Jeeves is back

I wish PG Wodehouse's estate would put this lame trdemark out of its misery. Ask.com has no discernible reason to go on living: I predict they'll get asset stripped when the economy turns, assuming their server hardware is worth selling off.

Let's perform a little experiment...

Search the web for 'why is ask better than google' »

Result #1 Is Ask.com Better Than Google? Like you, I've been watching what looks to be a very powerful campaign by Ask.com quoting a bunch of folks I know as saying that its search engine is better than Google's. I'm a big Google user and have developed a set of skills that allows... http://www.technewsworld.com/story/commentary/53184.htm...

Result #2 Why is google better than ask jeeves? From: Recommended Search Engines UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops Google alone not always sufficient, however. Less than half the searchable Web is fully searchable in Google. Overlap studies show that more than 80% of the ... http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080311053...

Result #3...oh wait, that's it.

Hmmm.