The butler is dead, the name has been tweaked, but executives at Ask.com would like to remind the world that they are still very much in business. In fact, they're actually doing pretty well these ...

Ask.com on Tuesday launched a new search site that has analysts impressed, but it may not appeal enough to consumers to keep them coming back. The company has struggled for years to compete with ...

Ask.com provides a question-and-answer feature that uses semantic search technology to interpret the questions and return relevant answers found on the Web Ask.com plans to upgrade its search engine ...

Ask.com is making another major attempt to attract more people to its search engine, as its yearslong, unsuccessful struggle to boost its usage market share continues. On Tuesday, Ask.com will make a ...

In what’s likely to be seen as a privacy-friendly move, IAC Search & Media’s Ask.com search engine Tuesday announced a new feature called AskEraser that deletes a user’s search activity data from the ...

Not to be left behind in the swift-moving Internet search market, Ask Jeeves Inc. today is introducing enhancements to its Ask.com search site, including new picture, news and product search tools; ...

Comedian Stephen Colbert's satirical routine mocking the administration at the White House Correspondent Association's dinner received scant attention in the mainstream news, but it set the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ask.com, the Internet search engine owned by IAC/InterActive Corp, is seeking some human help answering web surfers' questions. The company has begun testing a new service ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Online search site Ask.com will eliminate about 40 jobs, or 8 percent of its work force, and is reevaluating its product and marketing lineup, new Chief Executive Jim Safka said ...