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Ask Jeeves A Question? Why Bother?
The whole idea behind Ask Jeeves' marketing efforts is that
they make searching simple. Unfortunately, in several ways,
Ask Jeeves makes searching frustrating. Especially frustrating
are the five paid sponsor matches that appear at the top of
each search result page, right below the rather large banner
ad space. Basically, if you set your monitor at the standard
800x600 resolution, all you will see are advertisements when
you do a search at Ask Jeeves. They have made significant
improvements recently by acquiring the Teoma search engine
and providing "normal" search engine results following
their "Ask Jeeves A Question" results. Still, if
you want to find something on the Internet, Ask Jeeves is
not the ideal place to start. We have never seen a site listed
on Ask Jeeves that we can't find on another search engine
easier.
Despite the frustrating user experience, people are visiting
Ask Jeeves and searching for businesses, so you need to be
listed. Ask Jeeves maintains two search engine databases,
one database of sites indexed by their spider, and one database
of sites submitted through their paid listing service. Being
listed on other major search engines and directories, and
having links back to your site will lead to being spidered
and listed by Ask Jeeves. Through ineedhits.com, you can submit
multiple urls to Ask Jeeves and Teoma. Do not fear that your
site will be removed from the Ask Jeeves free listing database
if you pay for a listing. The two databases are completely
independent. If you're game, you can always try emailing Ask
Jeeves for a free listing. Include your url, title, and a
brief site description. Who knows, it may work. It used to.
AOL Netfind Search Engine Analysis
URL:
http://www.ask.com/
FREE ADD URL:
None.
THE KEY:
Pay them.
DIRECTORY:
Click on "Browse by Subject" tab at the top. The
Ask Jeeves directory is a copy of the Open Directory (http://dmoz.org).
SEARCH RESULTS:
Come back next week. Everything is changing RIGHT NOW.
RELATIONSHIPS:
Ask Jeeves' search products are currently used by About.com,
InfoSpace, iWon, MSN and Lycos.
ASK JEEVES PRESS RELEASES:
Ask Jeeves, Inc. Press Center
ASK JEEVES NEWS FROM OTHER SOURCES
Hoovers Online - Ask Jeeves, Inc.
CNN.com / SCI-TECH - Ask Jeeves seeks to solve search query
ECommerceTimes.com - Compaq, Web TV 'Ask Jeeves' For More
InfoWorld.com - Ask Jeeves buys search company Teoma
InfoWorld.com - Ask Jeeves solves search query
CRMDaily.com - Jeeves Launches Self-Service CRM
TOOLS:
Jeeves IQ - Ask Jeeves's List of Top Searches
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