Ask Jeeves To Get New Look

[Justawoman]

SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Question: What well-known Internet search engine continues to lag industry leaders no matter how smart it becomes?

Answer: Ask Jeeves Inc.

The Oakland-based company on Thursday is launching its latest effort to win more fans. The hook: A new feature designed to provide more immediate answers to inquiries.

With the change, Ask Jeeves will display a "Web Answer" to many of the requests its search engine processes. For instance, if someone enters "world's largest lake" into Ask.com's search box, the top result will include a snippet listing the Caspian Sea, including its size and location.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/05/27/askjeeves.answer.ap/index.html

Does anyone here use Ask Jeeves?

[Noseypoo]

Can't say I've ever used it {fonzy}

[Justawoman]

It was suppose to be all the rage. You type in a question and it gets the answer for you. I never got it to work right. It would always throw me into sites that had nothing to do with what I needed. I use to use webcrawler when we first got on the net about 8 years ago. Now it is google all the time.

[Noseypoo]

I always used Google to look up stuff {thumbsu}

[jamesglewisf]

When I read this thread title, I thought Ask Jeeves had a new service where they would help you get a new look. I was curious how it worked.

[SusiePie]

Occasionally I use Ask Jeeves, but I find that Google gives me a lot better results.