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Ask.com

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Ask.com is the #5 search engine behind Google, Yahoo, MSN, and AOL. Ask.com was originally known as AskJeeves 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. Ask.com’s ads are served by Google. The revenue they generate for Google accounts for 10 percent of Google’s revenue from partners.

AskJeeves was acquired by IAC in March 2005 for $1.85 Billion.

Milestones

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• Acquired Sendori for $25M. (1/22/09)
  Posted 1/22/09 at 7:59am
• Acquired Lexico Publishing Group for $100M. (5/15/08)
  Posted 11/18/08 at 2:22pm
• Acquired by IAC for $1.85B. (7/1/05)
  Posted 1/19/08 at 11:58am
• Acquired Bloglines for $10M. (2/1/05)
  Posted 12/18/07 at 2:17pm
• Acquired Teoma Technologies for $4M. (9/1/01)
  Posted 2/20/08 at 9:00pm
• Acquired Direct Hit for $500M. (2/1/00)
  Posted 2/20/08 at 9:06pm
• Received $25M in Series A funding. (3/1/99)
  Posted 12/18/07 at 3:03pm
• Mark Stockford, Senior Vice President, Operations added.
  Posted 2/20/08 at 8:55pm
• Emanuel Bettelheim, Sr. Product Manager added.
  Posted 6/27/08 at 2:14pm
• David Gómez-Rosado, VP, User Experience added.
  Posted 6/20/08 at 1:33pm
• David Gómez-Rosado, Vice President, User Experience added.
  Posted 6/6/08 at 7:05pm
• Mark Fletcher, Vice President added.
  Posted 5/21/08 at 8:28pm
• Sam Nunez, Group Product Manager added.
  Posted 4/14/08 at 3:51pm
• Ed Ferguson, SVP and General Counsel added.
  Posted 2/20/08 at 8:55pm
• Paul Werhley, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Operations added.
  Posted 2/20/08 at 8:55pm
• Shane McGilloway, Senior Vice President, Research and Analytics added.
  Posted 2/20/08 at 8:55pm
• Tao Yang, Senior Vice President and Chief Scientist added.
  Posted 2/20/08 at 8:55pm
• Tom Drapeau, Senior Software Engineer added.
  Posted 7/22/08 at 1:27am
• Daniel Read, Senior Vice President, Product Management and User Experience added.
  Posted 2/20/08 at 8:55pm
• Mary Osako, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Communications added.
  Posted 2/20/08 at 8:55pm
• Doug Leeds, Senior Vice President, Product Management added.
  Posted 2/20/08 at 8:55pm
• Thomasz Imielinski, Senior Vice President, Search Technology added.
  Posted 2/20/08 at 8:55pm
• Scott Garell, President, CEO added.
  Posted 2/20/08 at 8:55pm
• Jim Safka, CEO added.
  Posted 2/20/08 at 8:55pm
• Apostolos Gerasoulis, EVP of Search Technology added.
  Posted 1/19/08 at 11:56am
• Chuck Geiger, EVP of Technology and Engineering added.
  Posted 1/19/08 at 11:55am
• Dominic Butera, CFO added.
  Posted 12/18/07 at 2:44pm
• Received in Seed funding.
  Posted 12/18/07 at 3:11pm
• Erik Collier, Vice President, Product Management added.
  Posted 9/23/08 at 8:45pm
• Eric Engleman, General Manager, Bloglines added.
  Posted 10/20/08 at 4:52pm
• Paul Gardi, SVP of Strategy & Growth added.
  Posted 11/10/08 at 3:33pm
• Jim Lanzone, CEO added.
  Posted 4/22/09 at 10:28am
• George Lichter, CEO UK and Ireland added.
  Posted 6/5/09 at 8:27am
• Doug Leeds, COO added.
  Posted 8/10/09 at 12:25am
• Paul Wehrley, VP Strategy & Operations added.
  Posted 9/17/09 at 7:10pm

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Website	ask.com
Stage	Live
Tags	search

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1. Citation Needed [add]
2. IAC’s Ask.com Acquires Domain Name Monetizer Sendori (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Ask.com Picks Up Dictionary.com After It Was Jilted By Answers.com (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
4. bloglines.com [edit]
5. Ask Jeeves Acquires Teoma (searchenginewatch.com) [edit]
6. Ask Jeeves Asks Direct Hit (searchenginewatch.com) [edit]
7. rodagroup.com [edit]
8. internetnews.com [edit]