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Overview

Ask has a rating of 3.31 stars from 90 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Ask ranks 14th among Search sites.

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  • They somehow hacked into my search engine, and now when I click on Chrome, I have to search on ask.
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Top Positive Review

“They had it ryobi didnt”

Eran B.
2/20/22

The explanation or description was vague but I took a chance on ordering the fan they had in stock for my blower and lucky me it was the right part. Thanks guys blower is back in action.

Top Critical Review

“Ask search extension strikes out in all 3 pitches”

Dylan H.
10/1/23

Yeah i'm gonna have to pass on the ask toolbar. The toolbar is not that great. I don't want my browser highjacked.

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Thumbnail of user dylanh76
22 reviews
17 helpful votes
October 1st, 2023

Yeah i'm gonna have to pass on the ask toolbar. The toolbar is not that great. I don't want my browser highjacked.

Tip for consumers:
Don’t use it

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Thumbnail of user arthurc383
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 17th, 2022

This is definitely a scam asked for $1 deposit initially then didn't resolve problem.the a week later took money out from my bank account. BEWARE!

Thumbnail of user eranb5
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 20th, 2022

The explanation or description was vague but I took a chance on ordering the fan they had in stock for my blower and lucky me it was the right part. Thanks guys blower is back in action.

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Thumbnail of user peterb760
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 3rd, 2020

£25 taken from my credit card account wrongly on 30. 11. 19. False reviews may be "against the law"! How about taking my £25 - is that against the law?
Of course it is but Ask.com doesn't even acknowledge their actions. When will I get my money back?
This is appalling but now so typical of online robbery!
Peter Beckett
*******@btinternet.com

Thumbnail of user sandrap482
1 review
2 helpful votes
March 12th, 2020

Ask.com used to be a helpful answer to any question. In my experience, no longer. It's become the most irritating smorgasbord of advertisinadvertising with nary an answer in sight. Ask you should be ashamed perverting a good thing to trash for cash. Shame

Thumbnail of user peteh87
1 review
1 helpful vote
September 19th, 2018

I hate that Ask.com is the default search engine in my address bar. It is useless and the results stink. They need to just stop... now!

Thumbnail of user jordync4
1 review
4 helpful votes
November 13th, 2018

I found a way to get rid of this godforsaken app out of your business; on your laptop, in the top right corner of the Google Chrome window, there should see either three dots or horizontal lines. That is the Tools menu. Go to it, and click on the Settings section. When you go into Settings, scroll down to the Search Engine section. Then what you do, is click on Manage Search Engines, and disable the Ask.com search engine, and make Google your Search Engine.

Thumbnail of user victoriav19
1 review
6 helpful votes
January 3rd, 2016

I hate your browser. It sucks. I have to go through so mays links before I find what I'm looking for. And some of them repeat over and over again. With google I get the answer I'm looking for one the first search, I don't know how you stay in business. The only reason I tried using you was because you were defaulted on my computer. Not only that I take me many tries just to find a place to give you this review. What a waste of my time

Thumbnail of user timc1061
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 10th, 2022

I am a former Jeeviant, back in the day when the website had a Consumer side (Ask.com and various entities) as well as the Corporate side (Dell, Toshiba, Micron, Compaq/ HP, etc.).

The website now, minus any "Editorial" staff, scores on keyword, only, extremely poorly. Link after link does not work. This is unfortunate as I started with the company over twenty years ago-- it was minuscule. It rose up the ranks. Then, with the perversion of certain monies, it, ironically, lost much of its worth,

Thumbnail of user timc317
1 review
1 helpful vote
January 25th, 2019

I was with the company in its early stages. Over time, Ask Jeeves (as it was then called) became a well-oled machine. As it is now, it is horrid. It scores on keywords, no different than Yahoo, Lycos or even Excite (which Ask.com now owns).

Thumbnail of user tomm1442
1 review
1 helpful vote
February 1st, 2018

I go to look up WWII and bam you get a coat of $%#@ right there in your face. Not helpful at all this site deserves to be shot receptively over and over with a shotgun

Thumbnail of user lilyr17
1 review
3 helpful votes
January 26th, 2017

This is positioned as a search engine, but my experience with it is mostly bad. The thing sets up on your browser and replaces the start page, very hard to delete then...

Thumbnail of user jolteona
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 1st, 2019

I looked up keys on ask.com and something ver disturbing came up
Why Ask.com and when I look up something as simple a a drawing
From bfdi it came up as some random business man I looked up
"David BFDI"

It keeps happening with other things it succ so much it deserves to
Go die in a fire that crappy website summarised is

You wanting to buy a shirt online and instead you getting spam mailed
Pictures of llamas doing the hype

Also known as looking up something like a spoon and it comes up with
A very random thing like a deer's antlers or something disturbing
Or even just a bad picture or video of what look up I looked up a carrot
You're expect a carrot you're wrong it came up with a person comparing
A carrot to a coin

Thumbnail of user margaretb890
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
December 1st, 2020

The website's very quick and easy to adapt to; useful indeed and funny to browse daily here and there

Thumbnail of user lizziel2
1 review
1 helpful vote
March 20th, 2016

I talked to a psychic on asked and she was horrible. Everything that she told me was a lied and were things that were not even on my radar in the future. It almost felt like she was trying to convince me on what to do instead of telling me what I wanted to know which was what my future possible entails. I spent $300 and it was money totally wasted. I told them to give me my money back and now they won't. I have been to psychic before but this was seriously the worst reading that I have ever had in my entire life!

Thumbnail of user henrikb13
4 reviews
9 helpful votes
November 6th, 2020

Very good website with great design, photos and nice representation. If you are really looking for some answers, ask.com is an excellent place for time spending and education. This website always come up with the answer.
Well done and keep up adding more and interesting material.

Thumbnail of user greggc13
1 review
6 helpful votes
April 12th, 2015

Ask, is a virus they install themselves on your computer and take over your search. Answer. Don't use the ask search sites. If you want to get rid of there icon and auto search on your tool bar try restore on your computer, don't go to a free virus fixer, they will install a virus and then try to sell you software to get rid of it. I'm suprised no one has sued them. They really stink.

Thumbnail of user shannonb526
6 reviews
7 helpful votes
September 7th, 2020

I always go to this site if I have a need an answer. They always come up with something that is helpful, sometimes it takes time but I almost always get answers for any questions I ask. Thanks guys!

Thumbnail of user jillj23
2 reviews
9 helpful votes
February 15th, 2016

I have never seen a business model so shamelessly predicated on the idea of betrayal. Let me give you an example of how Ask works, I'll be the sales clerk at a brink and mortar; are you ready? "Hi, how are you today? So you're looking for information on the war of 1812 huh? Well ill just knock you out and when you wake up, you'll find that I've locked you in a little cage. Oh good you'really awake, so back to the War of 1812, I don't have any information for you but I'd be happy to sell you this jacket made out of lamas hair at above market value, or how about this collection of nuts and bolts engraved with flowers sold by a place in Istanbul, Turkey. What you just want you're freedom? Not with out a fight kiddo. Using Ask, I imagine, Is the online equivalent to joining Scientology.

Thumbnail of user anthonyl49
1 review
5 helpful votes
July 15th, 2015

The management apparently does not live up to commitments made by their sales team. Based on my experience if you pressured them to do so, you are well advised to remain on guard against immature childish vindictive and destructive behavior to property. At the time of this writing it is my intention to place the referenced incident into the most appropriate legal forum with the confident expectations of recovering for willful vindictive damage to property, i. E. entirely childish and unprofessional behavior resulting in loss.

Tip for consumers:
do not sign electronically any statement saying you have received/read documents until you have the hard copy in hand and have carefully read it and/or have it read by an attorney. Expect your purchase process to be dragged on for hours to the point where you are willing to sign anything to get it over with. However if you still choose to enter their arena, eat prior to entering.

Thumbnail of user owenp12
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
December 16th, 2016

A search engine with infinite loops and the result of getting to the point you were not supposed to get to. Wouldn`t recommend.

Thumbnail of user justint42
114 reviews
1,649 helpful votes
December 28th, 2015

Every time I have searched for an answer to my questions, Voila there it is.

Thumbnail of user marybeller2
1 review
5 helpful votes
February 4th, 2016

This website is a rabbit warren. You click on the links and they take you to yet another ASK page - not the website you're looking for. I have NEVER been able to find what I was looking for on ASK.com. Worthless! Irritating!

Thumbnail of user maryb273
1 review
1 helpful vote
April 1st, 2016

We, a family of four, visited Wells Ask and were served by Lydia - from the moment we arrived she was helpful, polite, efficient and friendly - thank you Lydia- I hope Management passed on our thanks Mcbolton

Thumbnail of user davidw340
1 review
3 helpful votes
April 20th, 2016

A digital disease which will not go away... An evil sticky ugly interfering site. I just hate it. And it won't go away. Should be outlawed!

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