Goodbye, Jeeves: Ask.com has shut down

Ask.comthe search engine and question-and-answer service formerly known as Ask Jeeves has shut down.

Ask Jeeves was first launched in 1996, and with its focus on answering conversational questions posed in natural language, it can be said that it was first launched in 1996. An introduction to today’s AI-powered chatbots. However, it has been overshadowed by other search products, especially Google, for most of its thirty-year history.

IAC Holding Company I got to Ask Jeeves In 2005, the word “Jeves” was quickly dropped from the name, and by 2010 it was dropped. It reduced its search product To refocus on questions and answers. That same year, Barry Diller, president of IAC, said so at TechCrunch Disrupt Ask.com Wasn’t able to compete with Google They are not valued in IAC shares.

Message on Ask.com The website currently reads, “As IAC continues to increase its focus, we have made the decision to discontinue our search business, which includes Ask.com. After 25 years of answering the world’s questions, Ask.com will officially close on May 1, 2026.”

However, the site insists that “Jeeves’ spirit lives on.”