Keep Ask.com As Your Steady with IE 7 and Firefox

Relationships. Can anyone get by without 'em? Take Ask.com, for instance. We cherish our time with you. We want to keep what you and we have going strong.

That's why we've made it easy to add Ask.com as your default search on the shiny new Internet Explorer 7 and the latest version of Firefox. It'll only take, like, ten seconds. We're totally low-maintenance.

You'll find simple step-by-step directions below. Let us be there for you at the top of your browser. We promise we won't crowd you!

Love,

-The Ask.com team

(Oh, and if you're looking for a real flesh-and-blood relationship, we recommend our kissing cousins at Match.com.)

TO MAKE ASK.COM YOUR DEFAULT SEARCH ON IE 7:

1. Point your IE7 browser to Ask.com. at the top of your browser, you'll see a prompt that tells you to click to make Ask.com your default search. Click "Add Ask Now."

2. You'll receive a windows-executable (.exe) file. When you get the download screen for this file, Choose "run".

3. The .exe file will change your default search to Ask.com, then delete itself   completely from your hard drive.

4. You'll see the change once you open up a new browser.

Done!

TO MAKE ASK.COM YOUR DEFAULT SEARCH ON AN EARLIER VERSION OF IE:

Just visit our FAQs for a simple how-to.

TO MAKE ASK.COM YOUR DEFAULT SEARCH ON FIREFOX:

1. See your browser search at the top right of your browser? See the icon on the left of the search field? Just click on that icon.
2. A pull-down menu will open up, offering you several browsers. Select "Add Engines…"
3. You'll be taken to a page of search engines. Click on "Ask.com" to choose it.
4. When asked if you want to add it to your browser, click the "OK" button.
5. Go back to the pull-down menu in your browser search and choose Ask.com.

Done!