It will no longer attempt to compete with Google’s might and will instead fix its efforts on finding answers to questions via search requests.
Ask.com, which is owned by IAC/InterActiveCorp, is cutting back its total workforce of about 400 people by nearly one-third by letting go of employees in Edison, New Jersey and Hangzhou, China.
The company’s Q&A site will use web algorithms developed by an unnamed search engine."
from The Register
Comment: Hmm, and this doesn't bode so well. Hasn't Ask long been trumpeted as one of Blinkx's high-profile search partners? Not any more, looks like...
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