Ask.com, originally founded as the Y2K stalwart Ask Jeeves, is officially dead. "As IAC continues to sharpen its focus, we have made the decision to discontinue our search business, which includes Ask ...

After 29 years in the business, Ask.com (formerly known as Ask Jeeves), has finally closed its doors as of May 1st, 2026. While the writing has been on the wall since Google's search engine took the ...

Nostalgic search engine Ask.com has shut down after 30 years, in what users are describing as the "end of an era". Ask Jeeves was among the first internet search engines to launch back in 1996, two ...

One of the longest-enduring characters on the internet, the business-suited mascot for Ask Jeeves, and its associated search engine Ask.com, are no more. On May 1, the service’s owner, IAC, ...

Ask.com, the search engine previously known for its butler mascot named Jeeves, has officially shut down. While Ask Jeeves was rebranded to Ask.com in 2006 by its new owner at the time, ...

Ask.com, one of the internet’s earliest search engine competitors, has shut down its search business after nearly 30 years, marking the latest contraction in a market dominated by a handful of major ...