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Ask.com

Ask.com
Type of businessSubsidiary
Type of site
Answer engine
Available inEnglish
FoundedJune 3, 1996 (1996-06-03) (as Ask Jeeves) February 2006 (2006-02) (as Ask.com)
Headquarters555 City Center
Oakland, California, U.S.[1]
OwnerIAC
Created byGarrett Gruener
David Warthen (Founders)
Douglas Leeds (CEO)
URLaskjeeves.com and ask.com
RegistrationOptional
Current statusActive

Ask.com (originally known as Ask Jeeves) is a question answering–focused e-business founded in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen in Berkeley, California.

The original software was implemented by Gary Chevsky, from his own design. Warthen, Chevsky, Justin Grant, and others built the early AskJeeves.com website around that core engine. In 2006, the "Jeeves" name was dropped and they refocused on the search engine, which had its own algorithm.[2] In late 2010, facing insurmountable competition from more popular search engines like Google, the company outsourced its web search technology and returned to its roots as a question and answer site.[3] Douglas Leeds was elevated from president to CEO in 2010.[4]

Three venture capital firms, Highland Capital Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, and The RODA Group were early investors.[5] Ask.com is currently owned by InterActiveCorp (IAC) under the Nasdaq symbol Nasdaq: IAC, and its corporate headquarters are located at 555 City Center, in the Oakland City Center development in downtown Oakland, California.

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  2. ^ Ryan, Kevin (2010-11-12). "The Long, Sad Story of Ask.com". adage.com. Archived from the original on 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  3. ^ Kopytoff, Verne G. (November 9, 2010). "Ask.com Giving Up Search to Return to Q-and-A Service". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "IAC Management". IAC. Archived from the original on January 5, 2012.
  5. ^ "Ask Jeeves, Inc. initial public offering prospectus". Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2011.