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United States: Ask.com to be purchased by a bigger search engine.


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 reports, Ask.com s CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  is said that the company might be bought by one of its larger competitors.

Ask.com is currently in fourth place in the search engine market behind Google, Yahoo, and Bing. Experts say that the site is still far from getting gains.

Reports claim that Barry Diller CEO of IAC (1) (InterApplication Communications) The interprocess communications capability in the Macintosh starting with System 7.0. Many IAC events take place behind the scenes. , Ask.com s parent company says that the company is looking to consolidate transactions in the area of search.

If Ask.com is purchased, it would leave a smaller scope of work for search engine optimization Designing a Web site so that search engines easily find the pages and index them. The goal is to have your page be in the top 10 results of a search. Optimization includes the choice of words used in the text paragraphs and the placement of those words on the page, both visible and hidden  (SEO (Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Optimizer) See search engine optimization. ) professionals. The upcoming merger of Microsoft and Yahoo will also simplify SEO campaigns.

However, all of this is still speculation. Yahoo and Microsoft might not want to add a third partner, especially since the merger is still fresh. And Google has no logical reason to purchase the company.

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