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Ask Jeeves Bought for $2 billion

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the jeeves-let-me-axe-u-sumthin dept.

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?"

8 of 168 comments (clear)

  1. IWon is right! by bigtallmofo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do you think the creators of www.iwon.com had any idea they'd be in store for a $2,000,000,000 windfall?

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    I'm a big tall mofo.
  2. Great! by spywhere · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wider distribution for the nightmarish mix of malware provided through AskJeeves!

  3. So... by Mindjiver · · Score: 4, Funny

    did anyone care to ask Jeeves what he thinks of this?

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    I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
  4. Good going Jeeves! by AtariAmarok · · Score: 5, Funny

    With $2 billion in his pocket, maybe he can afford now to pay his OWN butler.

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    Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
  5. Re:Did anyone by 0x461FAB0BD7D2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does anyone really ever use ask jeeves?

    I asked Jeeves, and I got this:
    Many people use Ask Jeeves because it has a picture of a butler

  6. Has anyone asked the search engine? by pmasters · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually they did:

    http://www.satirewire.com/features/satire-jeeves in terview.shtml

  7. Who'se by Golias · · Score: 3, Funny

    "hoo-(gutteral stop)-SAY"

    It's Klingon for "the editors here can't spell."

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    Information wants to be anthropomorphized.

  8. But, is Jeeves gay? by PeeAitchPee · · Score: 3, Funny

    . . . get the answer here.