Ask.com has shut down, ending the Ask Jeeves era just as AI chatbots make question-based search feel normal again.
Ask's parent company, InterActiveCorp (IAC), discontinued its search business on May 1, 2026.
The pioneering search engine shut down on May 1, after nearly 30 years in operation. By Ali Watkins In the digital wilds of ...
Ask.com, the search engine previously known for its butler mascot named Jeeves, has officially shut down. While Ask Jeeves ...
Ask.com, formerly known as Ask Jeeves, has officially shut down its search business as of May 1, 2026, after 25 years of ...
Ask.com posted a farewell message on its website, announcing that the search engine would shut down as of Friday, May 1.
Service, launched as “Ask Jeeves” before the turn of the millennium, was one of the oldest internet search engines. On May 1, ...