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Let the search war begin. If you use the internet daily it is easy to realize search is in its infancy. If you haven’t yet become a search hacker like myself - the search experience is not that great. Sure, Google is fast and reliable but if it takes you 10 minutes to find what you are looking for - it’s not that efficient.

This is why there is plenty of room for new search engines with differential aspects like niche search (Google Coop), local search, or completely changing how a user interacts with search.

Enter Ask City Search, a new service from Ask that mashes search and maps. So far I have been very impressed with this implementation - which I’m sure Google will copycat very soon.

I’ve written briefly on Ask.com’s search innovations before but their recent city search launch warrants another post.

So, let’s say I want to find coffee shops near my house. Okay, so I draw a circle around my neighborhood and search within that circle - it’s quite simple.

Now, I can save my search and share it with my fellow Beaverdale coffee lovers. Granted, it’s not social network type of sharing. It’s the old fashioned email-a-link sharing, but it’s effective.

I would love to see more innovations in search - and it looks like Ask is up to the challenge.

Check out Ask City Search.

Tags: Search, Ask City Search, Ask

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