Ask.com has officially shut down, with the site unavailable as of May 1, 2026. Once a trailblazer for natural language, question-based queries, it lasted nearly 20 years before its parent company IAC decided to exit the search business. The closure underscores how AI assistants and smarter search engines have replaced standalone platforms built for asking questions.
Ask Jeeves has officially shut down after 25 years, ending its run as a conversational search engine launched in 1996. The move, driven by parent company IAC, signals how quickly user habits are shifting away from traditional search. Instead, more people are turning to AI-driven direct answers that provide results instantly—cutting out the back-and-forth.
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Ask.com is shutting down its search business, according to owner IAC. The company is discontinuing the service that powered Ask Jeeves branding, marking the end of a familiar internet search destination. While the statement doesn’t detail what comes next for users, the move signals further contraction of legacy search products under IAC’s portfolio.
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