Ask Jeeves improves response time
With the change Ask Jeeves will display a Web Answer to many of the requests its search engine processes For instance if someone enters worlds largest lake into Askcoms search box the top result will include a snippet listing the Caspian Sea including its size and location
That answer isnt as plainly evident on other major search engines because they generally respond to queries with nothing but Web links that guide visitors to sites that might provide the correct information
Ask Jeeves pulls its answers from the billions of Web pages contained in its search index...
Tech Brief: C&W posts first profit in 3 years
Cable amp Wireless Group reported on Thursday its first annual net profit in three years and said it would step up its investment in highspeed Internet services but warned that severe price competition was still hurting sales
Cable amp Wireless Britains secondlargest telecommunications company said cost cutting had led to a net profit of 302 million or 550 million in the year ended March 31 That compared with a loss of 237 million a year earlier when the company booked a 758 million charge to reorganize and write down the value of assets Revenue fell to 322 billion from 367 billion
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InformationWeek > Search Engine > AskJeeves Keeps Trying > May 26, 2005
The Oaklandbased company on Thursday is launching its latest effort to win more fans The hook A new feature designed to provide more immediate answers to inquiries
With the change Ask Jeeves will display a Web Answer to many of the requests its search engine processes For instance if someone enters worlds largest lake into Askcoms search box the top result will include a snippet listing the Caspian Sea including its size and location...
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