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Search Engine Watch October 4, 2006 Rae Hoffman	Rebranding Ask.com, Part Two Ask.com's Senior User Experience Analyst Michael Ferguson continues his discussion of the company's rebranding, offering tips and suggestions for anyone considering updating or modifying a web site.
Search Engine Watch February 20, 2006 Chris Sherman	Jeeves Retires You can visit his official retirement site and cast your vote for his next career or send him best wishes.
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.
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.
InternetNews February 27, 2006 Susan Kuchinskas	Ask Says Bye to Butler Ask Jeeves rebrands to highlight new service and features.
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 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.
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.
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.
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 December 12, 2007 Tim Beyers	Did Jeeves Rat Out the Google Twins? Ask.com parent IAC/InterActiveCorp announces a plan to give users privacy controls called "AskEraser," which would effectively protect their searches from prying eyes.
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.
InternetNews June 5, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	Ask Enters Third Dimension Ask.com introduced a new version of its search engine in hopes of boosting its lagging market share.
The Motley Fool March 4, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Jeeves Excites Investors The search company snaps up the name behind iWon and Excite.
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.
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.
Search Engine Watch September 2, 2003 Danny Sullivan	The Search Engine Report Search Engine Watch News... SES Dates For 2004 Set... Search Engine Size Wars IV & Google's Supplemental Index
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 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.
Search Engine Watch May 6, 2003 Danny Sullivan	The Search Engine Report Search Engine Watch News... Search Engine Strategies Coming To London, San Jose... Yahoo's Search Engine Continues Evolving... Google Buys Applied Semantics... Harvard Criticizes Google's Adult Content Filter... Inktomi, Google Win In Recent Relevancy Test... etc.
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 January 19, 2006 Chris Sherman	Survey: Google, Yahoo Still Favorites in North America For the second year running, a Keynote Systems study says Google provides the most satisfying search experience among North American users, despite competitive maneuvering from all of the other major search services.
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 August 5, 2003 Danny Sullivan	The Search Engine Report Search Engine Watch News... Early Bird Deadline For SES San Jose Tomorrow!... LookSmart Opens Deep Listings Option To Small Businesses... Yahoo To Buy Overture... Search Engine Resources
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 February 27, 2006 Chris Sherman	Ask Loses Jeeves, Gains New Features The butler has gone into retirement, and Ask.com now sports a crisp new look with a number of impressive new features -- including icon-directed access to more than 20 search tools.
ONLINE Sep/Oct 2002 Greg R. Notess	Internet Search Engine Update AllTheWeb claims it has increased the size of its database to over 2 billion fully indexed Web pages... AltaVista now really defaults to a Boolean AND... Ask Jeeves has a new, simpler design... Google has been promoting its fee-based Google Answers... etc.
Search Engine Watch September 4, 2000 Danny Sullivan	Monetizing The Search Monetizing the search means making money in some way off the search results you present. More than ever, monetizing the search is a concern for the search engines.
Search Engine Watch March 6, 2008 Kevin Newcomb	Ask.com Remains Committed to Search The reports of Ask.com's death have been exaggerated. The company is not throwing in the towel, as many believe.
PC World September 1, 2000 Kim Zetter & Harry McCracken	How to Stop Searching and Start Finding Tired of wading through useless search-engine results? We test 20 engines to pinpoint the ones that really deliver the goods....
BusinessWeek November 11, 2010 Stone & Pulley	Diller's Ask.com Stops Searching IAC/InterActiveCorp has decided that Google is unstoppable in search, so it's recasting Ask.com as a Q&A site.
Search Engine Watch January 13, 2005 Chris Sherman	Yahoo & MSN Closing the Google Gap While Big G continues to maintain its leadership position in the eyes of web searchers, a new study finds that Yahoo, MSN Search and Ask Jeeves have all made significant improvements over the past year and are narrowing Google's mindshare advantage.
Information Today April 25, 2005 Paula J. Hane	Search Engines Roll Out New Personalization Options Several major search engines, such as Ask Jeeves and Yahoo!, are offering personalization upgrades to retain searchers.
InternetNews May 26, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Ask Jeeves Zooms in on Relevance Ask Jeeves unleashed Zoom, a related-search tool to help searchers narrow or expand the topic, and Web Answers, which provides answers to explicit or implicit questions.
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
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.
InternetNews December 14, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Search Industry Gains Clout Search engines are now recognized as full-fledged media companies and search engine marketing is no longer a cottage industry.
Search Engine Watch November 3, 2000 Danny Sullivan	Paid Inclusion At Search Engines Gains Ground Paid inclusion, now in place at Ask Jeeves, LookSmart and Inktomi, guarantee to site owners that they will be included in a search engine's listings in greater depth than might ordinarily occur...
The Motley Fool September 7, 2007 Katrina Chan	Ask.com Seeking Better Algorithm The search site still lacks the right stuff. Ask.com could not separate websites from other search results, nor could it filter out duplicate articles from the same source.
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.
ONLINE Sep/Oct 2003 Greg R. Notess	Internet Search Engine Update AlltheWeb now offers suggested spelling corrections.... Altavista has loaded larger multimedia databases for its image, audio, and video searches... AOL Search has added an image search database... Ask Jeeves has sold off its enterprise search division... etc.
ONLINE May/Jun 2004 Greg R. Notess	On The Net - Search Engine Prefixes and Shortcuts An online searcher offers tips and practical advice on efficient and effective online searching using shortcuts and prefixes.
AskMen.com January 31, 2001 Justin Becker	How To: Use Search Engines Well, no need to feel lost anymore -- here is a map of which search engines I highly recommend, and which ones to use for specific searches. And since information is power, you'll feel like king of the world in no time...
Inc. May 2007 Max Chafkin	Search for Tomorrow An army of fledgling companies is lining up to take on Google. Could the world's biggest search engine possibly be vulnerable?
Search Engine Watch January 6, 2005 Danny Sullivan	Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Developments With Consumer Search This year, web search will morph into consumer search, where major search companies offer a robust range of ways to search for information in specialized areas.
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.
InternetNews May 13, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Search Engines: What's the Difference? Yahoo! Google and Ask Jeeves go toe-to-toe in frank discussion of which technology yields the best results.
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.
Search Engine Watch July 1, 2003 Danny Sullivan	The Search Engine Report - Number 80 Search Engine Watch News... SES San Jose Agenda Now Available... Microsoft's MSN Search To Build Crawler-Based Search Engine... Overture's Content Match Takes On Google's Contextual Ads... Google AdSense Expands Contextual Ad Placement Program To Small Sites... etc.
Search Engine Watch December 16, 2004 Gary Price	Ask Jeeves Launches Desktop Search Ask Jeeves has launched a beta desktop search application, capping off a very busy year in the desktop search space.