Comments on: Ask.com: Is 5% not enough? http://thenextweb.com/2008/01/10/askcom-is-5-not-enough/ International technology news, business & culture Wed, 16 May 2012 20:46:10 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Marek http://thenextweb.com/2008/01/10/askcom-is-5-not-enough/#comment-359754 Marek Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:09:47 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/2008/01/10/askcom-is-5-not-enough/#comment-359754 @ Joop Did you mention wikea.com? I went there and it said "the domain name is for sale". So you're making quite high-risk bids it seems. @ Joop

Did you mention wikea.com? I went there and it said “the domain name is for sale”. So you’re making quite high-risk bids it seems.

]]> By: Jack http://thenextweb.com/2008/01/10/askcom-is-5-not-enough/#comment-359753 Jack Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:08:52 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/2008/01/10/askcom-is-5-not-enough/#comment-359753 I'd leverage the 'Social Ads' technology that we're going to unleash on the world during early February. But that's just me. And I'm biased. (Balls to ad:sense.) I’d leverage the ‘Social Ads’ technology that we’re going to unleash on the world during early February. But that’s just me. And I’m biased. (Balls to ad:sense.)

]]> By: Joop http://thenextweb.com/2008/01/10/askcom-is-5-not-enough/#comment-359752 Joop Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:00:26 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/2008/01/10/askcom-is-5-not-enough/#comment-359752 "Monetizing traffic and turning visitors into users isn’t easy." Okay, let me give a user response on Ask; not on the management. Imagine that my parents would be aware of chosing a search engine besides live, google or MSN; if he did, he would find the same dissapointment as most users have found. Ask.com is just not crawling as much (useful results) as Google does. It's to bad, because I love ask.com, its AJAX frontend; customized results (like Daum) and privacy mode... I would instead put my money on wikea.com. Since they are a new player and they have a serious chance to create the fuzz and expand their userbase . Ask.com needs to find a way to get to the late majority; not only with innovation but with simple search quality. “Monetizing traffic and turning visitors into users isn’t easy.” Okay, let me give a user response on Ask; not on the management. Imagine that my parents would be aware of chosing a search engine besides live, google or MSN; if he did, he would find the same dissapointment as most users have found. Ask.com is just not crawling as much (useful results) as Google does. It’s to bad, because I love ask.com, its AJAX frontend; customized results (like Daum) and privacy mode… I would instead put my money on wikea.com. Since they are a new player and they have a serious chance to create the fuzz and expand their userbase . Ask.com needs to find a way to get to the late majority; not only with innovation but with simple search quality.

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