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No more Jeeves: Ask.com officially shuttered

https://mashable.com/article/ask-jeeves-shut-downhttps://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/onetime-google-competitor-ask-com-formerly-ask-jeeves-throws-in-the-towel-after-almost-30-years-jeeves-spirit-endures/https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15785467/Ask-Pioneering-internet-search-engine-PG-Wodehouses-Jeeves-leave.html
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No more Jeeves: Ask.com officially shuttered Open in Mashable.com
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  • Ask.com shut down its search engine on May 1, 2026, ending a 25-year era as IAC refocuses away from legacy search.
  • Experts see Ask.com's closure as part of a broader shift toward AI-powered search and the end of the early dot-com era.
  • Ask Jeeves launched in 1997 and popularized natural-language queries with a Jeeves-like persona, later rebranding to Ask.com in 2006.

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Onetime Google competitor Ask.com, formerly Ask Jeeves, throws in the towel after almost 30 years: 'Jeeves' spirit endures'

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/onetime-google-competitor-ask-com-formerly-ask-jeeves-throws-in-the-towel-after-almost-30-years-jeeves-spirit-endures/Pcgamer.com
Onetime Google competitor Ask.com, formerly Ask Jeeves, throws in the towel after almost 30 years: 'Jeeves' spirit endures'

Pioneering search engine named after PG Wodehouse's Jeeves shuts down

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15785467/Ask-Pioneering-internet-search-engine-PG-Wodehouses-Jeeves-leave.htmlDailymail.com
Pioneering search engine named after PG Wodehouse's Jeeves shuts down

Farewell, Jeeves: Ask.com shuts down | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/02/farewell-jeeves-ask-com-shuts-down/Techcrunch.com
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