Apparently some folks think so. There’s an article in Mercury News where the new CEO, Steve Berkowitz, is being interviewed.
Here’s a quote:
Fast forward to 2006. Now part of IAC/InterActiveCorp, Barry Diller’s Internet empire, the search engine is revamped, has a new name — Ask.com — and is winning over critics and gaining market share. Technology mavens have praised the company’s search results as equal to and sometimes better than Google’s.“When I joined Ask, I thought there are only two places the company can go, it can go up or it can go out of business,” Berkowitz said
