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To: Don Green who wrote (189)	12/2/1999 5:13:00 PM
From: Dick Smith	Read Replies (1) of 838

Do I actually use it? Don Green asked "Just curious do you actually use Jeeves for your searches? I tried it a few times and actually thought it was more of a gimmick..but I have also seen many other sites now using similar questionare input." Well, yes, I do use it, for certain kinds of searches... especially the dumb kind that keyword-based engines (Altavista is my favorite) don't do well. Questions like "When is Hannakuh?" or "Tell me about Pokemon." It does fairly well at those. It was crummy at "Should I buy your IPO shares if offered?" And many of the other sites you're seeing question-style search are using ASKJ's question engine... those corporate deals are the real reason to believe in these guys. Of course, I'm holding 50 shares at the IPO price, so I'm a little biased. I think I'm going to keep at least half of those, even through the expiration of the lockup period. Maybe all of them, as my mood swings.... Dick

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