The pioneering search engine shut down on May 1, after nearly 30 years in operation. By Ali Watkins In the digital wilds of ...

Owner IAC says it's discontinuing its search business.

Ask.com, the search engine formerly known as Ask Jeeves, has shut down. IAC discontinued the search business after nearly 30 ...

Ask Jeeves, an early giant in the search engine game that later became Ask.com, is no more. It now joins once-favored search ...

Ask's parent company, InterActiveCorp (IAC), discontinued its search business on May 1, 2026.

The online search valet is finally retiring after 30 years of serving up answers to our millions of questions.

Ask.com has shut down, ending the Ask Jeeves era just as AI chatbots make question-based search feel normal again.

Need to Ask Jeeves Something? Sorry, It's Too Late ...

Ask.com has officially shut down its search business on May 1, 2026, ending a nearly thirty-year run. Parent company IAC ...

Service, launched as “Ask Jeeves” before the turn of the millennium, was one of the oldest internet search engines. On May 1, ...

Ask.com posted a farewell message on its website, announcing that the search engine would shut down as of Friday, May 1.