November 2011
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Is it almost December already?
Believe it or not, 2011 is quickly coming to a close and 2012 is just around the corner. Which means it’s time for our annual look back on the rumors, gossip and news that captured Ask users’ attention this year. Since people come to Ask with a lot of questions, instead of just search terms, we compiled the top trending questions of the year. Ready?
In a surprise upset, curvaceous queen of the...
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Asking Questions and Giving Thanks
The Ask community is buzzing with lots of Thanksgiving questions.
Many folks are asking for advice on preparing their Thanksgiving dinners.
How do you make a great apple pie?
What can I do if my turkey has freezer burn?
How do I cook fresh cranberries?
Others want to know the basics, like—
What is that lose skin dangling from a turkey’s beak?
Where was the first Thanksgiving?
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Why Do Ask Users Love to Answer?
Millions of people come to Ask.com every day for all sorts of questions. Some are answered with a quick answer right at the top of the page, while others are more subjective in nature and need a more human touch. As mentioned in the post below, we have users that are so dedicated to answering all kinds of questions that they reach our Ask Hall of Fame list!
But why do so many Ask.com users...
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Ask.com Celebrates Users – Ask Hall of Fame
The Ask Hall of Fame is a celebration of dedicated members who contribute great content to the Ask community. Every month, we select 100 community users who provide great answers, contribute often, and are just good community members. It doesn’t matter if users are brand new or if they’ve been here since the inception of community…time doesn’t play a part in the Hall of Fame; greatness does....
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Celebrating Our Veterans
Veterans Day is a federal holiday honoring all military veterans. The holiday occurs on November 11th each year. When this falls on a weekend, it is observed on an adjacent weekday.
Why is Veterans Day celebrated on November 11th?
Armistice Day, the precursor to Veterans Day, was held on November 11th, the anniversary of when the armistice with Germany was signed.
In 1918, the armistice treaty...
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Daylight Savings Time ended!
The good news: one more hour of sleep! The bad news: the days get dark earlier. The morning of Sunday November 6th marks the end of Daylight Savings Time! Unless you live where DST is not observed, this is the day when we have to remind ourselves to set our clocks back 1 hour. Countries around the world observe this time shift, and it always inspires many questions. Why do we do it? Does it really...
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Ask Named Finalist in Forrester Awards
We have great news to share with you – Ask.com was a finalist in the Forrester Groundswell Awards! Although we didn’t take home the big prize we’re still pumped about our finalist spot in the business to consumer mobile application category. Check out Forrester’s blog post about it here.
Back in June, we launched a fun trivia game called Skip the Line at Six Flags theme parks to let people play...
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Experiments: When, How & Surprising Results:...
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of presenting at the O’Reilly Web2Expo in NYC (thanks @brady!). My talk was entitled “How to Create a Location Aware Group Chat App in 6 weeks” and was based the experience of building Ask Around for SXSW 2011. I have to admit, the title was a bit misleading. While I certainly shared details about how we discovered the concept, organized the...
