What exactly do you do to support my organisation
from a technical perspective?
We can provide the search box as html to integrate into an
existing site, or as part of a new website template that we
can provide for you to use as you wish. Either way the code
is easy to use and incorporate by your own IT provider, whether
in-house or independent, but we can provide technical assistance
if needed.
Can
you see my searches and do you share my information with others?
We look at only the volume of searches and the revenue generated
through the Ask advertising mechanisms. None of this information
is shared with anyone else.
Do
your services interfere with the running of my website/intranet?
No, they are designed to sit within your existing structure
without creating any changes or disruption.
Are
your services secure? Can I get viruses, spyware, malware etc?
Our services work within your existing structure and therefore
all interaction with the internet is governed by your existing
policies and procedures.
What
are the policies for using the services?
Usage of our partners services are subject to their specific
terms and conditions as detailed in our
terms and conditions.
I
have heard of "click fraud". What is it?
"Click fraud" includes spam or fraudulent clicks
resulting from, for example, repeated manual clicking or the
use of 'robots', automated clicking tools, or other deceptive
software and Ask.com employs many sophisticated tools to detect
inappropriate usage.
Ask, like all the other search engines, employ stringent
criteria to detect and act against such fraud, and our terms
and conditions reflect this approach.
Why
don't I employ people to make searches for us and we can then
earn when they "click"?
No, this would clearly
fall under click fraud.
In any case, the beauty of our service is that we are NOT
asking anyone to behave differently in relation to their web
searches, we want searches to be conducted in precisely their
normal way, but via the revenue generating service.
You
say "post the HTML code" to our website. What do you mean?
HTML is the programming language that makes your internet
website function. The search box code is therefore added to
your site in order to make the search box function. This is
not added as plain text but in HTML mode via an HTML editor.
