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Innovative Search Tools, Advanced Search Technology and Sleek Design Help Users Search Faster
OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Internet searchers can take advantage of a better search experience: the new Ask.com. Formerly known as Ask Jeeves, the new Ask.com offers differentiated search technology, instinctive search tools and a sleek design to help people get what they need faster. With a new brand that represents the Ask.com of today and reflects the significant advancements the engine has undergone in recent years, Jeeves the butler has retired from the site.
"The new Ask.com is the culmination of years of innovation, combining the most advanced core search technology with one-of-a-kind tools that make search better," said Steve Berkowitz, CEO of Ask.com. "People deserve a search engine that gives them the tools to get what they need faster, not just a bunch of links on a page. Ask.com takes search to the next level."
The new Ask.com features include:
-- New Homepage: A new sleek design, the page is cleaner and more
straightforward.
-- The Ask.com "Toolbox": Homepage shortcuts to more than 20 search
tools, including maps, images, weather, dictionary, local and
desktop search. The Toolbox is easily customizable to include the
tools someone uses most. The Toolbox can be opened or closed
depending on user preference.
-- Ask.com Maps: New and improved Maps and Driving Directions that
combine an AJAX-based interface with a differentiated set of mapping
tools to create the easiest way to build an itinerary. Includes:
-- Drag-able location pins that automatically recalculate
directions, even when you don't know the address
-- Right-click to add a location for any point on a map
-- Build an itinerary with up to 10 locations
-- Get walking directions, in addition to driving -- an industry
first that allows consumers to find the best way to get to
their destination on foot (great for city-dwellers)
-- Hit a "Play" button to take a visual test drive of your
directions (great for forks in the road)
-- Open and close a left-hand information panel to enable wider
map view
-- Overhead map views taken through aerial photography, which
provides better visual resolution than satellite photos for
most locations
-- Encyclopedia Search: Utilizing content from Wikipedia, Houghton
Mifflin and Columbia, Ask.com displays direct answers right at the
top of the results page.
-- Web-based Desktop Search: Ask.com Desktop Search users now have the
ability to access their files and emails through their Web browser,
in addition to a standalone application. Ask.com is the only search
engine to offer both choices. Ask.com Desktop Search can now be
accessed via the new Ask.com Toolbar.
-- Shaded Sponsored Listings: Ask.com now has the fewest ads of any
major search destination on the first screen of results. With Smart
Answers, Ask.com is also the only search engine to place editorial
results above advertisements.
"The new Ask.com is like having a speed dial to the best search has to offer." said Jim Lanzone, general manager of Ask.com U.S. "With the new site, we've continued our singular focus of innovating at the core of search - where it matters most to people. We've put unique search tools in the right place, at the right time, freeing people from wading through endless links so they can get to the good stuff faster."
The new site and search tools at Ask.com build on the innovative technologies the company has launched in recent years, including:
-- ExpertRank: Ask.com's proprietary algorithmic search technology,
which ranks results based on popularity within topic communities on
the Web, rather than simply by link popularity.
-- Smart Answers: Ask.com pioneered Smart Answers, which provide
shortcuts to answers and tools at the top of the search results
page. Ask.com offers broader coverage of these shortcuts than any
major search engine.
-- Binoculars preview tool: Allows searchers to preview Web sites by
simply mousing over the binoculars icon within their search results.
-- Zoom related search: Conceptually-related suggestions to narrow or
expand a query.
-- Critically-acclaimed Image search.
-- Web Answers: Direct answers harnessed from the billions of pages in
the Ask.com index. While expanding its capabilities to all areas of
search, Ask.com has continued to lead the industry in the area of
question-answering and natural language.
-- MyStuff (formerly MyJeeves): The first personalized search service
for saving, sharing, and organizing search results.
"Today's launch is a pivotal moment in our history, ensuring a well-known and much-loved search engine continues at the forefront of the evolution of the Internet search market," concluded Lanzone. "With the new Ask.com, coupled with the backing of our parent company IAC/InterActiveCorp, we have developed a platform for the future of search where new search tools and content will be increasingly integrated within the search engine to meet consumer demand."
B-Roll footage of the new Web site and tools, as well as sound bites from Steve Berkowitz regarding the new Ask.com is available at http://www.thenewsmarket.com/ask.
About Ask.com
A leading search engine on the Web, Ask.com combines world-class search technology with one-of-a-kind search tools to help people get what they are looking for faster. Ask.com sites include Ask.com US (http://www.ask.com/), Ask.com Deutschland, Ask.com Espana, Ask.com Japan and Ask.com UK. Additionally, Ask.com syndicates its search technology and advertising units to a network of affiliate partners. Ask.com is a division of IAC Search & Media, a wholly- owned business of IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI).
DATASOURCE: Ask Jeeves, Inc
CONTACT: Patrick Crisp of Ask.com, +1-510-985-7696, or ;
or Aimee Yoon of Dotted Line Communications, +1-617-267-9794, or
, for Ask Jeeves, Inc
Web site: http://www.ask.com/