Popular 1990s internet search giant shuts down

Ask.com is shutting down its search business after nearly 30 years as parent IAC refocuses operations, marking the end of an ...

Ask.com, former home of search butler Jeeves, closes just as conversational search comes back

Then came Garrett Gruener, David Warthen, and Gary Chevsky, who together devised Ask Jeeves – a search engine that offered ...
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OG conversational search engine Ask.com has answered its last question

Ask's parent company, InterActiveCorp (IAC), discontinued its search business on May 1, 2026.

Ask Jeeves Is Gone After Nearly 30 Years Of Search

Ask.com, the search engine formerly known as Ask Jeeves, has shut down. IAC discontinued the search business after nearly 30 ...
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Sorry, Jeeves: Ask.com shuts down search after nearly 30 years

Ask.com posted a farewell message on its website, announcing that the search engine would shut down as of Friday, May 1.
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Popular 90s search engine 'Ask Jeeves' finally bites the dust

The online search valet is finally retiring after 30 years of serving up answers to our millions of questions.

Search engine ask.com finally shut down

Service, launched as “Ask Jeeves” before the turn of the millennium, was one of the oldest internet search engines. On May 1, ...
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Ask Jeeves search engine shuttered by parent company IAC

Ask.com, formerly known as the Ask Jeeves search engine, has been shuttered by parent company IAC Inc. Here's the statement ...
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Early search engine Ask.com shuts down after 25 years

One of the web’s early search engines, launched before Google’s debut, Ask.com, has officially shut down. "As IAC [American holding company] continues to sharpen its focus, we have made the decision ...