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In December 2007, Microsoft acquired MultiMap, which offers features that are focused on the UK, and created quite quite a stir when it accidentally forced UK users to use it over Live Maps. In mid-April, Ask UK made a surprising move when it switched away from its mapping service and decided to start using Multimap. Ask UK decided that MultiMap was better than Live Maps and Ask Maps, so it rolled out the service on its website.
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via ArsTechnica @ 16:27 2nd Jul
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As of this writing, there are five top Internet search engines: Google, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, and Ask.com, and while Google and Yahoo! get a lot of the press (particularly lately), the Ask.com search engine is a rather interesting engine that deserves a closer look. This article will cover some of the highlights in its 12-year history, from its start as Ask Jeeves to its innovations, as well as the most recent developments behind the scenes.
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via IT Business Net @ 4:50 28th May
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Pole Position on Photobucket for Ask.com Photobucket has struck up a deal with Ask.com that sees the image sharing website include Ask.com search boxes on its site. The two search boxes on the main Photobucket page are now powered by Ask.com and include the search engine's logo at the side of each one.
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via Big Mouth Media @ 12:35 11th Jul
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Lexico Publishing Group, a Long Beach-based firm that operates the Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com web sites, has been acquired by search provider Ask.com, in an all-cash deal. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Ask.com said that Lexico helps expand the firm's monthly unique visitors by 15.6M. Ask said that Lexico is profitbale, and has been seeing high double digit growth for the past two years. Lexico was founded in 1995 by Brian Kariger and Daniel Fierro. Ask.com is an operating unit of IAC.
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via SoCalTech @ 3:23 17th May
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Ask.com points at privacy Issuing an open letter to the public, Ask.com has outlined the hows and whys of its latest website development - the addition of a link to its privacy policy on its homepage and company pages, following a request from privacy advocates that
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via Big Mouth Media @ 13:06 19th Jun
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Ask.com's acquisition of Dictionary.com publisher Lexico Publishing Group means more ad inventory for Ask and a full-fledged sales force for Lexico.
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via ClickZ Today @ 18:16 15th May
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Ask Playbill.com is a weekly Playbill.com column that answers questions about theatre, generated by readers and Playbill.com staff, every Thursday. To ask a question, email AskPlaybill@Playbill.com. Please specify how you would like your name displayed and please include the city in which you live.
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via Playbill @ 0:03 4th Jul
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Ask Playbill.com is a weekly Playbill.com column that answers questions about theatre, generated by readers and Playbill.com staff, every Thursday. To ask a question, email AskPlaybill@Playbill.com. Please specify how you would like your name displayed and please include the city in which you live.
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via Playbill @ 0:56 23rd May
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- May, 2008 -- Ask.com (www.ask.com), a leading search engine and wholly-owned business of IAC (Nasdaq:IACI), today announced an agreement to acquire Lexico Publishing Group LLC -- the owner of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com, in an all-cash transaction. More than half a billion monthly worldwide searches consist of dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedia queries, according to comScore.
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via Internet Ad Sales @ 12:10 27th May
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LONDON, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Ask.com (http://www.ask.com), a leading search engine and wholly-owned business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI - News), today announced an agreement to acquire Lexico Publishing Group LLC - the owner of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com, in an all-cash transaction. More than half a billion monthly worldwide searches consist of dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedia queries, according to comScore.
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via Yahoo! Canada @ 9:14 15th May
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OAKLAND, Calif., July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ask.com (http://www.ask.com), a leading search engine and wholly-owned business of IAC , today announced the completion of the previously announced agreement to acquire Lexico Publishing Group LLC, owner of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com.
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via Stockwatch @ 15:02 3rd Jul
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OAKLAND, Calif., July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ask.com (http://www.ask.com), a leading search engine and wholly-owned business of IAC IACI, today announced the completion of the previously announced agreement to acquire Lexico Publishing Group LLC, owner of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com.
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via PR Newswire via MSN Money @ 13:28 3rd Jul
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OAKLAND, Calif., July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ask.com (http://www.ask.com), a leading search engine and wholly-owned business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI - News), today announced the completion of the previously announced agreement to acquire Lexico Publishing Group LLC, owner of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com.
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via Yahoo! Canada @ 13:29 3rd Jul
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OAKLAND, Calif., July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ask.com (http://www.ask.com), a leading search engine and wholly-owned business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), today announced the completion of the previously announced agreement to acquire Lexico Publishing Group LLC, owner of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com.
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via Macro World Investor @ 13:30 3rd Jul
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OAKLAND, Calif., May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ask.com (http://www.ask.com), a leading search engine and wholly-owned business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), today announced an agreement to acquire Lexico Publishing Group LLC - the owner of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Reference.com, in an all-cash transaction. More than half a billion monthly worldwide searches consist of dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedia queries, according to comScore.
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via Macro World Investor @ 10:09 15th May
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Losing its independence on Independence Day, Lexico is now part of the Ask.com family, as IAC’s (NSDQ: IACI) portal completes its purported $100 million cash acquisition of the Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com operator. Announcing the completion, which had been expected in Q3, Ask.com Jim Safka: “The combination… significantly expands our audience reach, and aligns perfectly with our customers’ needs.”
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via PaidContent.org @ 0:04 5th Jul
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owned business Ask.com will acquire Lexico Publishing Group in a deal that is expected to grow the Ask network by nearly 150 million users.
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via TheStreet.com @ 12:44 15th May
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Opera added Ask.com, a leading search engine, to the latest version of the Opera desktop browser, Opera 9.51.Opera today added Ask.com, a leading search engine, to the latest version of the Opera desktop browser, Opera 9.51.
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via Huliq.com @ 5:43 5th Jul
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It looks like Ask.com is planning on having words with its competitors It's been reported that Ask.com has agreed to acquire privately-held Lexico Publishing - the company that owns word-heavy sites Dictionary.com, Thesauras.com and Reference.com - for an estimated $100 million.
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via Big Mouth Media @ 19:33 16th May
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OAKLAND, Calif., May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grab your sunscreen and towel, and don't forget the sunglasses. Memorial Day officially starts the summer travel season and 178 million adults are online, many searching for the hottest vacation destinations. To help those having trouble deciding where to go this summer, Ask.com has released its lists of the most searched travel destinations on Ask.com.
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via Macro World Investor @ 12:10 27th May
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QUESTION: Is now a good time to borrow against my 401(k) to pay off other loans? My current investment return is 5 percent, while the interest I'll pay is 9 percent.
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via Smart Money @ 15:15 21st Jul
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May 15, 2008 (Globes - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- IACI | news | PowerRating | PR Charts
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via TradingMarkets @ 18:16 15th May
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CHICAGO (Business Wire) -- Ocean Tomo LLC today announced several recent postings and activity on its newest IP transaction marketplace, the Patent/Bid-Ask(TM) platform, or P/B-A(TM) platform (www.PatentBidAsk.com). Two featured Asks, or offers to sell, including a $3.6M Ask for IP related to Inkjet Digital Printing and a $3M Ask for IP related to therapeutic uses of 13-Cis-Retinoic Acid, are available for immediate purchase and represent a small sampling of the quality and diversity of activity recently initiated on P/B-A.
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via Globe Investor @ 13:22 8th Jul
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