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"Ask Jeeves"

Is it my imagination, or is this the most ineffective search engine on the entire net?

Is it deliberately designed to give me answers that are hopelessly irrelevant to my question?

And yet I persist in using it from time to time, just hoping against hope for a miracle I know can't happen.

So, two things I'd like you all to do here:

1) Post an example or two of Jeeves' most useless responses you've gotten, so I can feel better that it's not just me.

2) Tell me if you've ever found AskJeeves even remotely useful. I haven't, and I'm wondering if there's anyone out there who has?

Here's a couple I got:

I asked:
"How many frames per second can the eye detect?".

I was given the option of finding answers to the following queries:
"How much are eye tests on the NHS?"
"Where can I learn about the eye condition AZOOR"
"How does the human eye work"
"Where can I find a symptom flowchart to help identify eye problems?"
"Where can I find a dictionary or glossary specialising in eyes and vision"


BOLLARDS. I COULD PULL A BETTER QUESTION INTERPRETER OUT OF MY....

Have you ever noticed that Ask Jeeves, for most of the search's i've done anyway, point you to web sites that sell you things?
For example when i was trying to find out information about CPU's i was giving links to computer web sites that sold PCs and PC parts.

Darkreaper

Gaming Boy wrote:
> I don't think Ask Jeeves is the worst search engine, but it is very bad.

The
> worst search engine is Linkcentre.

(http://www.linkcenter.com)

Oh god, it looks like it was designed by a 10 year old!

msn is good.

I don't think Ask Jeeves is the worst search engine, but it is very bad.

The worst search engine is Linkcentre.

(http://www.linkcenter.com)

Google is good I know

It sucks

Can you really call Jeeves a search engine, all it does is give you links you really dont want.

I always use Google.

I once asked Jeeves two entirely different questions, and both times it gave me links to items about red wine.

I can't remember what the questions were, but they were nothing to do with any type of wine, nor any type of alcohol.

It's not just you - it is pretty much useless.

Personally, I like Google and AltaVista.

Try www.dmoz.org

Trust me, its gonna be the next best search engine

FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> google is definatly the best search engine.

ask jeeves is just pathetic

never been on google,my computer always seems to crash when i'm ry to get on it.