Ask.com has partnered with Blinkx to power its video search results, reports Mashable (via CNN).

Revenue will be split for each sponsored result users click on, as well as for advertising revenue generated when users go to media partner sites.

Blinkx has already partnered with search engines MSN and AOL. Other web partnerships include Sproose, National Geographic, ChaCha, Quintura and LookSmart.

Blinkx has already gone ahead with its IPO, demonstrating it is ready to grow the business and become a major competitor to other video search engines - namely Google's YouTube.