Ask Jeeves
After a market research on 2000 UK adults, the sixth biggest search engine, currently has about 1% search engine market share, learnt that user feedback suggested it inspired positive feelings. The Ask Jeeves name was originally created in 1997, inspired by the famous PG Wodehouse character who “embodies the spirit of British resourcefulness”, according to the firm.
On the website, Ask explains:
Glad you asked. The simple answer is I’m back to help.
I popped out three years ago to travel the world in a quest for knowledge and I’ve returned to Blighty armed with answers. During my sojourn research showed the public wanted me back, which I found jolly touching. And in that time the engineers toiled hard to make the site look better, work harder and be more personal…just like yours truly! I realise the questions are different now. Back in 2006 you wanted to know about spending money, now you want to know about saving it. That’s why I’ve teamed up with TV’s moneysaving expert Jasmine Birtles to bring you ten ways to save money, if I may. And don’t forget to pop back and see me on the site throughout this week, I have some terrific prizes to give away!
I was not surprised to see Ask.com is giving away money saving tips after Google launched same service few days back as Google TipJar. I’ll be looking forward if these changes have any effect on it’s users.
