Ask.com, the search engine and question-and-answer service formerly known as Ask Jeeves, has shut down. Ask Jeeves first launched in 1996 and, with its focus on answering conversational questions ...

Ask.com, one of the earliest attempts at conversational search engines, has shut down 30 years after its debut. “Every great search must come to an end,” reads the headline on the now-defunct website.

Ask.com is no more: The onetime Burger King to Google's McDonalds has shuttered its search engine after nearly 30 years⁠—though the exact count seems to depend on who you ask⁠—with its website now ...

The butler has left the building for good. Ask.com, the search engine that millions of early internet users knew as Ask Jeeves, officially shut down its services on May 1, 2026, ending a 25-year run ...

The pioneering search engine shut down on May 1, after nearly 30 years in operation. By Ali Watkins In the digital wilds of Y2K, we came to him with our most probing questions. He told us about ...

Ask.com has shut down after nearly three decades as a search engine. Parent company IAC discontinued its search business as part of a strategic refocusing. Ask Jeeves launched in the late 1990s with a ...

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