Reasons To Use Ask.com

September 22nd, 2006

Sarah Houghton says:

“We’ve all read the jokes like “I don’t remember how I did reference before Google!” (which I’m hoping is a joke and not a serious statement). Google is a tool, and it’s only one tool. I think many librarians forget that, and rely on Google as their sole search engine, forgetting other search tools and forgetting the wealth of information that’s out there in the invisible web: web content that is not indexed by the big search engines (like Library of Congress content, huge image databases, other gateway sites). But there is one search engine that I’ve come to rely on in addition to the big G: Ask.com. So, here are my ten reasons that librarians should use Ask.com instead of Google. See what you think.”

Yay! Again, I like to use Google, but it’s not the only engine. Sarah makes some very good points and ones that all research librarians should read (and maybe print out and post at the reference desk).

Many of the features that Sarah talks about wouldn’t be in place without Gary Price, a librarian and on the staff at Ask.com. Go Gary!

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