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JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

Ask.com hopes to make search faster, more relevant

Technology Oct. 06, 2008 - 02:43PM JST ( 3 )

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zaichikOct. 07, 2008 - 02:41AM JST

I remember trying Ask Jeeves years ago, but it was never as good as Yahoo.

The thing is, why would anyone choose Ask in preference over Google or Yahoo?
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sk4ekOct. 07, 2008 - 06:11AM JST

I've found Google has grown increasingly less useful over the past year or so--I don't know if the problem is with their algorithms or what, but searches in Japanese regularly produces a long list of personal blogs at the top (surely all these individuals can't be using the latest SEO tools??), and searches in English (with "get results from the whole Web" checked) often still generates mostly irrelevant results in Japanese, whether I want them or not. I would be glad to try any search engine that takes a different approach and produces better results.
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soldaveOct. 07, 2008 - 10:47AM JST

How well does it answer questions in Japanese? Am assuming it does and thereby has some relevence to Japan.