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diff --git a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Tue/ask.txt b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Tue/ask.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..42f486e --- /dev/null +++ b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.04.07/Tue/ask.txt @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +Ask has redesigned its default search page and introduced some new features. The company is touting the new results page, dubbed "Ask 3D," as a "[major leap forward][3]" for search. [Ask 3D][1] features a new three-panel interface which integrates additional multimedia content -- images, videos and music -- along with the traditional text-based results. + +Although Google dominates the search market, pulling in nearly fifty percent of all online search queries, Ask has its small, but loyal audience as well -- 5 percent according the comScore's April numbers. + +And those existing users will likely enjoy some of the new features, which push personalization over generic search results. + +The most obvious change is the merging of all types of search into a single page. The new search results page is divided into three sections -- hence the "Ask3D" -- with the left side containing a search box and links to expand or narrow results. + +The center section contains traditional Web results. Highlights in the section are page previews complete with information like whether the page requires plug-ins, if there are "pop up" windows on loading, page size and download time (based on a 56K modem connection). + +The right column of the search results page contains auxiliary search results such as images, Wikipedia, dictionary and blog results. + +There's also a new video search, powered by Blinkx, which offer the ability to see video previews by moving your mouse over the thumbnail image. + +Ask now features customizable skins and options for saving and sharing results with other users via folders of "MyStuff". + +For more detailed information on all the new features check out the [Ask about page][2]. + +All in all Ask's relaunch is impressive and features make the site easier to use and more content rich, but at the same time Ask has a long road ahead of it if it wants to continue competing with Google. + +[2]: http://about.ask.com/en/docs/about/site_features.shtml "Ask: Site Features" +[1]: http://www.ask.com/ "Ask.com" +[3]: http://blog.ask.com/2007/06/introducing_ask.html "Introducing Ask3D - A Truly New Way to Search"
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