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Subject
Your message to Ask.com regarding Other Questions -- Key# 5223223
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Response (C.D.)12/07/2007 02:19 PM
Hello David,
We appreciate you taking the time to write to us regarding Ask.com. Your message and invitation has been brought to the attention of the technical department. If we can be of any assistance in the future, please let us know
Ok - not exactly 'Yes we will leap at this' - but I will pursue. So here is my message to ASK
Producing old information on any search term is unlikely to endear you as a Search Engine with any real credibilty - it seems pointless spending millions in advertising only to produce such outdated results.
I will gladly create an entire section of SEO experts here in TIP to work with you on this. In the UK we would love to see a certain SE being given a run for its money 
