Ask.com Shifts Directions

Beloved Gary Price is leaving Ask.com, which is changing its focus, according to this USA Today article.

“As part of the new direction outlined Tuesday, Ask will lay off about 40 employees, or 8% of its workforce.”

Instead of going to head-to-head with the likes of Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft, Ask will concentrate on a specific demographic: married women.

Oh, and here is Gary’s post about moving on.

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