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Ask Jeeves to Introduce Jeeves9000
delymyth writes "The future of search arrives and is brought to you by Ask.Com. He'll help you in your searches, he'll help you at home, and the price is affordable, only $399,99! If you still think it's too much, you can always get a free version, but sometimes he'll suggest you some products (you know, robotic adware). A demo video is available." Personally I still think Ask Jeeves bought for $2 billion is a hoax. -
Ask Jeeves to Introduce Jeeves9000
delymyth writes "The future of search arrives and is brought to you by Ask.Com. He'll help you in your searches, he'll help you at home, and the price is affordable, only $399,99! If you still think it's too much, you can always get a free version, but sometimes he'll suggest you some products (you know, robotic adware). A demo video is available." Personally I still think Ask Jeeves bought for $2 billion is a hoax. -
Ask Jeeves to Introduce Jeeves9000
delymyth writes "The future of search arrives and is brought to you by Ask.Com. He'll help you in your searches, he'll help you at home, and the price is affordable, only $399,99! If you still think it's too much, you can always get a free version, but sometimes he'll suggest you some products (you know, robotic adware). A demo video is available." Personally I still think Ask Jeeves bought for $2 billion is a hoax. -
Ask Jeeves Bought for $2 billion
RMX writes "CNet's reporting that Ask Jeeves is being bought by InterActive Corp for $2 billion. Ask Jeeves (ask.com, excite.com, iwon.com) and InterActive Corp (expedia, ticketmaster, match.com, citysearch). This marks a nice comeback for Ask Jeeves, whose stock was quite a roller coaster ride during the 2000-2003 .com crash. Are the good times back?" -
AskJeeves Steps Into RSS with Bloglines Acquisiton
Sugarpimp writes "According to several sources, AskJeeves has stepped into the deep end of the blogging pool with an interesting acquisition. Bloglines is one of the premier RSS readers. Perhaps AskJeeves will be able to legitimize itself again in the crowded search market by integrating Bloglines into its suite of products." -
Microsoft Looks At Other Search Engines
ZuperDee writes "It looks like Microsoft is now looking for another search engine to buy. They are looking at Ask Jeeves and Looksmart, but they recently dumped Looksmart, after deciding that its results don't stack up well. So would anyone be surprised if they bought Ask Jeeves? It can't hurt that according to Netcraft, they already run Microsoft IIS." -
Ask Jeeves Gives Up On Banner Ads
WhatBusinessModel? writes "In another blow to online banner advertising, Ask Jeeves is announcing that it will stop running banner ads on its website in favor of more paid listings. Says Steve Berkowitz, president of Ask Jeeves Web Properties, 'I think banners have seen their day. They're not as compelling as they once were.' In contrast, he describes paid listings as 'kind of a next evolution of the yellow pages.'" Probably a change that will become more and more prominent in the search engine world. -
AskJeeves Interview
laborit writes "FNwire has posted an interview with Jeeves of ask.com. Evidently that "unique natural language engine with a proprietary knowledgebase isn't too great for questions like "bees? I don't understand." " Check out the archived pdf of this for more information.