AskJeeves To Take On Google
News AskJeeves launched a new search engine Monday, going toe-to-toe on quality claims with Web darling Google. AskJeeves' Teoma.com faces a mountain of competition from back-end technology providers. AskJeeves) needs a key differentiator that makes...
[April 2, 2002, 17:06]
Search Site Scraps Paid Listings
News AskJeeves will stop accepting advertiser payments for inclusion in its searchable Web database, in a move to draw competitive lines between it and Yahoo's new search engine. Jim Lanzone, vice president of product management for AskJeeves, said on...
[March 3, 2004, 7:45]
What Women Want (to Ask.com)
Blog Comment First, they were AskJeeves (http://www.squirrelnet.com/search/AskJeeves.asp). Too bad they didn't stick around as AskJeeves. Then Ask. Now AskForWomen (my own title). So many changes. Given the approaching semantic web, it could have been a nice...
[March 9, 2008, 9:18]
UK Customer Info Threatened By ETour Sell-off
News British consumers who have registered with ETour.com will not be protected by UK law as the assets of the firm are sold to search engine AskJeeves, warns the Office of the Information Commissioner. The struggling online tour site has been forced to...
[May 25, 2001, 10:48]
News Schmooze: They're Watching You...
News UK users who registered with ETour.com might get a taste of privacy invasion shortly, depending on what AskJeeves.com decides to do with all the customer info it bought off ETour. The Schmoozer can't imagine, however, that AskJeeves will easily...
[May 25, 2001, 16:29]
What Women Want (to Ask.com)
Blog Comment I still remember back in the dot com craze when Carlton and Granada proudly announced they were jointly investing £80m in 50% of Askjeeves, they later, rather quietly sold that stake to original owners for.m.
[March 6, 2008, 9:35]
Startup Spotlight: Human Search Engine Launches
News Barker's attitude highlights the limitations of search engines such as Askjeeves, where simple questions often result in random answers. Questico.co.uk launches the first human search engine Monday, in which the capabilities of an Internet search...
[October 24, 2000, 8:10]
Want To Win £1m? Don't Ask Jeeves
News We decided to turn to AskJeeves.com, the natural language search engine that touts itself as your personal butler for the Internet. C'mon, you've all thought about it. What if you were a contestant on ABC's "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
[January 24, 2000, 14:28]
A Year Ago: Want To Win £1m? Don't Ask Jeeves
News We decided to turn to AskJeeves.com, the natural language search engine that touts itself as your personal butler for the Internet. What if Ask Jeeves could help you out on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire'?
[January 24, 2001, 6:02]
Yahoo! Tests New Search Layout
News and AskJeeves lay the groundwork for turnarounds. is testing a new layout for search results that packs more paid listings onto a page, a move that could increase its revenues and provide a big boost for its paid search partner, Overture Services.
[February 5, 2003, 8:13]
MSN Gets On Search Bandwagon
News To compete, nearly every search company including Inktomi, AltaVista, HotBot, FAST Search & Transfer and AskJeeves have updated their technology in recent months, serving up faster, more relevant results.
[February 12, 2003, 8:14]
Universities Leading Search Research
News A big source of new ideas comes out of universities," said Geoff Yang, a venture capitalist at Redpoint Ventures, which has backed such companies as AskJeeves and TiVo. The project is one of many efforts at US universities designed to address the...
[August 16, 2005, 11:40]
Yahoo's Overture May Force Microsoft's Hand
News Microsoft might also respond by bidding for a second-tier commercial search company such as FindWhat.com, Looksmart or AskJeeves. Yahoo's $1.63bn buyout of Overture Services signals a dramatic shake-up of the Web search market that could wake a...
[July 15, 2003, 8:22]
Ask Jeeves Gets New Chairman
News Ask Jeeves operates a sister site in the UK, AskJeeves.co.uk. Ask Jeeves, the Web search service with a human touch, said Thursday it has appointed cofounder Garrett Gruener as chairman. The site has suffered its share of dot-com gloom, with the...
[January 12, 2001, 10:43]
