Archive for the ‘Ask.com’ Category

Will Ask.com’s AskEraser Impact the Edison Algorithm and its SERPs?

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
Search Engine Land today posted news about a new feature on Ask.com called AskEraser which grants users the ability to search anonymously. Users concerned about their online privacy now have an advocate. But how will this affect Ask.com’s search results? Ask.com combines both Teoma and Direct Hit into an algorithm named Edison. Edison is unique in that it is based on a User Reference Query. Quite simply put, a User Reference Query provides a factual answer rather than matching keywords. For example, if a user searches for “Michael Owen,” Ask.com will return a brief biography and a record of his playing ...

http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/40/will-askcoms-askeraser-impact-the-edison-algorithm-and-its-serps