Ask HN: How does Ask.com manages to make money?

[fgtx]

I mean, don't know anyone that willingly uses their product, still they're everywhere.

[sjs382]

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ask.com

33rd globally, 63rd in the US, and I don't think anyone is twisting their arm. To a lot of less technical people, search is search is search—it doesn't matter who's providing it.