By Michael Liedtke
The Associated Press
Even as they become more savvy the Internets leading search engines still sometimes bog down in befuddlement when a specific kernel of knowledge is sought
Hoping to fill the gap Answerscom from GuruNet Corp and Askcom from Ask Jeeves Inc have pledged to provide more adept responses to vexing but straightforward questions about history science geography pop culture and sports
Both search engines aim to provide a correct answer explicitly at the top of a searchs first results page or with a highly placed link to a Web page that contains the information...
To find out I staged a very unscientific test consisting of questions culled from a recent edition of Trivial Pursuit
My mock game pitted the avowed prowess of Answerscom and Askcom against the Internets most widely used search engines Google Yahoo and Microsoft Corps
The findings Answerscom and Askcom appear to be a small step ahead of Google and noticeably smarter than Yahoo and when dealing with such esoteric questions as What glass beads are created when a meteorite strikes the Earths surface
Both Answerscom and Ask...
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