Come on, you had to see this coming? With April Fools day looming overhead, it was only natural for the world’s search engines to get themselves into the mix. As luck would have it, I believe that Ask.com may be the first off the line this year…

Leading off with a blog entry at the Ask.com blog, named What Should We Do? Ask.com asked the blog readers about launching something around April 1, does it make sense to do it, if it may be perceived as a joke. Of course, they released it, “due to popular demand.” Ask.com releases for the first time, a full press release via its blog, with the title Ask.com Introduces RhymeRank™.

Tonight at 6PM (PST), to be released in “Gamma mode” at Ask.com is RhymeRank, “Cutting Edge Technology Provides Phaster and Phresher Related Search Results.”

Forum discussion at Search Engine Roundtable Forums.

The joke press release:
Ask.com Introduces RhymeRank™

Cutting Edge Technology Provides Phaster and Phresher Related Search Results

Oakland, CA, April 1, 2006 – Ask.com announced today the introduction of RhymeRank, an innovative search technology capable of producing related search results that rhyme with a searcher’s original query. The new product is located on the right-hand side of the Ask search results page, under the heading, “Rhyme Your Search.” Source: Search Engine Roundtable

Tags: ask.com, rhymerank, cutting edge technology, blog readers