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		<title><![CDATA[Diller Backs Off Ask.com Sale, Talks Consolidation Instead]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/diller-backs-askcom-sale-talks/22562/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In what might just be a bit of posturing, Barry Diller told the Reuters Global Media Summit in New York that he's turned away companies interested in buying Ask.com and thinks consolidation with another search company is the way to go. Diller, the CEO of IAC — Ask.com's parent company...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:40:28 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Barry Diller Ready to Stick a Fork in Ask.com?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/advertising/news-analysis/barry-diller-ready-stick-fork/18072/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Barry Diller is getting close to waving his white flag in the search wars. During IAC's quarterly earnings conference call, the top dog made it quite clear that Ask.com may be on the chopping block: "We've been asked a lot whether we're open to consolidating transactions in the area of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:20:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IAC's Diller Indicates Consolidation in Search Is Not Done]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Earnings Call ExcerptBarry Diller is getting close to waving his white flag in the search wars.During IAC Interactive&rsquo;s IACI quarterly earnings conference call, the top dog made it quite clear that Ask.com may be on the chopping block:"We&rsquo;ve been asked a lot whether we&rsquo;re open to consolidating transactions in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:07:35 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asked about selling search, Barry Diller says yes]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/asked-selling-search-barry-diller/17861/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Ask.com could soon be up for sale, judging by the comments of IAC CEO Barry Diller.(Credit: Screenshot by Tom Krazit/CNET)Ask.com could be on the block, judging by the comments of the CEO of its parent company.Reuters reported on IAC's third-quarter earnings conference call Tuesday, where CEO Barry Diller all but...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:46:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Diller Says He’s Willing To Sell Ask.com]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barry Diller, CEO of IAC — the parent company of Ask.com — said today that he's willing to sell the struggling, fourth-place search engine. His comments came during a conference call with investors after IAC reported its 3rd quarter earnings. "We've been asked a lot whether we're open to consolidating...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:09:01 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask.com's Latest Ploy: Coupons]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ IAC-owned Ask.com is now serving up coupons, along with search results. A new service called Ask Deals aggregates coupons and deals from across the web. Users who search for a term like &#8220;cheap Halloween costumes&#8221; see offers at the top of the search results page; a new &#8220;Deal $&#8221;...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:00:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask.com Now Searches for Coupons]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/askcom-searches-coupons/14520/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Ask, the search engine owned by IAC/InterActiveCorp, unveiled a new service on Tuesday to help consumers seek out coupons for saving money when shopping online. The new service, Ask Deals, helps users search the Web for deals available by aggregating the best offers to a proprietary...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:02:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask.com Launches the Yahoo Deals-like Service on Search Engine]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask.com has just launched a new service which will offer more than 1 million discount deals from national and local merchants across the country. The new feature, Ask Deals is using Ask.com's search technology to offer those said deals. Ask.com's President Scott Garrell said: "Searches for coupons on Ask.com have...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:41:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Former Ask.com CEO Lanzone Launches Video Search Engine]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpaidcontent.org%2Farticle%2F419-former-ask.com-ceo-lanzone-launches-video-search-engine%2F&siteid=23&tag=contentnext]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Next on for former Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone: Clicker, a startup that promises to be a TV guide of sorts for video content online. Lanzone, who leads Clicker as CEO, introduced the startup&#8217;s service at TechCrunch 50, explaining that it provides a structured way to search for available video...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:00:34 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Is On the Search Radar for 2010 and Beyond?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/advertising/news-analysis/search-radar-2010/8419/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[by David Carberry Where to Next? A brief summary from SES, the panel topic was the future of search.  Anne Kennedy from Beyond Ink moderated the session with a group of prognosticators on what they believe we will see on the horizon for search marketing.  Anne's primary question to the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:42:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chegg Founder's New Venture: Electronic Readers?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Is the founder of online textbook rental firm Chegg about to make a play in electronic books? Chegg co-founder Osman Rashid has now raised more than $1.1 million for his new venture Kakai, according to recent SEC filings See here and here. On its website, Kakai describes itself only...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask Jeeves to sponsor ITV&#8217;s Who Wants to be a Millionaire?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Search engine Ask Jeeves is to sponsor the new series of ITV&#8217;s Who Wants to be a Millionaire? in a multi-million pound marketing strategy designed to lure internet users away from rival search engines such as Google.          Ask Jeeves hopes...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask.com and Symantec to offer safe searching]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Ask.com has struck a deal with Symantec to provide a ?Safe Search?. The version of Ask.com&#8217;s search engine will be embedded in the latest version of Norton 360&#8217;s toolbar. Results will be rated and colour coded by Symantec to flag sites or sections of sites that may pose a...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[IAC acquires Sendori]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ IAC/InterActiveCorp is acquiring online advertising firm Sendori in a bid to boost its targeted ad presence. The deal was made through IAC's Ask Sponsored Listings division.          The Sendori platform lets advertisers bid for traffic using keywords. The company has raised...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[CEO Diller is breaking up his media conglomerate, keeping his favorites and setting the rest adrift. But Liberty Media, the majority stake shareholder, is moving to thwart his dastardly plans.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ask.com Layoffs Point to Confused Strategy at IAC]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask.com Layoffs Point to Confused Strategy at IACDiller's latest messupThis is a brilliant analysis of why Ask.com's new "strategy"is a mistake. Forget competing with Google, why not capitalize on catering to the many who have relied on Ask for the types of things they might otherwise have asked their Mom?...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interactive Corp.'s identity crisis is nearly full blown. Barry Diller, the creator and would-be dismantler of IAC, is turning the company into a textbook example of how to blur a company's brand and how to confuse and and alienate customers, employees and partners. Diller quilted together a bunch of barely-alike...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Search engine Ask.com will stop retaining search data if users activate a new feature that prohibits it, according to an Associated Press AP report. That decision makes Ask the first major search engine to promise users it won't store data on their searches, meaning they can conduct research online anonymously....]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask.com Reduces Power Consumption With Custom Servers, Becomes First Corporate Participant in 'Plant A Tree For Me' Program]]></description>
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