Tag archive: Jim Lanzone

After six years at the helm of search engine Ask.com, Jim Lazone is stepping down to join venture capital firm Redpoint Ventures. Taking over the top Ask.com top spot will be Jim Safka, who currently heads the Primal Ventures, the venture capital arm of Ask.com's parent company IAC, run by media entrepreneur Barry Diller. “Jim Lanzone was the principal executive responsible for Ask.com's turnaround over the last two… Read More

Google may be the 800-pound gorilla of the search engine marketplace, but that isn't stopping Ask.com, which today unveiled a redesign dubbed Ask3D, it latest effort to make Internet searches more efficient for users and, of course, gain some marketshare back from Google. “On average, it takes people four queries to find what they are searching for online,” said Jim Lanzone, CEO of Ask.com. “Ask3D reduces the amount… Read More