One-time Google competitor Ask.com, formerly Ask Jeeves, throws in the towel after almost 30 years

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One-time Google competitor Ask.com, formerly Ask Jeeves, throws in the towel after almost 30 years (www.pcgamer.com)

I forgot it existed...it shut down on May 1st.

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I forgot it existed...it shut down on May 1st. https://www.ask.com/

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I remember all the way back in elementary typing out searches like they were questions. It was called Ask Jeeves after all, so it made sense to us to do that.

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