Ask Jeeves sold for $1.85 Billion

[netPH]

http://news.google.com/news?q=ask+jeeves&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=nn&oi=newsr

IAC, the large media conglomerate with Home Shopping Network, Match.com, Expedia, and CitySearch.com, is buying Ask Jeeves for almost $2 Billion. Ask Jeeves also owns Excite.com, iWon.com and Teoma.com.

IAC Confirms Ask Jeeves Buyout
http://www.thestreet.com/_googlen/tech/internet/10214071.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA

Big deal!
:tri:

 

[webgear]

LOL some people are just crazy...

 

[Stella]

Jeeves will be using google toolbar in the future so anybody who buys it has an opportunity to make real money. Taking that into consideration it's cheap. :wave:

 

[mole]

Do people use Ask Jeeves anymore?

 

[GJ]

Wow, I never thought I would of seen Ask.com being sold!
I do use it for homework when the other search engines fail to bring me the results!

 

[.X.]

WOOOOW ! Somebody wanted ask jeeves really really bad...That is outragious $$$$'s for ask jeeves IMO

 

[Zeeble]

I was surprised that it went for that little. It has a big mrket in the UK. Possibly as big as Yahoo.

 

[Mark]

Don't forget -

Ask Jeeves also owns Excite.com, iWon.com and Teoma.com.

Lots of folks still use these engines believe it or not ! (You guys remember when excite was IT ? lol)
and from the things they already own , Sounds like they are trying to cut off "Mr Turner" at the pass .... :lol: http://www.turner.com/about/networks_and_businesses.html
I can't think of his new shopping site ATM - but it's not mentioned on the above site yet ...

BTW - They are still kicking with Traffic :
Traffic Rank for ask.com: 91
Traffic Rank for excite.com: 180
Traffic Rank for iwon.com: 342
Traffic Rank for teoma.com: 3,479

 

[crazy]

Wow the pre owners must be laughing in the condos in the Bahamas.

 

[GJ]

I wonder what there plans are.....