Ask.com has provided some updates to its Smart Answer service, making some additions to deliver information about hurricanes and tropical storms to users of the search engine.
Ask searches, their Smart Answer Team sees this as an extra convenience for the site's users. They describe some of the philosophy behind this on a A frequently used phrase in the library and research world is "ready reference." Its meaning deals with having resources to answer certain factual types of queries easily and quickly accessible. In the web age, this can also mean having specific web sites or pages at the ready. So, in essence it's about: * Saving you time and effort. We could all use more time. * Having some understanding of the quality, scope, currency and reliability of the resource often before using it. In the case of tropical storms and hurricanes, it means having timely storm information at hand. A query for RSS Smart Answer functionality for certain hurricane queries, like
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