Ask.com (extinct)

Ask.com (extinct)

Ask.com (extinct)

Overview
Date Founded

1996

Headquarters

555 12th Street,Suite 400,Oakland, CA 94607

Type of Company

Private

Employees (Worldwide)

251 - 500

Industries

Internet Software & Services
IT Consulting & Services
Other Business & Consulting Services
Computer Software

Company Description

Ask Jeeves, Inc. provides consumers and advertisers with information retrieval products across a diverse portfolio of Web sites, portals and desktop search applications. Ask Jeeves' search and search-based portal brands include: Ask Jeeves (Ask.com and Ask.co.uk); Ask Jeeves Japan (Ask.jp, a joint venture); Ask Jeeves for Kids (AJKids.com); Bloglines (Bloglines.com); Excite (excite.com); iWon (iwon.com); My Search (mysearch.com); My Way (myway.com); My Web Search (mywebsearch.com) and Teoma (teoma.com). Ask Jeeves also owns the search technology Teoma, proprietary natural language processing technology, as well as portal and ad serving technologies.

Website

http://www.askjeeves.com

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Recent Transactions
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IAC InterActiveCorp purchases Ask.com

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Transaction Advisors
Accountant
Ernst & Young LLP

Advised onIAC InterActiveCorp purchases Ask.com

Legal Advisor
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP

Advised onAsk.com purchases Ask Jeeves UK from Carlton Communications Ltd., Granada Media Plc

Legal Advisor
Cooley LLP

Advised onAsk.com purchases Direct Hit Technologies, Inc.

Attorney
Charles F. Niemeth

Advised onAsk.com purchases Interactive Search Holdings, Inc.

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Chris Varelas

Advised onIAC InterActiveCorp purchases Ask.com

Legal Advisor
Dennis Friedman

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Advisors & Consultants
Legal Advisor
Dennis Friedman

Partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

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Partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

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The Roda Group

The Roda Group makes seed and early-stage investments in innovative technologies focused on large market opportunities. They focus on several industries including Internet service, telecommunication, enterprise and system software.

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