Owner IAC says it's discontinuing its search business.
Ask.com, the search engine formerly known as Ask Jeeves, has shut down. IAC discontinued the search business after nearly 30 ...
Ask's parent company, InterActiveCorp (IAC), discontinued its search business on May 1, 2026.
Ask.com, the search engine previously known for its butler mascot named Jeeves, has officially shut down. While Ask Jeeves ...
The online search valet is finally retiring after 30 years of serving up answers to our millions of questions.
Ask.com posted a farewell message on its website, announcing that the search engine would shut down as of Friday, May 1.
Ask.com has shut down, ending the Ask Jeeves era just as AI chatbots make question-based search feel normal again.
Service, launched as “Ask Jeeves” before the turn of the millennium, was one of the oldest internet search engines. On May 1, ...
Ask.com, the pioneering search engine and Q&A service, has ceased operations after 30 years, marking the end of its era.
Then came Garrett Gruener, David Warthen, and Gary Chevsky, who together devised Ask Jeeves – a search engine that offered ...