Ask.com Rolls Out Emoticon Search
Ask.com blogs that they will now return an explanation for emotion searches like :) and :D. They will also help readers searching for LOL and ROFL.
For a long time people have wanted the ability to search for terms and phrases on the web using non-letter (A-Z) characters. Put another way, searching using non-alphanumeric characters.Here are some examples. (Note: We hope our readers already know the meanings of these examples).
Well the time has come here at Ask.com and we've started to roll-out some what we hope are useful and practical examples.
We now offer a growing list of emoticons (aka smileys) that can be found by simply typing the smiley into the search box. Look for the definition in a Smart Answer box at the top of web results page.
Posted on September 5, 2006
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