevancy, and new semantic search technologies to help users find answers to their questions.
October 6, 2008	Ask.com Overhauls to Take on Search Leaders Ask.com takes one step closer to providing users with the best answers to their questions, the first time, everytime with a set of major improvements to its search engine.
October 6, 2008	Hands On with the Revamped Ask "Ask has improved its search engine and is well worth using," says PC World of the new Ask.com.
October 6, 2008	Ask.com rearms with semantics, rich media in search war "Ask.com takes a strong step toward finding the deeper meaning of search and expanding its general consumer audience," Ars Technica says of Ask.com's enhancements to its semantic search technology.
October 6, 2008	Little Britain's Fat Pat stars in Ask.com's ad campaign Ask.com launches a new international TV ad campaign that focuses on answering the nagging questions in the back of your head. The ads, that promote Ask.com's new redesign, will run in the US and the UK.
September 1, 2008	Hit the books - and the computer The Star Tribune bookmarks the all new Ask Kids to help young learners with their homework assignments.
August 29, 2008	Ask.com Relaunches with Cute Kids Features Ask Kids relaunches with a new kid friendly design and a Schoolhouse link for learning resources and shortcuts.
August 27, 2008	Survey: 43% of parents have done kid's homework In a nationwide survey conducted by AskKids.com, 47% of dads and 39% of mothers say they have done their child's homework for them.
August 27, 2008	Ask Relaunches AskKids.com with Updated Design, Cool Drawing Feature Ask.com expands and redesigns their kid site, AskKids.com, with a new customizable home page and new search interface.
August 27, 2008	Cheating: Do You Do Your Children's Homework Ask Kids releases results of a nationwide survey showing that more than 40% of parents admit to doing their children's homework for them.
August 24, 2008	Ask adds TV listings to search results Ask.com adds TV program listings to their search results to attract new users through innovation, an upgrade to their already popular results page layout.
August 19, 2008	Search engines search for better understanding Popular search engines, including Ask.com, speak about the future of universal and semantic search at Search Engine Strategies, San Jose.
July 10, 2008	Photobucket signs Ask.com search marketing deal Leading photo sharing site Photobucket and Ask.com strike a search and advertising deal in which Ask.com search boxes will now be displayed on Photobucket.com.
July 10, 2008	Photobucket forges iPhone app, Ask.com partnership Ask.com and Photobucket announce a multi-year partnership in which Photobucket will exclusively use Ask.com search for its photo, video and Web searches. The deal also includes ad syndication.
July 10, 2008	Ask.com Search Boxes to Pop Up on Photobucket Ask.com and Photobucket sign a multi-year agreement that covers both Web search and syndication, introducing the Ask brand to Photobucket's 44 million monthly unique users worldwide.
July 7, 2008	Just Married - A look at the top-searched destination wedding locations In the midst of wedding season, Ask.com unveils the most searched for wedding destination locations.
July 7, 2008	Google Adds Miniscule Privacy Link to its Homepage Following Ask.com's addition of a Privacy link to their homepage and many of their search results pages amidst growing concerns around online privacy, Google follows suit and adds a Privacy link of their own to their homepage.
July 6, 2008	Top 10 Fourth of July Burger Search Terms For everyone who BBQ's for the Forth of July, Ask.com wanted to know what their users choose to put on top of their burgers. Cheese tops the list as the favorite.
July 4, 2008	Ask.com closes Dictionary.com deal Ask.com closes acquisition deal of Lexico Publishing Group, a privately held company based in Long Beach, CA and owner of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com.
July 3, 2008	Opera adds Ask.com search to Web browser Popular Web browser Opera now supports integrated search with Ask.com, adding the Ask.com search engine as option for Opera users when choosing their default search engine.
July 3, 2008	Ask.com closes acquisition of Dictionary.com Ask.com completes the acquisition of Lexico Publishing Group, owner of Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com. The acquisition was previously announced on May 15, 2008.
June 19, 2008	Ask Takes Google to Task on Privacy Ask.com makes their privacy policy easy to find with a new privacy policy link on its homepage, search results pages and on the landing pages of most of their verticals.
June 18, 2008	Ask.com Places Privacy Policy Link in Home Page Ask.com adds a new privacy policy link on its home page and search results pages making their privacy policy more easily accessible to users.
May 23, 2008	The Perfect Cosmo Sex and the City may have given the Cosmopolitan much of its popularity, but is it the most popular cocktail search on Ask.com? The Cosmopolitan ranks number two, only behind the Bloody Mary.
May 15, 2008	Ask.com aquires Dictionary.com, other Internet reference sites in search of better answers In an effort to distinguish itself from online search rivals Ask.com acquires Lexico Publishing Group, owner of reference sites Dictionary.com, Theasurous.com and Reference.com.
May 15, 2008	Ask.com buys Dictionary.com parent Lexico Ask.com's acquisition of Lexico Publishing Group expands Ask's audience by 11 percent to more than 145 million unique monthly users, making Ask.com the ninth-largest global Web property.
May 15, 2008	Ask.com Tried Again (and Not Just With Women) Ask.com remains committed to being a general-purpose search engine by acquiring Lexico Publishing Group, a family of reference sites that will help Ask grow their unique users and query volumes.
May 15, 2008	Ask.com Purchase Could Redefine Ad Sales and Targeting for Dictionary.com Ask.com's acquisition of the Lexico sites allows Ask to own its own content, monetize the Lexico family of sites, and cycle traffic between the sites back to Ask.
May 5, 2008	Travel Almanac: Summer Getaway Destinations Travel Almanac: Popular Summer Landmarks Travel Almanac: Family Friendly Vacation Spots Looking to get away this summer? Ask.com gives users a few travel ideas with their top 10 lists of most searched for summer getaway destinations, family friendly vacation spots, and the most popular U.S. landmarks.
May 2, 2008	Ask.com's Top Ten Honeymoon Destinations For all the brides and grooms -to-be this summer, Glaum Jaunt highlights Ask.com's list of the most searched for Honeymoon Destinations.
April 22, 2008	The 100 top Web Apps for 2008 Webware announces the winners for their 2008 Webware 100, the 100 best Web 2.0 applications on the web. Ask.com is acknowledged as a Webware 100 Award winner in the Search & Reference category.
April 18, 2008	Passover and Plagues Although the Ten Plagues of Egypt are ancient, Ask.com discovers that users are still searching on them today. Ask takes a look at the most searched for plagues just in time for Passover and Easter.
March 5, 2008	What Is Ask.com New Strategy? Ask.com's new CEO Jim Safka, announces a new strategy to refocus the company's products and marketing around their core user, concentrating on searches framed as questions.
Janaury 30, 2008	Ask.com Rises to the Top of Pack in Search Privacy Ask.com has a leg up on its rivals with its new privacy feature AskEraser, that puts users in control of their search data.
January 25, 2008	Ask Searches for Answers to Luring New Users Ask.com's new CEO, Jim Safka plans to narrow Ask.com's focus to who's using the site, and what they are using the site for, in order to help Ask.com grow
January, 23, 2008	Hello...Start Search Ask.com is the first of the big search companies to offer directions via voice with their new Click To Speak feature on their mobile platform.
January 9, 2008	IAC appoints Jim Safka CEO of Ask.com search unit Jim Safka has been appointed the new CEO of Ask.com. Safka served as CEO of IAC's online dating unit Match.com from 2004 to 2007.
January 4, 2008	Need Directions? All You Need to do is Just Ask.com With Ask.com's new Click To Speak mobile direction service, users can now say where they are going and get turn-by-turn directions sent back to them.
December 14, 2007	Ask.com's Top 10 has Google, but no Britney Ask.com's unvarnished end-of-year top ten search terms list is a noteworthy one, as much for what made the list as for what didn't.
December 12, 2007	Ask.com Flips the Privacy Switch With AskEraser, Ask.com takes an extreme departure from their previous data retention policy, and those of its rival search engines.
December 11, 2007	Ask.com Adds Privacy Tool to Let Users Erase Search Data Ask.com announces AskEraser, a new 'privacy switch' that lets users completely eraser their search queries and related data from the search engine's servers.
December 11, 2007	Ask.com to Let Users Erase Queries In a move hailed by privacy watchdogs, Ask.com announces AskEraser and becomes the first major search engine to let users decide whether it can keep records of their queries.
December 11, 2007	Ask.com Launches AskEraser Giving Searchers Ability to Search Anonymously Ask.com launches AskEraser giving searchers the ability to search anonymously. AskEraser will stop recording searches queries, cookie information, IP addresses User ID, Session ID and complete query text.
December 6, 2007	Google, Ask.com Weigh In On the Year in Search MySpace tops Ask.com's list of most popular search terms in 2007. Also according to Ask, Jennifer Lopez is the most searched for pregnant celebrity and Barack Obama the most searched for presidential candidate.
December 5, 2007	Ask.com Reveals Top Search Phrases for 2007 Ask.com announces its end-of-year top search term lists including; real deal searches, top presidential hopefuls, top sports searches, top TV show searches, as well as the most searched for pregnant celebs.
December 5, 2007	Whose Search Results Are You Going to Believe? Ask.com unveils an unadulterated ranking of people's search habits in 2007, providing an unvarnished view of the search landscape.
October 2, 2007	Bloglines Makes Announcements, Including OpenID Support Bloglines, a key innovator in online feed readers, announces the support of OpenID login in addition to new mobile features and new feed display personalization preferences.
October 2, 2007	Bloglines Supports OpenID, will support oAuth and APML Following a Bloglines Beta launch in August, Bloglines introduces a new Bloglines Mobile beta, new personalization features and support for OpenID.
August 19, 2007	Taking on Google is 'tasty', says Ask.com chief executive The Times explores what makes Ask.com unique as a competitor against Google. CEO, Jim Lanzone takes on the challenge with enthusiasm.
August 14, 2007	Slave for Sick Searches In response to the growing numbers of health searches, Ask.com launches Health Smart Answers to become an authoritative online source for medical problems.
August 14, 2007	American Increasingly Turn to Web for Health Data Ask.com turns an eye toward health with its new Health Smart Answers and the results from their media and health information poll performed by Harris Interactive Inc.
August 14, 2007	Ask.com on the Upswing Credited to Ask.com's June makeover and innovations in search, Ask showed the biggest gain among the search engines in the latest American Consumer Satisfaction Index survey.
August 14, 2007	Yahoo edges Google in US user satisfaction survey After improving its search technology and embarking on an ambitious advertising campaign, Ask.com's customer satisfaction ratings rose 5.6%.
August 14, 2007	Yahoo tops Google in customer satiation survey; but don't count out Ask.com, the survey's author says Ask.com masters evolution and revolution with this year's biggest increase in the Internet portals/search engine category of the ACSI rankings.
August 14, 2007	Yahoo, Ask, MSN Up in Customer Satisfaction as Google, AOL Slip Ask.com clearly understands customer satisfaction and consistently holds its own as the site jumps four points to 75% in the recent ACSI report.
August 13, 2007	How Search Engines Rate on Privacy As a result of a CNET survey on search engine privacy, Ask.com was cited as the most protective of user privacy against Google, Yahoo, MSN and AOL.
August 8, 2007	More Corporate greening: Ask.com plants tress, cuts energy use In an effort to offset its carbon emission and protect the environment, Ask.com partners with Dell to plant thousands of trees and build custom energy-efficient servers.
July 28, 2007	The Boss: I Fought the Law In his own words, Ask.com's CEO Jim Lanzone chronicles his career; from starting, and hating, law school to leading one of the top Internet properties on the Web.
July 23, 2007	Web-Search Privacy Efforts Move to Forefront Ask.com and Microsoft Corp announce new policies to kick-start an industrywide initiative to establish standard practices for retaining users' search histories.
July 23, 2007	Microsoft and Ask.com seek better privacy safeguards Two of the world's biggest internet search companies, Microsoft and Ask.com, are calling for the industry to develop better safeguards for protecting users' personal information.
July 20, 2007	When Asked, Ask to Stop Data Retention Ask.com announces AskEraser and plans to change its privacy policy, becoming the first major search engine to promise users privacy on the web.
July 20, 2007	Unlike Google, Ask.com to offer Real Privacy Controls With the introduction of AskEraser and Ask3D, Ask is fast becoming an even more attractive alternative to Google.
July 11, 2007	Ask.com to Open Wash. Data Site Ask.com will open a data center in Moses Lake, Washington to support its growing query volume and provide additional computing power for processor-intensive search services, including Ask3D.
June 1, 2007	New Blog Search Engine from Ask.com Ask.com's new blog and feed search is wrapped up with the best of Bloglines, making it one of the most useful blog search engines on the web.
June 1, 2007	Ask Combines Bloglines Index to Launch New Blog Search Engine Two great ideas come together; Ask.com's Expert Rank and Blogines merge to create the tool of choice for surfing the blogosphere.
June 28, 2007	Ask.com Takes Lead in Designing Display of Search Results Walt Mossberg, Personal Technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal, reviews Ask3D.
June 5, 2007	When it came to search, the butler didn't do it: So Ask.com has done away with Jeeves Ask.com releases a revamped version of its search engine in the form of Ask3D: A change in interface and upgrade in search technology designed to enhance user search experience.
June 5, 2007	Major changes afoot for Ask Ask.com launches Ask3D, a new look that delivers more relevant and complete results.
June 5, 2007	Ask.com Enhances Search Format The new Ask.com does the digging for you with its new search format and Morph technology.
June 5, 2007	A Makeover at Ask.com: A New Look and More Ask differentiates itself from competitors with the launch of Ask3D, a new three-panel interface with unique search functionality.
June 5, 2007	Ask Launches New Search Engine Interface Ask launches Ask3D with a bold new look and unique new features.
June 4, 2007	Ask3D brings a fresh look to search With the launch of Ask3D, Ask is bringing search out of the 20th century with a new interface, a new technology and a new way to search.
June 4, 2007	Major Relaunch For Ask: Ask3D Ask leads in innovations in the search industry with the major relaunch of Ask3D.
January 2, 2007	2007: Web 2.0 Companies I Couldn't Live Without AskCity is identified as a top web 2.0 startup company which users shouldn't live without.
December 26, 2006	Ask.com: Search at your service PC Magazine reviews Ask.com as an intuitive and uncluttered approach to search.
December 7, 2006	Ask.com takes a new direction Ask offers new local search features with Ask3D that competitors aren't.
December 4, 2006	The Butler Didn't Do It, So AskCity Zeros In On Local Street Smarts Ask releases AskCity to the public, a service that supplements maps with data on businesses, restaurants, entertainment, and much more.
December 4, 2006	New search service links Diller's Web territories; Ask.com will let users arrange outings without leaving sites owned by IAC/InterActiveCorp. Ask.com is emerging as IAC's unifying property for its investments with AskCity, a service which utilizes all IAC's web properties enabling users to find what they want faster.
December 4, 2006	Ask.com takes local search to higher level in battle with Yahoo, Google Ask joins the contested territory of local search listings with the launch of AskCity.
December 4, 2006	Ask.com Launches New Web Service for Local Searches Ask's unveiling of AskCity is expected to boost revenue by increasing overall traffic to Ask.com.
December 4, 2006	A daily dose of postings from The Chronicle's technology blog Ask brings a fresh look to local search with Ask3D offering an array of new services.
December 4, 2006	Ask.com Gets Local AskCity maintains Ask's commitment to the consumer by not posting advertisements on its recently launched local search tool.
December 4, 2006	Ask.com's AskCity Launches: Local, Events & Mapping Interface AskCity presents business, event, movie, and map information all in one user-friendly search window.
December 4, 2006	Ask.com's AskCity Ask supplements the user experience with the launch of its new user-friendly local search, AskCity.
December 3, 2006	AskCity: Ask's Cool New Local Search Service AskCity offers more than just a mapping service with AskCity, a new and original local search tool.
December 3, 2006	AskCity Launches. It's cool. Ask attracts users from competitors with the release of AskCity, a local search tool loaded with travel features.
December 3, 2006	Ask.com Unveils New Local Search Ask integrates parent company IAC's web properties into its new AskCity.
November 20, 2006	On the Record: Jim Lanzone Ask.com is recognized as an un-ignorable search competitor with its rapid growth in the search engine market.
November 6, 2006	Diller Weaves a Web Ask.com identified as the corporate glue to bring IAC/InterActiveCorp web properties into a united internet cluster.
June 15, 2006	The un-Google Ask.com, along with other search engines, is highlighted as a competitive alternative to Google. Ask.com's ExpertRank technology is cited as on par and in some cases better than its rivals.
June 3, 2006	Ask.com: Google's up-and-coming rival In a review of Ask.com's search engine, Ask is referenced as offering people a great search experience by providing unique tools and features that Google, Yahoo and MSN lack.
March 30, 2006	Ask.com's New Look Scores Big Points Against Search Rivals Walt Mossberg, Personal Technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal, reviews Ask.com.
January 26, 2006	Searching For a Better Image Search Engine Watch Editor Chris Sherman reviews Ask.com's new proprietary image search product, citing it as his new default image search going forward.
August 15, 2005	Ask Debuts New Sponsored Ad System Ask makes Ask Sponsored Listings available for general use to all online advertisers.
August 1, 2005	Ask to Add its Own Ad Network Search Engine to Continue Using Google, Too Ask launches a new competitive advertising product, Ask Sponsored Listings. The new system gives current advertisers on Ask access to an automated system that allows for easy targeting of specific audiences and measurability of campaign success.
August 1, 2005	Ask Adds Paid Listings Ask launches Ask Sponsored Listings, a new pay-per-click advertising product allowing Ask to directly reach advertisers, including small businesses.
June 1, 2006	Ask Debuts Blog & Feed Search Ask.com new blog and feed search is credited as a high quality alternative for finding information on the blogosphere, with a number of unique tools not found on competing services.
May 26, 2005	Ask Improves Response Time Ask launches two new features to improve users' search experience: Web Answers, a feature designed to provide more immediate answers to queries, and Zoom, a feature designed to help users determine the precise objective of their searches.
May 25, 2005	Ask Launches New Zoom and Answering Services Ask continues it's resurgence by offering two new features based on how customers use Ask: Zoom, Ask.com's related search product and Web Answers, an expanded query answering service.
April 5, 2005	Wants to Reign in Spain Ask continues its international expansion by launching a beta version of its service in Spain. Ask has plans for continued expansion throughout Europe and globally.
March 22, 2005	Diller's Search Finds Ask Ask receives offer to be acquired by IAC/InterActive/Corp. The acquisition will potentially give Ask access to vaster resources, allowing to continue to build upon its recent resurgence as one of the top search engines on the Internet.
March 10, 2005	Search Engines Build a Better Mousetrap Ask will introduce a new product this spring, Direct Answers From Search, expanding on its current abilities to directly deliver
February 8, 2005	It's Official: Ask Acquires Bloglines Ask , Inc. has undergone a retooling from top-to-bottom. Recent acquisitions, along with product innovations, has made Ask one of the top Internet search engines.
November 22, 2004	In Search, the Butler Did it Ask receives offer to be acquired by IAC/InterActive/Corp. The acquisition will potentially give Ask access to vaster resources, allowing to continue to build upon its recent resurgence as one of the top search engines on the Internet.
November 12, 2004	Search Wars - Which is the Best? In a head-to-head match-up between Ask, Google, Yahoo, MSN and A9, Ask wins the overall competition by being the only search engine to provide quality results to all the tests that were given.
September 21, 2004	Ask Retools Search Engine in Bid to Catch Google, Yahoo Ask, Inc. gains ground on its larger competitors by offering evolutionary features in the area of personalized search . The product is free and does not require registration
September 21, 2004	Ask.com, Amazon Offer New Search Tools In Challenge to Google Ask , Inc. launches MyStuff, a personal search system allowing users to save links to their favorite sites and the ability to search through these sites on a continual basis. Ask is the first major search engine to offer such a feature.
August 19, 2004	Ask Searches for Profits, Gets Results Ask, Inc. gains ground on its larger competitors by offering evolutionary features in the area of personalized search . The product is free and does not require registration
August 4, 2004	Ask to Start Offering Citysearch Content Ask teams up with Citysearch, announcing a partnership designed to enhance Ask.com's local search offering to its users by combining Citysearch's content-rich structured data with Ask Smart Search technology.
June 21, 2004	Ask Sharpens Its Focus Ask launches Binoculars, a site preview tool designed to help users save time when searching for relevant results to their queries, and several new "Smart Search" short cuts, bringing relevant answers to users instead of just "10 blue links."