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For instance, a person seeking an image can use the search bar and ask: "What does a jaguar look like?" The results will display images of jaguars as well as a list of search results.
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WBF
Easily search for Pictures, News or Products simply by clicking on the button under the Ask Jeeves search box.
But it appears they forgot to put these under the search box on the main page. Makes it a two-step process. Click 'search pictures,' go to Most Popular Picture Searches (ignore Britney), then start your search.
Pointless.
Had crawled the heck out of one site until the 17th, grabbed each page about 3 times in two weeks. Site had previously always been well-crawled, just not as extensively.
Its a great idea and I hope it works out ... but I think they have a lot of work ... not to mention indexing still to do! :)
I emphatically pointed this out and they not only stopped trying to frame me, but began sending me a lot of traffic based on a certain kind of Ask query phraseology.
Mike
They say
Easily search for Pictures, News or Products simply by clicking on the button under the Ask Jeeves search box.
But it appears they forgot to put these under the search box on the main page. Makes it a two-step process. Click 'search pictures,' go to Most Popular Picture Searches (ignore Britney), then start your search.
Pointless.
Or you can just ask for a picture of.. say ..Chris Webber
I know it's time consuming to ask. :)
oh, to be fair...
picture kobe bryant
GO KINGS!
I've got relatives that really enjoy using AskJeeves because they say
"you can type in a question and it gives you an answer."
While the same is true of all search engines I don't know of any that emphasise the "natural language" approach as offered up by Jeeves and his "what can I help you find today".
And while the site design might be ugly (although at least it IS a design where other engines just put a logo!) after you type something to search for the page of results is broken down so that a user can see..typing in "Cars" as a keyword..
1. Where can I find information on the new xxx
2. Where can I research or buy a xxx
3. Where can I find a quote for xxxx
4. What kind of extended warranty is best for my vehicle?
And this kind of reasoning makes sense to some of the people I know. Also, these people don't care who is supplying who or whether it was paid for or not(which is also something that can sometimes be overlooked when deep in the SEO debates).
They only want an answer.
I rarely use AskJeeves but then I don't consider myself an AskJeeves target, but for those that do I know they think that "the butler is so helpful!"
I'd really like some proper data on AskJeeves target market, as I would the others. Not "we supply 70% of all searches", but something that tells me more about the real end users. This kind of information would be really handy as you could then direct users coming from search engines to a site design that reflected that search engines demographic (ooops, is that cloaking!).
Mary aged 60 is not going to have learnt the same usability rules for website surfing as James, 25, who's just completed a degree in Computer Science. And at the end of the day that could cost you a conversion, and I would like my clients to succeed instead!
Glyn.
anyone actually get good traffic from ASK?
I'm seeing an increase on hits to very deep pages...
anyone actually get good traffic from ASK?
I get many visitors from ASK -- only trouble is, I'm paying for them through AdWords. I think that the biggest issue standing in the way from actually seeing and realizing ASK-based traffic, is the fact that actual SERPS are too far "below the fold"
Yes 4th after G, Y!, MSN. Good quality to and it is growing. All on a free listing.
