Tuesday, 1st August 2006

New Reference Smart Answers from Ask.com Offer Comparison Pricing for Books and This Day in History Info

This week:

+ Enter an ISBN into the Ask.com search box. In most cases you'll see results for the book from various online bookstores, sometimes even an image. But that's not the Smart Answer. What's neat here is that you should also find a link and box titled "ISBN Search" with the number you've already entered in the main search box is now ready for comparison price searching. Now, click "GO". What you'll see is an entry for that item with COMPARISON pricing data via Glenn Fleishman's wonderful ISBN.nu price comparison database.

+ Enter This Day in History in the main search box and find a Smart Answer for historical event info via Infoplease.com. This Smart Answer is part of Ask.com new RSS Smart Answer program.

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