...And you shall receive

27 February 2006

Ask (not Ask Jeeves anymore) have just launched a new version of their search site, and it’s a big improvement. Other then dropping Jeeves, they’re really simplified their home page, with a nice ajax based tool panel and simplified look.

Their basic search pages are a lot nicer too – admittedly they look like a red Google, but they have some nice features such as roll-over site previews and less ads then you see on Google. Their newer maps app is still very poor, though.

In general – other then the maps section – ask.com feels a lot more up to date then Google does these days, with sprinklings of javascript all over the place, but I really don’t think it’ll be enough – Google have too much mind share these days (of course, people said that about Alta Vista too…).

What will be interesting is if Ask’s developments, along with Yahoo’s and MSN’s, will provoke Google into doing something new and interesting with their search – they’ve certainly got the resources…

From: Articles

27 February 2006