Link: Ask Jeeves Appoints Gary Price Director of Online Information Resources: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance. Nice to see that AJ has been very sensible in appointing Gary. This new job will add to the many that he already has, not least of which are editing ResourceShelf, Docuticker and his work at Search Engine Watch. According to the press release he will lead Ask Jeeves' outreach efforts within the library and education communities and will play an advisory role in the development of new search products for Ask Jeeves.
Ignoring the fact that it's Gary for a moment, I think it's a very sound plan for search engines to start to really use librarians and information professionals in this manner, and I look forward to seeing others doing the same thing. Good luck with the job Gary! And of course, if there are any other search engine companies out there looking to do the same thing - well, you know where I am! :)
Congratulations to Gary!
Posted by: Jenny | February 13, 2006 at 12:23 PM