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Ask.com

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Ask.com is a top 10 US website and digital brand (as ranked by Nielsen) with more than 100 million monthly users globally. Founded in 1996, Ask.com was originally known as Ask Jeeves and specialized in natural language search. In Sept 2001, the company acquired Teoma Technologies, and began shifting Ask’s algorithms away from natural language search.

AskJeeves was acquired by IAC in March 2005 for $1.85 Billion and renamed Ask.com in 2006.

In July 2010, Ask.com returned to its Q&A roots with the beta launch of its question and answer (Q&A) offering that uses a hybrid of search technology and human response to address complex or opinion-based questions. The company also launched it flagship mobile application (since downloaded more than 3 million times) in the fall of 2010.

In 2012, Ask.com made two acquisitions as part of a larger strategy to offer more content on the Ask.com website. On July 2, 2012 Ask.com purchased content discovery start-up, nRelate, for an undisclosed amount. That was followed by the company’s acquisition of expert advice and information site About.com, which closed in September 2012

Ask.com’s ads are served by Google.

Recent Milestones

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  Ask.com — Ask.com Hires Susan Morrow to Lead Product (3/22/13)
  Posted 8/31/10 at 10:04am via pandodaily.com
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  Ask.com — Ask.com Partners with Extra on Q&A Integration (2/28/13)
  Posted 4/11/13 at 2:54pm via mediapost.com
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  Ask.com — Ask Renews Lease for a Big Chunk of Space in D/T Oakland (1/30/13)
  Posted 4/11/13 at 3:01pm via mercurynews.com
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  Ask.com — Nielsen Names Ask a Top Web Brand of 2012 (1/14/13)
  Posted 4/11/13 at 3:03pm via emarketer.com
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  Ask.com — Ask Partners with Quixey to Power App Discovery (12/4/12)
  Posted 4/11/13 at 3:06pm via techcrunch.com
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  Ask.com acquired The About Group for $300M. (9/1/12)
  Posted 4/11/13 at 2:57pm via zdnet.com
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  Ask.com acquired nrelate. (7/2/12)
  Posted 7/2/12 at 9:16pm via yahoo.com
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  Ask.com — Ask.com Celebrates its 15th Birthday (5/10/11)
  Posted 4/11/13 at 3:07pm via forbes.com
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  Ask.com added Valerie Combs as VP, Communications. (7/1/10)
  Posted 9/8/10 at 12:17pm
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  Ask.com added Lisa Kavanaugh as CTO. (6/1/10)
  Posted 1/19/11 at 2:53pm
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  Ask.com added Jared Cluff as SVP, Marketing. (7/1/09)
  Posted 8/31/10 at 10:01am
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  Ask.com acquired Sendori for $25M. (1/22/09)
  Posted 1/22/09 at 7:59am via techcrunch.com
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  Ask.com acquired Lexico Publishing Group for $100M. (5/15/08)
  Posted 11/18/08 at 2:22pm via thealarmclock.com
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  Ask.com added David Gómez-Rosado as Vice President, User Experience. (5/1/07)
  Posted 6/6/08 at 7:05pm
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  Ask.com added Jim Lanzone as CEO. (1/1/06)
  Posted 4/22/09 at 10:28am
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  Ask.com was acquired by IAC for $1.85B. (7/1/05)
  Posted 1/19/08 at 11:58am

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Above: Ask.com Q&A Beta_2010
Uploaded: 8/31/10

Above: Ask.com Q&A Beta_2010(2)
Uploaded: 8/31/10

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Ask.com Q&A

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Website	ask.com
Blog	blog.ask.com
Stage	Live
Tags	search

Above: Ask.com Q&A Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 2/5/08

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3. Ask.com Acquires Content Discovery Platform nRelate (finance.yahoo.com) [edit]
4. IAC’s Ask.com Acquires Domain Name Monetizer Sendori (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Ask.com Picks Up Dictionary.com After It Was Jilted By Answers.com (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
6. Ask Jeeves Acquires Bloglines (crn.com) [edit]
7. Ask Jeeves Acquires Teoma (searchenginewatch.com) [edit]
8. Ask Jeeves Asks Direct Hit (searchenginewatch.com) [edit]
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