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Yesterday’s Webcology on WebmasterRadio.fm was one of those shows I truly love doing, a conversation with an old friend. Our guest was Gary Price, one of those people who have had an extraordinary impact on the evolution of the search and Internet environment.

Gary was one of the original editors of Search Engine Watch. Before working with Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman, Gary had established the extremely successful Librarian focused information site, ResourceShelf.com. After leaving Search Engine Watch, Gary became the chief evangelist for Ask.com, working directly with Ask’s former (and beloved) CEO Jim Lanzone during Ask’s most innovate period. He was let go from Ask in early March following Lanzone’s replacement as CEO by Jim Safka when Ask laid-off many of the team that made Ask so innovative. In 2001, Gary wrote a book with Chris Sherman, “The Invisible Web: Uncovering Information Sources Search Engines Can’t See” about the Deep Web, a topic I wrote about earlier this week.

Gary came on Webcology yesterday to address Googlebot and the Deep Web. While he was there, he spoke a bit about Ask.com and the aftermath of the layoffs. It was a grand conversation. Click on the player to listen in.

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Aftermath of Ask Layoffs Former Ask.com executive and currently Resource Shelf chief librarian Gary Price talks about the aftermath of the Ask.com layoffs and the changes that have been made since his departure Show Host: Jim Hedger Dave Davies Show: Webcology Channel: Search Engine Optimization