Advantages and Disadvantages of Ask.com
Advantages :
- Has various web search tools like dictionary, weather, conversation, famous people, stock quotes, smart answers and more
- There's different types of search types like questions, web, images, news, Q&A, local, maps, t.v. listings, events, recipes, videos, shopping, and blogs
- The Ask.com Toolbar puts search at your fingertips for Internet Explorer and Firefox users.
- Get coupns & great deals to purchase.
- Speed is consistent
- Preview how the website looks before clicking on it by putting your cursor on top of the boniculars and a small window will open
- There are different types of documents offered like web, pdf, word, and powerpoint documents
- Has a database of 300 million for answers & questions
- There are related searches and related questions to help you get more information
- Change the theme of the homepage to make it look more attractive looking
Disadvantages:
- There are no translation
- Doesn't show ranked results
- It is a directory, therefore ALL info isn't accurate
- Not all boolean work on Ask
- You have to ask a question, you cant type in just a singly word.
- Can't search music