Summary: Search engine Ask.com recently announced its acquisition of the question and answer website Ask.fm, but did not disclose the details of the transaction. After years of trying to compete against Google search, Ask.com has been unsuccessful in several transitions. Acquisition Ask.fm can be seen as a social
Search engine Ask.com recently announced that it had bought a question-and-answer website Ask.fm, but did not disclose details of the deal.
After years of trying to compete against Google search, Ask.com has been unsuccessful in several transitions. Acquiring Ask.fm can be seen as a sign of its foray into social networks.
Ask.fm currently has 180 million users, of whom 40% are younger than 18 years of age. Ask.fm's anonymity and curiosity are the two most attractive places for this product, where users can log on through social accounts and choose to register anonymously. Anyone can see the answers to questions and replies from Ask.fm users. In addition to the United States, Ask.fm's large number of users are also concentrated in Europe, Russia and Brazil.