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| '''Ask Jeeves''' is an ] information retrieval company founded in ] by ] and ] which provides a publicly-available |
'''Ask Jeeves''' is an ] information retrieval company founded in ] by ] and ] which provides a publicly-available ]. It was rated among the top 50 web properties in ] by ]. | ||
| 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 name comes from a famous character in the works of ]. The company develops technologies for web-wide search, and competes with other search engine companies, such as ] and ]. | 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 name comes from a famous character in the works of ]. The company develops technologies for web-wide search, and competes with other search engine companies, such as ] and ]. | ||
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| Ask Jeeves-owned ] search technology uses subject-specific link popularity to compute "authoritativeness" of a search result. The Teoma technology also incorporates patented click popularity techniques, originally from ] search engine, Ask Jeeves acquired in 2000. | Ask Jeeves-owned ] search technology uses subject-specific link popularity to compute "authoritativeness" of a search result. The Teoma technology also incorporates patented click popularity techniques, originally from ] search engine, Ask Jeeves acquired in 2000. | ||
| 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 '''ASKJ'''.. | ||
| ''See also: ]'' | ''See also: ]'' | ||
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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Revision as of 15:07, 28 September 2004
Ask Jeeves is an Internet information retrieval company founded in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen which provides a publicly-available search engine. 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 name comes from a famous character in the works of P.G. Wodehouse. 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 link popularity to compute "authoritativeness" of a search result. The Teoma technology also incorporates patented click popularity techniques, originally from DirectHit search engine, Ask Jeeves acquired in 2000.
Ask Jeeves stock has been trading on NASDAQ stock exchange since 1999, under the ticker symbol ASKJ..
See also: List of search engines
External links
- ask.com - Ask Jeeves
- Ask Jeeves help page
- Ask Jeeves Weblog