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Ask.com

Ask.com (originally known as Ask Jeeves) was an American answer engine, e-magazine, and former web search engine operated by Ask Media Group and owned by People Incorporated. Founded in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen in Berkeley, California, the service became one of the earliest prominent search engines on the World Wide Web during the late…

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Founded
June 3, 1996; 30 years ago (1996-06-03)
Owner
People Incorporated
Available in
English
Commercial
Yes
Dissolved
May 1, 2026; 3 months ago (2026-05-01)
Formerly
Ask Jeeves

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Ask.com

Nodes58
Edges57
Triples34
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.034483
Components1

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Ask.com

Top relations

related to history · 10
Ask.com → As, Ask, Ask Jeeves, Authors, Bertie Wooster's, InterActiveCorp, Jeeves, The, Throughout, Wodehouse
related to Search crawler shut-down · 8
Ask.com → Ask, AskJeeves, Earlier, Google, In, The, This, Yahoo
Available in · 1
Ask.com → English
Commercial · 1
Ask.com → Yes
Dissolved · 1
Ask.com → May 1, 2026; 3 months ago (2026-05-01)
Formerly · 1
Ask.com → Ask Jeeves
Founded · 1
Ask.com → June 3, 1996; 30 years ago (1996-06-03)
Launched · 1
Ask.com → June 1, 1997; 29 years ago (1997-06-01)
Owner · 1
Ask.com → People Incorporated
Parent · 1
Ask.com → Ask Media Group

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ask com jeeves search web engine july 2012 users questions 2010 became engines late answer group site initiated website service

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Ask.comAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
Ask.comCommercialYes1.00infobox
Ask.comDissolvedMay 1, 2026; 3 months ago (2026-05-01)1.00infobox
Ask.comFormerlyAsk Jeeves1.00infobox
Ask.comFoundedJune 3, 1996; 30 years ago (1996-06-03)1.00infobox
Ask.comLaunchedJune 1, 1997; 29 years ago (1997-06-01)1.00infobox
Ask.comOwnerPeople Incorporated1.00infobox
Ask.comParentAsk Media Group1.00infobox
Ask.comRegistrationOptional1.00infobox
Ask.comType of siteAnswer engine, e-magazine, newsbot, former web search engine1.00infobox
Ask.comURLwww.ask.com1.00infobox
Googleinstance offocusing more directly on competing with major search engines0.80text

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