We've been bouncing around the office all day with these new Ask Kids Hippity Hops. We celebrated the launch of the new Ask Kids in the best way we knew how: by acting like kids ourselves. What do you think of our new toys? Ask Kids is homegrown, built from the ground-up, with our own search technology. We basically started from scratch and added search results and websites that pass our very strict test of what's OK and what's not OK.

Well, folks, it's a wrap for SES San Jose this year. If you weren't able to catch up with us this year at the event, there's always next time! Ask.com was on a few exciting panels this year, and it was great to catch up with all of our partners and other friends )hi Lisa!( and learn what new and cool innovations they are working on. I had a spot on the Semantic Search panel Monday morning with Yahoo!, hakia,

While June is historically known as the most popular month for weddings, the entire three month span of June, July and August is commonly referred to as "wedding season." 178 million adults are online, many of them brides-to-be wanting to step outside the traditional nuptials mold, and are searching for the most beautiful destination wedding venues. A destination wedding can be exciting,

Several weeks ago, a group of privacy advocates contacted a major company in the search marketplace, requesting some key changes to its website to make weblinks to its privacy policy more accessible and conspicuous. This included placing a "Privacy" link directly on the homepage that would, in one click, serve up the company's privacy policy to the user In their June 3rd letter requesting the change,

A roller coaster of a year, all told, what with introducing a company-changing product )or two(, some industry initiatives, and of course, some sort of Google thing. Plenty of great stuff to look back on. What sort of stuff, you might ask? FEBRUARY ASK CO-INTRODUCES SITEMAPS DISCOVERY We got caught up in the robots.txt revolution side-by-side with Yahoo! and the Google.

Privacy. It's a topic we discuss quite a bit here at Ask.com. But we we do more than talk about it. We listen to user feedback, industry debate, the CDT and many other sources. And we've responded by launching AskEraser on Ask.com and Ask UK. Search Privacy When Enabled AskEraser is a new privacy feature on the Ask site that provides searchers with unprecedented control over their search activity data. You can turn on AskEraser at any time and start searching Ask.

We're rounding the bend...heading into the home stretch...wrapping our fruitcakes and otherwise preparing for the new year. Let Smart Answers fuel the last mad dash that is December 2007. Recently Added Smart Answers: Cell Biology: Because no one wants to get their Golgi Apparatus mixed up with their Vacuole . Am I right, people? Election 2008: Plenty of info on the Primaries and the candidates themselves.

What with the success of our last TV campaign , we've learned that the best way to clue you to Ask3D's features is, well, to show them. In honor of the holiday next week, here's a few tools for a better Thanksgiving, courtesy of Ask.com . Enjoy! Happy Turkey, Ken Grobe Content Product Manager Ask.

If you've read any of our previous posts about AskCity, you know it's the kind of local search that's sure to save you time. Now, it can even save you money. How? Enter IAC sister company Entertainment Publications, Inc. You might know them as the company who puts out the annual Entertainment coupon books. )My personal favorite: the discounted movie ticket coupons(. We've partnered with them to provide their coupons with our AskCity search results.