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| {{Infobox Dotcom company | |||
| | company_name = Ask.com | |||
| | company_logo = ] | |||
| | company_type = ] | |||
| | foundation = 1996 | |||
| | parent = ] | |||
| | location = ],] | |||
| | industry = ] | |||
| | revenue = {{profit}} ]227 million | |||
| | Employees = 527 | |||
| | key_people = ]<br />] <small>(Founders)</small><br />Scott Garell <small>(President, Ask Networks)</small><br />Doug Leeds <small>(President, Ask US)</small> | |||
| | url = |registration=Optional | |||
| | current status = Active | |||
| | type = ] | |||
| | alexa = 54<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ask.com| title=ask.com - Traffic Details from Alexa| publisher=], Inc| accessdate=2009-10-17 }}</ref> | |||
| }} | |||
| ] | |||
| '''Ask.com''' (or '''Ask Jeeves''' in the United Kingdom) is a ] founded in 1996 by ] and ] in ]. The original search engine software was implemented by ] from his own design. Chevsky, Justin Grant, and others built the early AskJeeves.com website around that core engine. Three venture capital firms, ], Institutional Venture Partners, and The RODA Group were early investors.<ref></ref> Ask.com is currently owned by ] under the ] symbol IACI. | |||
| ==History== | |||
| Ask.com was originally known as '''Ask Jeeves''', where "Jeeves" is the name of the "gentleman's personal gentleman", or ], fetching answers to any question asked. The character was based on ], ]'s fictional valet from the works of ]. | |||
| The original idea behind Ask Jeeves was to allow users to get answers to questions posed in everyday, ], as well as traditional keyword searching. The current Ask.com still supports this, with added support for math, dictionary, and conversion questions. | |||
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| In 2005, the company announced plans to phase out Jeeves. On February 27, 2006, the character disappeared from Ask.com, and was stated to be "going in to retirement." The website prominently brought the character back in 2009. | |||
| ] owns a variety of sites including country-specific sites for ], ], ], ], ], and ] along with , ] (now ExpertRank<ref>. Retrieved on May 11, 2009.</ref>) and several others (see ] for a complete list). On June 5, 2007 Ask.com relaunched with a 3D look.<ref>, ], 2007-06-04. Retrieved on June 5, 2007</ref> | |||
| On May 16, 2006, Ask implemented a "Binoculars Site Preview" into its search results. On search results pages, the "Binoculars" let searchers capture a sneak peak of the page they could visit with a mouse-over activating screenshot pop-up.<ref>, ], 2006-06-16. Retrieved on May 16, 2006</ref> | |||
| In December 2007, Ask released the AskEraser feature,<ref>, eff.org, Retrieved on 2008-01-03</ref> allowing users to ] from tracking of ] and ] and ] values. They also vowed to erase this data after 18 months if the AskEraser option is not set. The ]'s positive evaluation of AskEraser<ref>{{cite web|title=Letter to U.S. Federal Trade Commission|url=http://www.cdt.org/privacy/20080123_FTC_Ask.pdf|publisher=Center for Democracy and Technology|format=PDF|date=January 23, 2008|accessdate=2008-03-10}}</ref> differed from that of privacy groups including the ] who found problems such as the requirement that ] be enabled for AskEraser to function.<ref>{{cite web|title=Does AskEraser Really Erase?|url=http://epic.org/privacy/ask/default.html|publisher=Electronic Privacy Information Center|accessdate=2008-03-10}}</ref> | |||
| On July 4, 2008 InterActiveCorp announced the acquisition of Lexico Publishing Group, which owns ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN0337985120080703?feedType=RSS&feedName=internetNews|title=Ask.com closes acquisition of Dictionary.com|publisher=]|date=3 July 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/8300-10784_3-7-0.html?keyword=Dictionary.com|title=Ask.com closes Dictionary.com deal|publisher=]|date=4 July 2008}}</ref> | |||
| On April 20, 2009, the "Jeeves" character re-appeared on ask.com, standing on the left side of the page. His name, however, is still not mentioned. ask.co.uk still calls itself "Ask Jeeves", featuring the same character. | |||
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| ==International== | |||
| The company uses different websites offering localized services for certain countries and its associated languages, including: | |||
| * (France) | |||
| * (Ask Jeeves) (United Kingdom) | |||
| * (Germany) | |||
| * (Spain) | |||
| * (Italy) | |||
| ==Corporate details== | |||
| Ask Jeeves, Inc. stock traded on the ] stock exchange from July 1999 to July 2005, under the ticker symbol ASKJ. In July 2005, the ASKJ ticker was retired upon the acquisition by ], valuing ASKJ at ]1.85 billion. | |||
| ==Ask Sponsored Listings== | |||
| ] is the ] tool offered to advertisers to increase the visibility of their websites (and subsequent businesses, services, and products) by producing more prominent and frequent search engine listing results. | |||
| ==Marketing and promotion== | |||
| ===Information-revolution.org campaign=== | |||
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| In early 2007, a number of advertisements appeared on ] trains warning commuters that 75% of all the information on the web flowed through one site (implied to be ]), with a URL for www.information-revolution.org.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20070313223519/http://information-revolution.org/ - Information Revolution</ref> | |||
| ===Advertising=== | |||
| ], the co-creator of Ask's Teoma algorithmic search technology, starred in four ]s in 2007, extolling the virtues of Ask.com's usefulness for information relevance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://about.ask.com/docs/about/televisionads.shtml|title=About Ask.com: TV Spots|accessdate=2007-04-25}}</ref> There was a Jeeves balloon in the ] ]. | |||
| ===NASCAR sponsorship=== | |||
| On January 14, 2009, Ask.com became the official sponsor of ] driver ]'s #96 car. Ask would become the official search engine of NASCAR.<ref>http://www.nascar.com/2009/news/headlines/cup/01/14/ask.com.partnerships/index.html</ref> Ask.com will be the primary sponsor for the No. 96 for 18 of the first 21 races and has rights to increase this to a total of 29 races this season.<ref>http://bbs.cid.cn.nascar.com/2009/news/headlines/cup/01/13/blabonte.hof.racing/index.html</ref> The Ask.com car debuted in the 2009 Bud Shootout where it failed to finish the race but subsequently has come back strong placing as high as 5th in the March 1st, 2009 ] race at ].<ref>http://www.ask.com/nascar/2009-Shelby-427-race#results</ref> Ask.com's foray into NASCAR is the first instance of its venture into what it calls Super Verticals.<ref>http://searchengineland.com/askcom-partners-with-nascar-says-super-vertical-will-put-it-back-in-search-race-16143</ref> | |||
| ==Toolbar== | |||
| {{Dablink|Not to be confused with the ].}} | |||
| The '''Ask Toolbar''' is a free internet browser ] from Ask.com, available for both the ] and ] ]s. | |||
| Features include the web, image, news, dictionary searches, a wide variety of US and international content served in widgets, weather forecasts, RSS/ATOM feeds and related services. | |||
| The Ask Toolbar can be installed from the toolbar.ask.com website. The installation of the Ask Toolbar is optional to the user and always requires end user consent when bundled with other 3rd party software. | |||
| The Ask Toolbar can be uninstalled from Internet Explorer through the ] control panel, and from Firefox through the Add-ons menu and via an uninstall link in more recent builds. Some leftover files may remain on the computer after the uninstall, requiring further deletions.<ref>http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions</ref> However, these leftover files do not affect the browser's settings or function (although they may reduce performance). An older version of the Ask Toolbar is incompatible with Kaspersky Internet Security; presence of the toolbar causes license key corruption.<ref>http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208280158</ref> | |||
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