Ask Jeeves just closed its doors after 29 years, and no one noticed
Summary Ask.com (Ask Jeeves) closed on May 1, 2026, as IAC exits the search business. Launched in 1997 with a butler speaking simple English, it was renamed “Ask” in 2006 but lost out to Google. We’re a little surprised it wasn’t closed sooner. In the tech industry, sometimes you have a weird moment where you … Read more