In » Life without Google Day 1: The Ask experiment , ZDNet writer Larry Didgnan swears off Google for a few weeks, and on day one, has replaced the search wife in his life with the tawdry harlot, Ask.
From his Day One experience:
Here are a few thoughts on Ask.com and its redesign. More detailed views are available in the gallery above.
Being able to save a Web page is a nice touch.
The recommendations are helpful and encourage discovery–something that’s sort of old school for me. Typically, I know exactly what I’m looking for and expect it quickly.
Results in Ask.com are presented in a nice format, but often I was led astray or given results that didn’t quite add up. It wasn’t the end of the world, but it wasn’t Google either.
Search results from various content types–images, blogs and local could be integrated better. A few times I wound up at Ask City and felt like I was off the Ask3D approach.
Overall, I could survive with Ask.com as my search and maybe even thrive. On Day 1 though I’m missing Google. I’m sure it’ll get easier.
Good points about Ask but he’s better than me – I can live without Google, but I refuse. 
