However, as several beta users have suggested (myself included), the “Recommended” feature could be enhanced further to offer more personalized content suggestions.

As it stands today, there’s no one “go-to” site that effectively both aggregates content and enables intelligent filtering for eclectic interests. We’re getting very close with these new tools, but we’re not there yet.

Perhaps you and I have different definitions of the word “stellar,” because Ask seemed to thrive under Lanzone even though NOBODY was able to move the needle against Google before, during or since. I think I’ll take Bill Gurley’s, Geoff Yang’s and now Blake Kirkorian’s confidence in Lanzone as an indicator of his performance at Ask.