Brands

Ask.com
AskforKids
Bloglines

One of the top search engines on the Web, Ask.com combines world-class search technology with one-of-a-kind search tools to help searches get what they are looking for faster. Ask.com's ExpertRank ranking algorithm gives relevant search results by identifying the most authoritative sites on the Web: With ExpertRank, it's not just about which sites are the biggest: it's about which ones are the best. Ask.com sites include Ask.com US (Ask.com), Ask Deutschland (de.Ask.com) Ask España (es.Ask.com), Ask.com Italia (it.ask.com), Ask Japan (Ask.jp), Ask Nederland (nl.Ask.com) and Ask UK (uk.Ask.com). Ask.com syndicates its search technology and advertising units to a network of affiliate partners.

Ask for Kids (www.AskforKids.com) , formerly known as Ask Jeeves for Kids, is a fast, easy and kid-friendly way for kids to search online. Designed to be a fun destination site focused on learning and "edu-tainment," Ask for Kids combines human editorial judgment, age-appropriate feature content and filtering technology to enable kids to find both relevant and befitting information on the Web.

Bloglines (www.bloglines.com) is the world's most popular free online service for searching, subscribing, publishing and sharing RSS feeds, blogs and rich web content. Bloglines is a pioneer in bringing RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds and rich content to mainstream Internet users. Recognized as the leader in its category in terms of traffic, feature richness and ease of use, Bloglines indexes billions of live web content elements - news feed and blog articles, images, audio and video - and is available in Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish. Bloglines has been touted for excellence around the world with many awards and accolades, including Time Magazine's Coolest Websites for 2004 and Search Engine Watch's "Best Blog/Feed Search Engine" award.