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ASK Weather & Earthquakes Revamped

by Gilad on October 5th, 2006

I just noticed that ASK smart answers for weather had been revamped. Their blog lists 9/28 for the official post regarding the changes, but I think they are substantial enough to be reported…

Anyways, what used to look like this for the term weather, Washington DC:
ask-weather-before.jpg

Now looks like this:
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The new and enhanced page offers a new cleaner look, satellite and radar imagery, a seven day forecast, and real time alerts.

So, let’s say Washington DC is undergoing a weather advisory, it will (supposedly) be listed (in real time) either right within the initial Smart Answer result or within the Ask.com Weather channel up on the left side of the page.

Along with that they’ve also improved their earthquake information:

Now when you run a basic search for “earthquakes”, click on the Area Earthquakes Activity link and in very short order, you’ll have a map with each earthquake visible on the map as a red circle. On the left side of the page, a text list of each quake is provided. The location is hyperlinked. You can also get info about the quake by clicking the various numbers on the map.

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