Ask Jeeves, which is now known as Ask.com, is a search engine that was created in 1996. The premise on which the search engine was created is that users can ask everyday questions without having to type them in a special way to make the search engine understand. In addition to understanding questions, Ask Jeeves could also understand keywords. Today, the company behind Ask Jeeves is headquartered
. in Oakland, California. Many countries have their own versions of Ask.com. Some include: Poland, France, Japan, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, and Denmark. In the United Kingdom, Ask.com is still known as Ask Jeeves as it once was in other countries, including the United States. Ask.com has a toolbar available for both Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. In the later months of 2010, Ask.com lost its search engine capabilities and it is exclusively a site where users ask specific questions.
