ASK.COM
Ask.com is a top 10 US website and digital brand (as ranked by Nielsen) with more than 100 million monthly users globally. Founded in 1996, Ask.com was originally known as Ask Jeeves and specialized in natural language search. In Sept 2001, the company acquired Teoma Technologies, and began shifting Ask's algorithms away from natural language search. AskJeeves was acquired by [IAC](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/IAC) in March 2005 for $1.85 Billion and renamed Ask.com in 2006. In ... July 2010, Ask.com returned to its Q&A roots with the beta launch of its question and answer (Q&A) offering that uses a hybrid of search technology and human response to address complex or opinion-based questions. The company also launched it flagship mobile application (since downloaded more than 3 million times) in the fall of 2010. In 2012, Ask.com made two acquisitions as part of a larger strategy to offer more content on the Ask.com website. On July 2, 2012 Ask.com purchased content discovery start-up, nRelate, for an undisclosed amount. That was followed by the company's acquisition of expert advice and information site About.com, which closed in September 2012 Ask.com's ads are served by Google.
ASK.COM
Industry:
Information Services Internet Search Engine Social Media Software
Founded:
1996-01-01
Address:
Oakland, California, United States
Country:
United States
Website Url:
http://www.ask.com
Total Employee:
251+
Status:
Active
Contact:
(855) -898-7539
Email Addresses:
[email protected]
Total Funding:
25 M USD
Technology used in webpage:
Viewport Meta IPhone / Mobile Compatible LetsEncrypt Apple Mobile Web Clips Icon Google Tag Manager WordPress Content Delivery Network Domain Not Resolving Wordpress Plugins Nginx
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Acquisitions List
| Date | Company | Article | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-16 | The Evergreen Project | The Evergreen Project acquired by Ask.com | 3.9 M USD |
| 2014-08-14 | Ask.fm | Ask.fm acquired by Ask.com | N/A |
| 2012-07-02 | nrelate | nrelate acquired by Ask.com | N/A |
| 2009-01-22 | Sendori | Sendori acquired by Ask.com | N/A |
| 2008-05-15 | Lexico Publishing Group | Lexico Publishing Group acquired by Ask.com | N/A |
| 2005-05-20 | Excite | Excite acquired by Ask.com | N/A |
| 2005-02-01 | Bloglines | Bloglines acquired by Ask.com | N/A |
| 2004-06-09 | Tukaroo | Tukaroo acquired by Ask.com | N/A |
| 2004-03-04 | Interactive Search Holdings | Interactive Search Holdings acquired by Ask.com | 343 M USD |
| 2002-02-12 | Octopus.com | Octopus.com acquired by Ask.com | N/A |
Investors List
Kepha Partners
Kepha Partners investment in Venture Round - Ask.com
IVP
IVP investment in Series A - Ask.com
Highland Capital Partners
Highland Capital Partners investment in Series A - Ask.com
The Roda Group
The Roda Group investment in Seed Round - Ask.com
Newest Events participated
Participated in TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012
on 2012-09-08 as sponsor
Official Site Inspections
http://www.ask.com Semrush global rank: 8.93 K Semrush visits lastest month: 17.7 M
- Host name: 146.75.38.114
- IP address: 146.75.38.114
- Location: Sweden
- Latitude: 59.3247
- Longitude: 18.056
- Timezone: Europe/Stockholm
