Dec 1, 2010 at 1:19pm ET by Elisabeth Osmeloski
Less than a month ago, we reported that Ask.com was giving up on search technology (see: Ask.com To Focus On Q&A Search, End Web Crawling, opting to return to its roots as a Question & Answer site. Now, Ask.com’s sending off the year (and their search offering) for good (maybe) by releasing the first ever list of Top 10 questions and answers since their beta Q&A community officially launched back in July.
But “search” hasn’t officially left Ask.com yet – as users (according to ComScore October 2010 – 90 million monthly unique users) keep the service as the fourth largest Internet property for unique searches, and those dedicated users continued to ask these questions via search. In addition to selectively using its web crawling technology, Ask.com is outsourcing web search results as well, to supplement its own database of answers.
Let’s just hope that between them, the 2011 version of Ask can serve up the best answers for those really pressing questions, such as “Can men get breast cancer? “(The answer is YES) and “Does Justin Bieber have a girlfriend?” (Here’s a related question: who cares if Justin Bieber has a GF?) Hopefully, less than 90 million users. Nonetheless, here’s the list of most asked questions on Ask in 2010:
Related Topics: Ask | Channel: Search Marketing | Features: Analysis
About The Author: Elisabeth Osmeloski is Director of Audience Development for Search Engine Land and Marketing Land. She is responsible for increasing readership through owned, earned and paid media channels. In addition, she assists in programming sessions at Third Door Medias Search Marketing Expo conference series and manages speaking engagements for editorial staff. Follow her on Twitter @elisabethos. See more articles by Elisabeth Osmeloski
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