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Ask Jeeves Gives Up On Banner Ads

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday January 5, 2003 @04:55AM from the giving-up-the-ghost dept.

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.

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Yellow pages and the library by dr.wurst · 2003-01-05 05:15 · Score: 5, Funny

It's like combining the yellow pages with the library.

Q: Where can I find information about the library?
AskJeeves: Who needs a library when you have AMAZON.COM?
Re:Jeeves sucks, so by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-05 05:22 · Score: 1, Funny

You asked me who cares if they die on the vine?

Questions I can answer for you

Where can I access online obituaries in the United Kingdom?
ISR lunacy! Holy shit! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-01-05 05:44 · Score: 1, Funny

In Soviet Russia, Jeeves asks YOU.