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Let the rumors fly! Ask is cutting 8% of it’s work force. Rumors abound that it’s going to remodel itself for the female market. Other rumors include mothballing Teoma and using Google data instead. Ask is denying all such rumors yet still why would they lay off talented people? It certainly isn’t to improve their quality search engine.

Ask.com search site to cut jobs, realign strategy | Markets | Markets News | Reuters

When you search for sites, your query, IP address and other information is stored by the search engine. Ask.com is now giving you a way to not have that information stored. While it won’t erase past data, it won’t store any data while you have the eraser on. The name may be a bit misleading but technically it is accurate. The information is temporarily stored in order to deliver your information.
This comes in handy when you need to do searches outside of your normal routine. You don’t want that information clogging up your preferences or saved history. Keep in mind that if you want that customized experience, you’ll need to shut it off.

Ask.com Launches AskEraser Giving Searches Ability To Search Anonymously

Yahoo! has outpaced Google in overall customer satisfaction according toe the annual University of Michigan American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Related to our prior article, Ask jumps from prior surveys. Visit the link below for a chart showing the results.

Ask Jumps, Google Slips and Yahoo Leads American Customer Satisfaction Index for Search

If you use MSN AdCenter, you now have the option to have your ads show on Ask.com. This allows you to push your ad out to almost the same amount of traffic as Yahoo! offers. Amazing what a 5% boost will do.

Microsoft Teams Up With Ask.Com To Bolster Paid Search — Microsoft — InformationWeek