The pioneering search engine shut down on May 1, after nearly 30 years in operation. By Ali Watkins In the digital wilds of ...

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

Ask.com, the search engine previously known for its butler mascot named Jeeves, has officially shut down. While Ask Jeeves ...

Ask's parent company, InterActiveCorp (IAC), discontinued its search business on May 1, 2026.

Ask.com posted a farewell message on its website, announcing that the search engine would shut down as of Friday, May 1.

Well, we all knew it was going to happen sooner rather than later, and it just so happens that today is the day the final nail was hammered into the Ask.com search coffin. According to Bloomberg, IAC ...

Service, launched as “Ask Jeeves” before the turn of the millennium, was one of the oldest internet search engines. On May 1, ...