Comments on: Ask Laying off Workers, Search?

By: Piper

Piper — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:14:42 +0000

This is no surprise. Between the low volume, the generally poor quality of their sponsored search (at least in my experience), and the fact that normal are barely aware of Ask’s existence, I’m amazed that they’ve lasted as long as they have.

By: Diane Aull

Diane Aull — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:57:44 +0000

@Jordan So, celebrity gossip, fashion, recipes and “work-life balance” career tips = in. Looking up obscure baseball stats, seeking instructions for overclocking my CPU or product shopping for power tools = probably out. Unless the baseball stats are for the AAGPBL, maybe?

@Steven I agree, sad day. Especially since it’s not Tuesday (or Friday) and anyway last month didn’t start with a “J”. *sigh*

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:39:58 +0000

Diane you can use Ask, but only on alternate Tuesdays or the second Friday of any month following a month that begins with the letter “J” Confusing I know, but the rules can be found deep withing the help section.

Kind of a sad day. I think many have been rooting for Ask.

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:45:39 +0000

@Diane—I think digerati status trumps demographics. So, no. You’re banned. Unless you want to ask it questions about “womanly things.”

By: Diane Aull

Diane Aull — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:24:26 +0000

So, if you are (as I am) a member of the “digerati” *AND* a southern female over the age of 30, do you get to use ASK now or not?

By: Mike Montague

Mike Montague — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:09:19 +0000

That is a sure-fire indication that their dumping their search engine and Teoma. I also think Jim Safka sounds really confused about how to manage the brand effectively. They just don’t seem to have a cohesive plan together.