Ask adds smileys and emoticons to its search results

by AndrewGirdwood | September 1, 2006 at 09:19 am | 690 views | add comment
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Ask adds smileys and emoticons to its search results

Smiling faces have been popular on the Web and in text messages for years. Now search engine Ask likes and uses them too. A search for :-/ on Ask reveals that the emoticon typically means sceptical, uncertain or wry.

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