AskJeeves. . . .

         Search Engine, a software designed to answer some questions of online users based on the stored information it keeps. The information entered by the user will be sent to the World Wide Web and FTP servers. During that process, the information is filtered and sent back to the user.

        In this blog, ang focus ko eh tungkol sa AskJeeves search engine. I will discuss some good and bad things about it. 

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                                                                          AskJeeves. . . . 

     Based dun sa mga niresearch ko, it was formerly known as Ask.com. After three years of holding that name, hindi masyadong nagclick yung name na Ask.com. The makeover was made by Saville Row Tailor Gieves and Hawkes . 


In 1996 the first advertiser-supported Ask Jeeves site was launched in Emeryville, California. The service attempts to provide information in simple question-and-answer format and avoid the Boolean strings which give thousands of matches, many specious, to users of other search engines. Using natural language processing technology and human editorial skills, the programme attempts to determine both the semantics (the meaning of the words) and syntactics (the meaning of the grammar) of each question.


How does AskJeeves Work?




   Well, honestly, di ako gumagamit ng search engine na ito. Napagamit lang ako kasi kelangan ko syang itry. Nung una ko syang nakita, para ka lang ding gumagamit ng Yahoo. Medyo mas friendly nga lang ang approach ng sa AskJeeves.
    The feature of this search engine is almost the same with the other search engines like Yahoo, Google, Bing and other more...
    As simple as typing the keywords you needed and letting the engine work on them. The engine will collect stored information based on the entered words and then shows a list of topics or sites that matches the keyword.
     But Jeeves was updated into a more efficient engine by having a broad but specific search.
     When asking a question the user is presented with a template list of questions which, when clicked, retrieves an answer template which contains links to the answer locations.The natural-language software has been taken up by Microsoft, Nike, British Telecom and Ford on their own sites.


    During Januray 2002, Jeeves, was likely linked to Teoma. Isa ding search engine that almost has the same feature as Jeeves. Jeeves has a spell checker that can be used to 10 different languages during that time. By 2003, it was relaunched as AskJeeves Smart Search. Nung panahon na yun, naging mas complex at specific ang search engine na ito. Some of its users is really satisfied, at yung iba pa nga eh nagpopromote sa paggamit nito.


Other Features . . . 


    Bukod sa spell checker, Jeeves also has some advertisements. These advertisements is composed of Job Hiring, Online Shopping, Live Streaming, and other more online activities that might attract the attention of users. 


Here are some tools that Jeeves use:


- Ask for Webmasters
- Ask.com Help Central
- Ask Blog
- Ask.com's Top Questions of 2009
- Ask Top 2008 Searches
- Ask.com Copyright and Trademark Notices (DMCA)

My Opinion About Jeeves:


    Para sa akin, mabagal ang response ng Jeeves kung para sa ginagamit kong search engine ngayon which is Google. Ang maganda lang talaga sa Jeeves ay napakabroad ang specific ng search engine na ito, kaya masasabi ko na efficient nga sya. Bukod sa user-friendliness nya, helpful din sya para sa mga users na nagmamadali oh naghahanap ng accurate na information. .
    Well, itry nyo na lang din sya para malaman kung effective nga sya para sa inyo.
     That's it for this blog, hope this helps. . .

References:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/20/ask-jeeves-search-engine-revived

http://www.bigmouthmedia.com/live/articles/about_ask_jeeves.asp

http://www.seologic.com/guide/history/ask

http://gocee.com/eureka/askjeeves.htm

http://www.irkawebpromotions.com/search-engines/others-list/askjeeves.html

Joshua Antonelli C. Austria

200911109