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Search Engine Watch
February 3, 2000 |
Ask Jeeves Asks Direct Hit In a surprise move, but one that makes perfect sense, Ask Jeeves announced last week that it was acquiring Direct Hit in a $500 million stock deal.   |
Search Engine Watch
October 9, 2003
Chris Sherman |
What's In A (Search Engine's) Name? What's a Google? Should you be wary of Inktomi? Here's a look at the origins and meanings of the major search engines' names. |
InternetNews
March 21, 2005
Clint Boulton |
IAC to Buy Ask Jeeves for $1.85B IAC/InterActiveCorp agrees to acquire Ask Jeeves in a deal that puts it squarely into competition with Google, Yahoo and Microsoft. |
Search Engine Watch
September 12, 2005
Andrew Goodman |
Ask Jeeves CEO: "We Are Focused on Core Search" Now that Ask Jeeves is part of aggressive online powerhouse InterActive Corp., what's next for the search engine and its various services? Ask Jeeves' CEO Steve Berkowitz discusses the company's future. |
Search Engine Watch
October 3, 2006
Rae Hoffman |
Rebranding Ask.com How do you engineer a major overhaul to your web site to increase traffic and user satisfaction? Ask.com's Senior User Experience Analyst describes the company's careful yet bold approach to its recent redesign in this wide-ranging interview. |
The Motley Fool
February 27, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Ask, the World Turns Ask.com starts a new life with Jeeves riding off into the sunset. But losing the edge of Jeeves won't matter if the company is able to put its many dot-com puzzle pieces together. Investors, take note. |
Search Engine Watch
August 2, 2000
Danny Sullivan |
Ask Jeeves Adds Directory, Direct Hit Results Ask Jeeves has redesigned its home page and search results page. From the home page, you'll find category links just below the search box. These lead to the Ask Jeeves version of the Open Directory, where sites are ranked in order of popularity. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Ask Jeeves Shapes Up Ask.com is the newest search engine to dish up new features. But investors should realize there is still risk attached to the company as the search industry continues to evolve. |
Search Engine Watch
August 1, 2005
Danny Sullivan |
New Ask Jeeves Sponsored Listings Program Lets More Advertisers Buy Direct Ask Jeeves unveiled a new automated paid listings service today, Ask Jeeves Sponsored Listings, that will allow anyone to purchase ads directly on the Ask Jeeves network. |
Search Engine Watch
September 21, 2004
Gary Price |
Ask Jeeves Serves It Your Way It's a busy day at Ask Jeeves with the announcement of several new services and enhancements, including the launch of a new personalized search tool and a major upgrade of the company's Teoma search engine. |
Search Engine Watch
October 3, 2000
Danny Sullivan |
Go2Net Gets Paid Links From Ask Jeeves The paid link system run by Ask Jeeves has now expanded to appearing at the Go2Net service. |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Jeeves Excites Investors The search company snaps up the name behind iWon and Excite. |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2004
Tim Goh |
Questions for Ask Jeeves Internet search site Ask Jeeves drops 10% after guiding lower. |
InternetNews
February 10, 2006
Michael Hickins |
IAC/InterActive Firing The Butler? Is Ask Jeeves, swimming in a crowded pool of search engines vying for the lead, ripe for a sell off? |
Search Engine Watch
March 28, 2006
Andrew Goodman |
Danny Sullivan Asks Barry Diller What's up with the company formerly known as Ask Jeeves? |
The Motley Fool
June 21, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Ask Jeeves Focuses The search engine concern shows even more strength in search. |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Ask and Ye Shall Recede Ask.com is getting back in touch with its roots, retracing its steps to when it was a search engine that stood out by asking its users for questions instead of search phrases. |
Search Engine Watch
May 26, 2005
Sherman & Price |
Ask Jeeves Serves Up New Features Ask Jeeves is rolling out two new enhancements today that help searchers quickly focus queries and get direct answers to questions without using complex commands or advanced search tools. |
Information Today
March 10, 2008
Paula J. Hane |
Ask.com Scales Back to Target Its Core Customers The internet portal has plans to scale back operations, laying off around 40 people (about 8% of its total employees), and move in a new direction for its search business. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
Is Jeeves Getting Firefoxy? Rumors abound linking Ask Jeeves and Firefox. Investors need only sit on the sidelines and wonder just how close to the browser Ask Jeeves might get. |
InternetNews
May 20, 2005
Tim Gray |
Jeeves Heads to Europe Search engine Ask Jeeves announced Friday it has purchased Excite Italia, the operator of Excite Europe, from Tiscali. |
| T.H.E. Journal |
FYI - Ask Jeeves Kids Teachers can now easily answer their students' difficult questions with Ask.com's site for kids, Ask Jeeves Kids (www.ajkids.com). Students can ask Jeeves just about any question from "Why is the sky blue?" to "What is the capital of North Dakota?" and get immediate answers |
InternetNews
February 27, 2006
Susan Kuchinskas |
Ask Says Bye to Butler Ask Jeeves rebrands to highlight new service and features. |
InternetNews
April 25, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Ask Loses CEO to Microsoft Following Jeeves the butler out the door, Ask.com CEO Steve Berkowitz is headed to Microsoft. |
Search Engine Watch
February 4, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
So Long Direct Hit, Hello Teoma Say your goodbyes to the Direct Hit search engine. Direct Hit is no longer the favored child of parent company Ask Jeeves, now that the company's new baby, Teoma, is growing up... |
Search Engine Watch
October 2, 2001
Danny Sullivan |
Ask Jeeves Acquires Teoma Ask Jeeves has purchased the Teoma search engine, which has attracted interest over recent months as a potential relevancy challenger to Google... |
InternetNews
February 8, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Ask Jeeves Goes to the Blogs The search giant acquires the parent company of blog and RSS pioneer Bloglines. |
Search Engine Watch
August 5, 2002
Danny Sullivan |
Ask Jeeves To Carry Google's Ads A three year deal will see Ask Jeeves carrying paid listings from Google on its search properties, including Ask Jeeves-owned Teoma.com. |
Information Today
September 27, 2004
Paula J. Hane |
Ask Jeeves Enhances its Flagship Search Engine The user interface is more crisp and professional, the underlying Teoma search engine has been upgraded to 3.0, local search options have been expanded, and a new MyJeeves service has been introduced. |
Search Engine Watch
August 4, 2004
Gary Price |
Ask Jeeves Goes Local, Adds New Smart Search Features Ask Jeeves has announced a new exclusive partnership with local search and content provider CitySearch, and added new search shortcuts. |
Information Today
May 31, 2005
Paula J. Hane |
Ask Jeeves Hopes to Zoom Ahead of Competitors Ask Jeeves, usually seen as an also-ran to Google and Yahoo!, has just introduced some core search innovations that it says will significantly improve the relevance and speed of users' searches. |
Search Engine Watch
January 26, 2006
Chris Sherman |
Searching For a Better Image Ask Jeeves has launched a brand-new image search service, using some innovative techniques to identify high-quality pictures on the web. See how it stacks up against the competition. |
InternetNews
January 30, 2004
Janis Mara |
Earnings: Ask Jeeves, aQuantive, Digitas All three reported strong fourth quarters, though some looked better than others overall. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2004
Rick Munarriz |
Hail to the Jeeves Online content providers continue to rock in 2004 -- just Ask Jeeves. Paid search is the place to be. |
The Motley Fool
August 1, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Diller's in a Pickle at IAC The biggest opportunity at IAC lies in its Ask.com search engine. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
March 4, 2004
Zachary Rodgers |
Ask Jeeves Makes $343 Million Acquisition In a huge deal, the second-tier search engine buys privately held Interactive Search Holdings, owner of iWon and Excite. |
BusinessWeek
April 4, 2005
Timothy J. Mullaney |
Why Second-Tier Sites May Be Worth Top Dollar With Web ad rates on the rise, more acquisitions of the likes of Ask Jeeves may be in store |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Ask Jeeves Does Windows Ask Jeeves is acquiring start-up Tukaroo, which will provide desktop-searching capabilities. Talk about going for the jugular, in light of all the recent search engine skirmishing. |
Search Engine Watch
March 5, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Search Engine Forums Spotlight Links to this week's topics from search engine forums across the web: Google Brain Implants? - Yahoo! Search Launches Free AddURL - Will Tracking Bad Bots Hurt Ranking? - Have You Been Asking Jeeves? - Developing Google AdSense Tracking Script - How Do You Start Your Own Directory Like Dmoz? - Yahoo's New Program Pricing Announced... - Search Conference Round-Up |
Search Engine Watch
August 26, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Search Engine Executive Roundtable, Part 2 How do the search engines view search marketing firms? What are the growth drivers of the industry? And Is the search 'bubble' going to pop soon? Danny Sullivan continues his discussion with four top search executives. |
Information Today
March 28, 2005 |
Weekly News Digest Scirus Search Engine Now Includes Patents... IAC/InterActiveCorp Bids for Ask Jeeves... FAST Offers Mobile Search Service... |
Search Engine Watch
April 8, 2004
Chris Sherman |
Ask Jeeves: Why Buy Interactive Search Holdings? Ask Jeeves' recent significant acquisition of Interactive Search Holdings largely unremarked amid the recent sparring between industry titans Yahoo and Google. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
More Next-Door Search Yahoo! and Ask Jeeves get even more local. |
The Motley Fool
June 6, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Ask.com and Ye Shall Receive Ask.com enhances its search-engine offerings. With just 5% of the search engine market, IAC has no problem taking chances. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
November 22, 2005
Tim Gray |
Ask Jeeves Adds Multimedia Search Results GoFish's multimedia content is enabling Ask Jeeves users to listen to, browse, download and purchase music, video, podcasts, movies, music videos and ring tones. |
InternetNews
August 3, 2004
Parker & Rodgers |
Yahoo!, Ask Jeeves Bow Local Search Tools The news follows closely on the heels Google's own local Web search offering. |
Information Today
January 6, 2003 |
NewsBreaks Weekly News Digest Information Today, Inc. Acquires Streaming Media, Inc.... Ask Jeeves Eliminates Banner Ads... BrandDefense Offers Intellectual Property Protection Services |
Search Engine Watch
December 15, 2005
Chris Sherman Gary Price |
Google Adds Music Search Feature Google has introduced a new feature that provides information about music and musical artists in response to music related search queries. |
The Motley Fool
November 29, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Serial Diller Diversified new-media empire IAC is making some moves, again. The interlocking pieces that make up IAC have always had the potential to fit. The difference now is that they are actually starting to come together. |
The Motley Fool
June 25, 2004
Roger Nusbaum |
Getting Answers About Ask Jeeves Ask Jeeves is one internet search company that has lived through all the ups and all the downs of the Internet bubble. A few years ago, survivability was an issue, but no longer. |
