AskJeeves launched a new search engine Monday, going toe-to-toe on quality claims with Web darling Google. AskJeeves' Teoma.com faces a mountain of competition from back-end technology providers.

The loyal butler is gone. AskJeeves.com said yesterday that it had retired Jeeves, its mascot servant, and would now answer the door simply as Ask.com, adopting a self-service approach for users ...

NEW YORK - The loyal butler is gone. AskJeeves.com said Monday that it has retired Jeeves, its mascot servant, and will now answer the door simply as Ask.com, adopting a self-service approach for ...

Try it, go to askjeeves.com, notice how it redirects you to ask.com and then shows you the old Jeeves character. Is Jeeves back? Don’t you remember? Ask.com retired Jeeves back in February of 2006.