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Ask.com
555 12th St., Ste. 500
Oakland, CA 94607
CA Tel. 510-985-7400
Fax 510-985-7412

Type: Subsidiary
On the web: http://www.iacsearchandmedia.com

If you'd rather NOT use Boolean logic OR key words AND want a different way to search the Internet, just Ask. Ask.com (formerly Ask Jeeves) operates a search engine that allows users to pose questions in plain language instead of using key words. In addition to its US site, the company operates sites for six European countries, as well as a Japanese site, through its Ask-Global operations. The business generates most revenue through ads, but also syndicates its search technology and offers paid search services. Ask.com is part of IAC/InterActiveCorp (IAC), which in 2008 split into five companies. As a result, Ask.com remains part of IAC, an entity now solely devoted to Internet properties.

Officers:
President and CEO, Ask Networks: Scott B. Garell
CFO: Dominic Butera
EVP Technology: Scott Kim

Competitors:
Google
MSN
Yahoo!

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The corporation IAC Search & Media (formerly Ask Jeeves, Inc.) is a wholly-owned business of IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ symbol: IACI). [1] Its headquarters are located in the city of Oakland, California, with other offices throughout the United States, as well as in Europe and Asia.

IAC Search & Media was founded in 1996 in Berkeley, California by David Warthen, Chief technical officer and veteran software developer, and by Garrett Gruener, a venture capitalist at Alta Partners and the founder of Virtual Microsystems. [2]

IAC Search and Media provides worldwide information retrieval products through a set of Web sites, portals and downloadable applications. IAC Search and Media's search-based portal brands include:

IAC Search & Media is a parent company of the "Ask.com", division and search engine of the IAC Search & Media. The company division and the search engine shares a same name,　"Ask.com".

IAC Search & Media’s software includes spyware, such products are:

Notes

  1. ^ "IAC Search & Media: Company Overview" (company website), IAC Search & Media, 2006, webpage: IAC-Company-Overview.
  2. ^ "IAC Search & Media: Fact Sheet" (corporate profile), IAC Search & Media, 2006, webpage: IAC-Company-Fact-Sheet.

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