{"id":7575,"date":"2026-05-06T09:23:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=7575"},"modified":"2026-05-06T09:23:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:23:58","slug":"ask-com-shuts-down-after-over-25-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=7575","title":{"rendered":"Ask.com shuts down after over 25 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ask.com, formerly Ask Jeeves, which launched 29 years ago on June 3, 1996, before Google launched, shut down on May 1, 2026. <\/p>

Ask.com now has a turn down page that reads:<\/p>

Every great search
must come to an end.
As IAC continues to sharpen its focus, we have made the decision to discontinue our search business, which includes Ask.com. After 25 years of answering the world\u2019s questions, Ask.com officially closed on May 1, 2026.<\/p>

\u201cTo the millions who asked\u2026\u201d
We are deeply grateful to the brilliant engineers, designers, and teams who built and supported Ask over the decades. And to you\u2014the millions of users who turned to us for answers in a rapidly changing world\u2014thank you for your endless curiosity, your loyalty, and your trust.<\/p>

Jeeves\u2019 spirit endures.<\/p> <\/blockquote>

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Ask.com has been known as an answer engine, the Jeeves butler was who you spoke to in the early days. With AI and all these new answer engines, Ask.com could have deployed its own unique taste for its answer engine. But I guess with all the competition and the market being harder, IAC, Ask.com\u2019s parent company, decided to turn it down.<\/p>

Ask.com will always have a place in the search marketing industry and Ask, including Jeeves, will be missed.<\/p> <\/div>

Search Engine Land is owned by Semrush. We remain committed to providing high-quality coverage of marketing topics. Unless otherwise noted, this page\u2019s content was written by either an employee or a paid contractor of Semrush Inc.<\/em> <\/p>

\"Barry\"Barry <\/div>
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Barry Schwartz is a technologist and a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics.<\/p>

In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the “US Search Personality Of The Year,” you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O’Clock.<\/p>

Barry can be followed\u00a0on X here<\/a>\u00a0and you can learn more about\u00a0Barry Schwartz over here or on his personal site. <\/p> <\/div><\/div> <\/p><\/div> <\/p><\/div> <\/div>

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