robzilla - 3:33 pm on Apr 8, 2009 (gmt 0)

Are you getting this message when you try a site: search on Ask.com?

We are currently experiencing an unusually large amount of Web searches. Please try your search again.

They may be prioritizing some queries over others. There are two solutions to get it to work:

1. If there is particular word that appears on every page throughout your site, as part of your site name or a copyright notice, for example, you can use word site:www.example.com

2. Access Ask through a country-specific domain, like [uk.ask.com,...] and try a site:www.example.com query there.