If you grew up in the 1990s, you'll probably remember an internet-based business with a question answering format known as Ask Jeeves. It was launched back in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen ...

Ask Jeeves Inc. will buy the privately owned Interactive Search Holdings Inc. (ISH) for about $343 million in a move that the Emeryville, California, company expects will double its search market ...

At the risk of alienating younger audiences, take a moment and ask yourself how you would have found the answer to this headline in the 90s. You might've consulted an online butler named Jeeves who, ...

Ask Jeeves’ search engine now can make better suggestions to users for narrowing or expanding the scope of a Web search, the Oakland, California, company plans to announce on Thursday. The search ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — You won't be able to ask Jeeves, the butler who made the search engine now known as Ask.com famous in the late '90s. But in a bid to engage more users, Ask is returning to its ...

Reinvigorated Internet search engine provider Ask Jeeves Inc. on Wednesday said it is shedding a weak link to focus on more lucrative operations that have turned the company's stock into a hot ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Backed by a new owner known for shaking up the status quo, Ask Jeeves Inc. is introducing an upstart advertising network powered by its own search engine -- a move likely to rankle ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Internet search engine Ask.com is bringing back Jeeves, the quintessentially English butler who serves up answers to search queries, saying its British users missed him after the ...

Search engine company Ask Jeeves Inc. has acquired transaction technology that could help get Internet consumers to the checkout line faster. The Emeryville, Calif.-based company, which is known for ...

Ask Jeeves Web Properties has announced it will use the Google Sponsored Links Program, a paid listings advertising service for use on Ask Jeeves' search sites. Under the agreement, Ask Jeeves and ...