Ask Jeeves has added new features to its search engine with the aim of setting its service apart from rivals, the company said Thursday. One new feature builds on Ask Jeeves' long-standing clustering ...

For several years, Web surfers in need of quick answers to their questions have been invited to "Ask Jeeves," the avuncular know-it-all butler who serves as the mascot of the search site. But one ...

In a bid to better compete against bigger Internet search engines, Ask Jeeves said Thursday that it will double its market share by buying a family of Web sites including IWon.com and Excite.com. The ...

CHICAGO — Talking the talk is fine, but how does an advertiser walk the sponsored listings walk? Well, Ask Jeeves. The search engine launched sponsored listings — delineated ads above the natural ...

Well, we all knew it was going to happen sooner rather than later, and it just so happens that today is the day the final nail was hammered into the Ask.com search coffin. According to Bloomberg, IAC ...

Ask Jeeves Inc. will buy the privately owned Interactive Search Holdings Inc. (ISH) for about $343 million in a move that the Emeryville, California, company expects will double its search market ...

Ask Jeeves Inc. will follow the trend among providers of free Web-based e-mail service of boosting in-box capacity, by increasing storage to 125MB for the e-mail services it offers from its My Way, ...

Anti-spyware and other security software makers are saying the butler did it, claiming search player Ask Jeeves is installing software on users’ machines without properly notifying them or confirming ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--Now that it's part of media mogul Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp, the Ask Jeeves butler is shaping up, cutting back on sponsored results that bloated its site and increasing more ...

Reinvigorated Internet search engine provider Ask Jeeves Inc. on Wednesday said it is shedding a weak link to focus on more lucrative operations that have turned the company's stock into a hot ...

Ask Jeeves will stop accepting advertiser payments for inclusion in its searchable Web database, a move to draw competitive lines between it and Yahoo's new search engine. Jim Lanzone, vice president ...