Lord_Majestic - 1:58 pm on Mar 3, 2008 (gmt 0)

I can't think of any reason why Ask would use Google.

More money maybe? Right now it is a good time to extort good consessions from Google in light of Microsoft/Yahoo situation - I am sure Microsoft would be interested in getting their own stuff (however bad it is) used at Ask as it would allow to capture few more percents of market share.