CNET

Ask Jeeves to buy Web network for $343 million

Ask Jeeves said Thursday that it is buying Interactive Search Holdings, owner of several destination sites including iWon, Excite and My Way, for about $343 million in cash and stock. Under the terms ...
Los Angeles Times

Ask Jeeves to Buy Web Portals, Search Sites

Online search engine Ask Jeeves Inc. said Thursday that it was buying a family of popular websites that included Excite.com and IWon.com. The purchase would double the company’s market share as it ...
SFGate

Ask Jeeves boosts holdings / Search engine's shares soar on news it will buy sites

In a bid to better compete against bigger Internet search engines, Ask Jeeves said Thursday that it will double its market share by buying a family of Web sites including IWon.com and Excite.com. The ...
InfoWorld

Ask Jeeves to boost search site with portal features

Ask Jeeves is actively looking at strengthening its flagship search engine Web site with features, services and technologies found elsewhere in its online network. Ask Jeeves is taking inventory to ...
CNET

Ask Jeeves zooms in on Web search

Ask Jeeves on Saturday announced new features designed to help Internet users find information on its Ask.com site more quickly. The Emeryville, Calif.-based Web search engine said its new "binoculars ...
InfoWorld

Ask Jeeves increases in-box size for Excite

Ask Jeeves Inc. will follow the trend among providers of free Web-based e-mail service of boosting in-box capacity, by increasing storage to 125MB for the e-mail services it offers from its My Way, ...
Houston Chronicle

Ask Jeeves unveils Web search service

SAN FRANCISCO - Ask Jeeves Inc., the third-biggest U.S. Web search provider, late Monday unveiled MyJeeves, a new product that helps users personalize their Internet searches. The release comes amid a ...
Computerworld

Ask Jeeves drops a paid inclusion program

Ask Jeeves Inc. has decided to cancel one of its programs that allowed companies to pay to have hard-to-index information on their Web sites updated frequently and included in the Ask Jeeves ...
MediaPost

Cross-Media Case Study: Ask Jeeves

For several years, Web surfers in need of quick answers to their questions have been invited to "Ask Jeeves," the avuncular know-it-all butler who serves as the mascot of the search site. But one ...
ecommercetimes

Ask Jeeves Sheds Enterprise Unit To Focus on Web Search

Ask Jeeves has sold its lagging enterprise software unit and has announced plans to raise US$100 million for a concerted push into the consumer search market, which the company said may include ...
ZDNet

Ask Jeeves plays find the leader

Ask Jeeves, the No. 2 Web-search engine behind Google, on Monday is set to announce upgrades to its Ask.com site as it aims to up the ante in its battle to win Internet search users. Emeryville, Calif ...