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July 20, 2006

Introducing RSS Smart Answers

Great news, our Smart Answers program is expanding and we're excited about it. We think you will be too.

Today, we're formally introducing RSS Smart Answers.

What are they?

Now, when you conduct a web search for many of your favorite blogs, RSS feeds, or news sites, it's likely that at the top of the web results list, you'll find the last three posts from that site’s feed. New items appear very quickly after the publisher hits the publish key. Of course, you'll also find a direct link to the blog or news source to see the entire post.

Here are just a few examples:

BoingBoing
MetaFilter
TechCrunch
Search Engine Roundtable

So far, we've got a varied selection from popular political blogs like Daily Kos to tech news from Digg.

Stand by, because many more RSS Smart Answers are on the way. The initial list was selected based on the most popular feeds chosen by our users in Bloglines. Over time we’ll be adding a more comprehensive list - the possibilities for RSS Smart Answers are endless and go way beyond news and blog feeds.

Yes, of course, sometimes you need to search for blogs and feeds. Our brand new Ask Blogs & Feeds Search, which has garnered high praise from many, is the place to turn when this type of search is required. Ask Blogs & Feeds Search is available on the Ask.com site or the Bloglines site. Same database, different features. More about Ask Blogs & Feeds in this post.

Gary Price,  Director of Online Resources at Ask.com
Ryan Massie, Ask.com Product Management

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