Ask's parent company, InterActiveCorp (IAC), discontinued its search business on May 1, 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 online search valet is finally retiring after 30 years of serving up answers to our millions of questions.

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

Owner IAC says it's discontinuing its search business.

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

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

Ask.com has officially shut down its search business on May 1, 2026, ending a nearly thirty-year run. Parent company IAC ...