Comments on: Ask Goes Local with AskCity http://gigaom.com/2006/12/03/askcity/ Wed, 22 May 2013 22:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: IAC Asks for a Change and Targets the Kids - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2006/12/03/askcity/#comment-129102 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:27:20 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/askcity/#comment-129102 [...] CEO of its Ask.com search unit, replacing Jim Lanzone, who has been at Ask since 2001. Lanzone, who chatted with Om about local search in Dec. 2006, will join Redpoint Ventures as an [...]

]]> By: The OPLIN 4cast » Blog Archive » OPLIN 4cast #33 http://gigaom.com/2006/12/03/askcity/#comment-129101 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:52:09 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/askcity/#comment-129101 [...] Ask Goes Local with AskCity (GigaOM) [...]

]]> By: » IAC’s AskCity hard to ask | Digital Markets | ZDNet.com http://gigaom.com/2006/12/03/askcity/#comment-129100 Tue, 22 May 2007 22:32:49 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/askcity/#comment-129100 [...] Lazone is the CEO of Ask.com and GigaOm’s Om Malik asked him “Why should I care about this launch. I can find a lot of information from other [...]

]]> By: MyDailySlice http://gigaom.com/2006/12/03/askcity/#comment-129099 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:55:25 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/askcity/#comment-129099 I think it’s okay not to have AskCity as a unique domain since it is really just a subset of IAC’s real strategy driver: community search.

Also, I can see why Yahoo is shuffling seats, IAC has the opportunity IMO to leapfrog them in terms of community generation. Eventually, community generation will usurp general search, and IAC has the pieces to that puzzle…not Yahoo.

Great Blog!

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2006/12/03/askcity/#comment-129098 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 21:33:46 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/askcity/#comment-129098 You are spot on. Sorry for not making sure that they were no longer based in Emeryville. It is just bad habit. Last time I visited them, they were in Emeryville, and I thought they were still there. Apologies again.

]]> By: Hemel http://gigaom.com/2006/12/03/askcity/#comment-129097 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 21:16:54 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/askcity/#comment-129097 First problem is see is that if the name of the offering is Askcity, then they should buy that URL and have it redirect to city.ask.com.

Beyond that, I tried the site and looks decent.

]]> By: Steven http://gigaom.com/2006/12/03/askcity/#comment-129096 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 21:00:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/askcity/#comment-129096 Isn’t Ask based in Oakland (not in Emeryville)? There is a huge sign on one of the office towers in downtown Oakland.

]]> By: Dave Coleman http://gigaom.com/2006/12/03/askcity/#comment-129095 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:58:55 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/askcity/#comment-129095 I think this is a fantastic new service and an area that obviously has a lot of potential in the future. On the side of the reviews, does anyone know who has written the reviews? Obviously the content is coming from Citysearch, but who does citysearch get to write the comments? It would be nice to see some form of review aggregation from multiple sites into this type of clean interface so that we get a completely balanced POV

]]> By: Ben Metcalfe http://gigaom.com/2006/12/03/askcity/#comment-129094 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:03:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/12/03/askcity/#comment-129094 At the time of posting this, http://city.ask.com/ is current password protected.

It’s a shame this post doesn’t warn users that the site is not currently available for mainstream viewing.

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