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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's ExpertRank ranking algorithm gives relevant search results by identifying the most authoritative sites on the Web: With ExpertRank, it’s not just about which sites are the biggest: it’s about which ones are the best. Ask.com sites include Ask.com US (www.Ask.com ), Ask.com Deutschland, Ask.com Espana, Ask.com France, Ask.com Italia, Ask.com Japan, Ask.com Nederland and Ask.com UK. Additionally, Ask.com syndicates its search technology and advertising units to a network of affiliate partners. |
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- Ask.com is the second largest pure search engine on the Web.
- Search is the second most used activity on the Web after email. The search market is expected to grow to $19.4 billion in 2009 from $5.8 billion in 2004 (Goldman Sachs).
- In September 2001, Ask.com acquired Teoma Technologies, Inc., a next generation search technology that is the core of the Ask search engine.
- Founded in 1996, Ask.com is a pioneer in Internet search and became part of IAC in July 2005.
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Ask.com Puts You in Control of Your Search Privacy with the Launch of 'AskEraser'
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| Ask.com(R) ( http://www.ask.com ), a leading search engine and wholly-owned business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), today announced the launch of AskEraser(TM), the first product to give consumers privacy control over their online searches. ... |
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Ask.com Unveils Ask3D
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| Ask.com®, a leading search engine and wholly-owned business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), today unveiled Ask3D, a completely re-engineered and redesigned version of Ask.com... |
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