Comments on: The Ask Attempt http://www.katemorris.com/2008/06/the-ask-attempt.html Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:43:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Eric Lander http://www.katemorris.com/2008/06/the-ask-attempt.html/comment-page-1#comment-19 Eric Lander Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:06:20 +0000 http://www.longhornkate.com/?p=61#comment-19 Ask has committed major blunders. So much so that as a brand, they cannot recover. For me, I'd like to say that I'm impressed with their tools and user innovations... I mean, Ask City was wonderfully addictive. I use the past tense there because even if it's still available, their commitment to users is not. Gary Price was key in innovating Ask in the search space. The tools and experience proved they did many things right. Sadly, in a down economy, their company is worried more about turning a profit which is difficult as a tertiary engine with less than 1.5% market share. I’m not sure I’d be referring people to Yahoo! just yet though. While they have the reputation and users to endorse industry change and innovation – they’re still a goat thanks to the Microsoft bids and Google partnership. They’ve also lost some good people. Bowman comes to mind. Ask has committed major blunders. So much so that as a brand, they cannot recover. For me, I’d like to say that I’m impressed with their tools and user innovations… I mean, Ask City was wonderfully addictive.

I use the past tense there because even if it’s still available, their commitment to users is not.

Gary Price was key in innovating Ask in the search space. The tools and experience proved they did many things right. Sadly, in a down economy, their company is worried more about turning a profit which is difficult as a tertiary engine with less than 1.5% market share.

I’m not sure I’d be referring people to Yahoo! just yet though. While they have the reputation and users to endorse industry change and innovation – they’re still a goat thanks to the Microsoft bids and Google partnership. They’ve also lost some good people. Bowman comes to mind.

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