Comments on: Ask.com – fail in design

By: seven

seven — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:15:55 +0000

Deamon has many nicknames, but positive is not one on them. :) To me personally – 10 ways to [insert random thing here]… is fail concept of blog posts but list type of blog posts like that do drive more traffic. Here is a free SEO lesson for you Daemon. :)

On other note – our blog’s legal disclaimer (https://www.nivas.hr/blog/legal-disclaimer/) clearly states that: “Nivas ltd. does not take any responsibility with regards to any possible inaccuracy of any information contained on this blog if such data do not relate to the registered operations of Nivas ltd. The opinions expressed on this blog do not necessarily reflect the official positions of Nivas ltd. “.

We would gladly take job if Ask.com asks us and we would be very positive about it.

By: kara

kara — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:31:36 +0000

I think it is bad taste to put down other websites or call them ‘fail’ on a professional blog. While some of your points may be true, it would be better to present your argument in a positive way, such as 10 ways to create proper continuation or call to action (using ask.com as an example of what not to do). The way you wrote it, you are just complaining about it and come off really arrogant. Disappointing.

By: ask is a verb

ask is a verb — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:27:39 +0000

“ask” is a verb. that said, i’d agree w/ the rest of the article.

By: zytzagoo

zytzagoo — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:12:37 +0000

To me, the fail is elsewhere: the submit button.

The way I see it, and the way I’d do it is:
– ‘ask’ acts as a verb, not a noun in this case
– the pointer style element serves as a “chat bubble” hint
– eliminate the ‘search’ button entirely, and just start searching (without page reload of course) upon detecting a 50-100ms pause in the input field

That’d make it much more fluid and intuitive (to some at least).