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

Ask.com, formerly known as Ask Jeeves, has officially shut down its search business as of May 1, 2026, after 25 years of ...

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

After 29 years in the business, Ask.com (formerly known as Ask Jeeves), has finally closed its doors as of May 1st, 2026.

One of the web’s early search engines, launched before Google’s debut, Ask.com, has officially shut down. "As IAC [American holding company] continues to sharpen its focus, we have made the decision ...

The early search engine had a beloved brand and prescient goals. Then it trashed them—right before they might really have ...