Dear Ask.com: I've been watching your most recent television ads that show off your blended search results by demonstrating a search for "eagles of death metal" and felt compelled to write a blog post about the commercial. First, of course, I had to try out your demonstration search. So I typed "eagles" and out popped some search suggestions from the … [Read more...]
Ask.com TV Ad Targeted To SEMs?
I confess I don't quite understand what Ask.com is trying to do with their current television commercial (I saw it during a recent Colbert Report): Algorithm?!? Who, aside from search engine marketers (SEMs), understands what that means? I seriously doubt they're going to increase their market share among general search engine users with this commercial. So, assuming, of … [Read more...]