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sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours ago

Ask.com shuts down after nearly 30 years, marking the end of Ask Jeeves

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Ask.com shuts down after nearly 30 years, marking the end of Ask Jeeves

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sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours ago
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After nearly 30 years, Ask.com has officially closed on May 1, 2026. It was the pioneer of question-answering search engines.
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    It’s good to see they never sold out to some AI chatbot nonsense. Shame to see it go.

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      It was a garbage search engine, but a memorable one from the early web nonetheless.

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        Yeah, I remember disliking it back in the day (Alta Vista gang!!!🅰️♈), but I wish they evolved and got better rather than shutting down and I am still sad to see it go.

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          Dogpile.com was the best 😉

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        Another relic from '95 is still managing to keep a web presence.

        metacrawler.com

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          My go-to was 37.com. It was a sad day when it closed down, like a decade ago.

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          Owned by these folks; https://system1.com/what-we-do

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          That used to be my search page of choice.

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      I expect the trademark will be for sale soon.

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        And that’s when it becomes AI slop?

        Not that Jeeves was a very good search engine to begin with. But it’s a good way to ruin nostalgia and disrespect the past.

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          Facedeer’s just trolling as usual.

          The truth of the matter is: we’re at the peak of AI innovation and subsidies, and if any company could demonstrate profitability by incorporating a modern LLM, this would have been it. And they didn’t.

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        PG Wodehouse would die again if he saw Jeeves become a digital effigy

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          Jeeves is public domain now.

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            It’s not about making money from his creation. He did that already. He would hate seeing Jeeves become a hollow shell of acquiescence instead of the cunning intermediary he was.

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