Ask.com, once Ask Jeeves with its butler mascot, still had a few percent of US searches in 2010, largely through toolbars bundled with downloads. In November 2010 it announced it was leaving the web-search business to focus on question-and-answer content.
- Domain in 2010
- ask.com
- Launched
- 1996
- Founders
- Garrett Gruener, David Warthen
- Owner in 2010
- IAC
- Status today
- Still exists, transformed
What people used it for
- Web search and question answering
- Toolbar search from bundled installers
Interface characteristics
- Red and grey logo
- Three-column results with related searches
- Ask Toolbar promotions
Notable features
- Ask Toolbar bundled with Java and other installers
- Exit from web search (November 2010)
What happened later
Ask.com became a question-and-answer content site; the Ask Toolbar was widely regarded as unwanted software.
Archived on the Wayback Machine
Archived pages open on web.archive.org (Internet Archive). They are historical captures, not part of this exhibit.
