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| '''Ask Jeeves''' is an ] information retrieval company which provides a publicly-available ] at . The company develops technologies for web-wide search, and competes with other search engine companies, such as ] and ]. | '''Ask Jeeves''' is an ] information retrieval company founded in "late ]" by ] and ] which provides a publicly-available ] at . It was rated among the top 50 web properties in ] by Media Metrix. The idea behind Ask Jeeves was the ability to answer questions asked in ]. ] is the name of the "butler" (illustrated by ]), supposed to be the person who fetches you the answers of any query you ask. The company develops technologies for web-wide search, and competes with other search engine companies, such as ] and ]. | ||
| Ask Jeeves was the first commercial question-answering search engine for the world wide web. It supports a variety of user queries in plain English (]) and strives to be more intuitive and user-friendly than other search engines. | Ask Jeeves was the first commercial question-answering search engine for the world wide web. It supports a variety of user queries in plain English (]) and strives to be more intuitive and user-friendly than other search engines. | ||
| Ask Jeeves-owned |
Ask Jeeves-owned Teoma search technology uses subject-specific popularity to compute "authoritativeness" of a search result. | ||
| Ask Jeeves stock has been trading on ] stock exchange since 1999, under the ticker symbol . | Ask Jeeves stock has been trading on ] stock exchange since 1999, under the ticker symbol . | ||
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Ask Jeeves is an internet information retrieval company founded in "late 1995" by Garrett Greuner and David Warthen which provides a publicly-available search engine at ask.com. It was rated among the top 50 web properties in 1999 by Media Metrix. The idea behind Ask Jeeves was the ability to answer questions asked in natural language. Jeeves is the name of the "butler" (illustrated by Marcos Sorenson), supposed to be the person who fetches you the answers of any query you ask. The company develops technologies for web-wide search, and competes with other search engine companies, such as Google and Yahoo.
Ask Jeeves was the first commercial question-answering search engine for the world wide web. It supports a variety of user queries in plain English (natural language) and strives to be more intuitive and user-friendly than other search engines.
Ask Jeeves-owned Teoma search technology uses subject-specific popularity to compute "authoritativeness" of a search result.
Ask Jeeves stock has been trading on NASDAQ stock exchange since 1999, under the ticker symbol askj.