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Ask.com

Ask.com is a search engine started in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen in Berkeley, California. The original software was implemented by Gary Chevsky from his own design. Three venture capital firms, Highland Capital Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, and The RODA Group were early investors. Ask.com is currently owned by IAC/InterActiveCorp. Ask.com was originally known as Ask Jeeves, where "Jeeves" is the name of the "gentleman's personal gentleman", or valet (illustrated by Ma...
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List of general Search Engines

Alexa Internet - Alexa Internet, Inc. is a California-based subsidiary company of Amazon.com that is best known for operating a website that provides information on web traffic to other websites. Ask.com (formerly Ask Jeeves) - Ask.com is a search engine started in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen in Berkeley, California. Baidu (Chinese) - Baidu is the leading Chinese search engine for websites, audio files, and images. Baidu offers 57 search and community services including an o...
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