Ask.com is a fundamentally different search engine. I would try to go into detail about how it is different from Google, except for one thing. Nobody except Google really knows how Google works.

Ask.com claims to put the best items first. The quality of being the best is calculated using a complex algorithm that certainly has the potential of more accurately measuring relevance.

I have Googled myself far too many times, but I have never Asked myself. It’s about time I did…

When I use my full name as a search query on Ask.com I cannot seem to find anything that I have ever done on the first 15 pages. I gave up after that. When I Google my full name, this blog is the fifth item on the first page. The about page for my business blog is number nine.

Clearly, Ask.com and Google are very different. If I accept the claim by Ask.com that they provide a more accurate ranking of relevance, I have to conclude that I myself am irrelevant. I think there was a computer on StarTrek (It was made out of a lava lamp and some construction paper) that exploded after considering a situation like this. I couldn’t find any support for my sense of self importance in the image or news search either.