When I posted back on February 7 Ask Jeeves Acquiring Bloglines, More Acquisitions to Follow, I didn't see the latest Ask Jeeves deal in my crystal ball.
Check out WebProNews' column today on How Will IAC Purchase Change Ask. Good input from a lot of experts, but the question a lot of people are asking right now is how will this acquisition help improve Ask Jeeves. I think the better question is to think about how this acquisition will help IAC's other businesses. Click here for a full list. There is a lot of upside to this deal. Smart move.
I agree with previous one.
Only "expand its audience" as said here:
"SearchEngineLowdown's Andy Beal sees the IAC purchase paying dividends for their various web properties, as well as the Ask name brand: "I think the merger with IAC will allow Ask Jeeves to expand its audience reach..."
But the rest "...and also provide them with a vast resource that will allow them to better compete with Google and Yahoo." isn't true.
IMHO
Everything above taken from http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/searchinsider/wpn-49-20050322HowWillIACPurchaseChangeAsk.html
Posted by: Cartoons-0f-Mine | July 14, 2005 at 09:24 AM
improve Ask Jeeves?
bulshit?
it will have become worse :-(
Posted by: Angry Pop Stopper | July 14, 2005 at 09:15 AM