Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)

E145688

internet company brand search engine brand web search engine

Ask Jeeves was an early web search engine brand best known for its question‑and‑answer style interface featuring a virtual butler character.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Ask Jeeves	8
Ask.com	8
Ask Jeeves search engine	2
Ask Jeeves (legacy brand via Ask.com)	1
Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name) canonical	1
Ask Jeeves, Inc.	1
Ask Jeeves, Inc. (via Ask.com lineage)	1
askjeeves.com	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1287787 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
Context triple: [Jeeves, influenced, Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)]

A. Bing
Bing is Microsoft's web search engine that provides internet search, image, video, and mapping services.
B. Infoseek
Infoseek was an early web search engine and internet portal that gained prominence in the mid-1990s before being acquired and integrated into Disney’s online properties.
C. DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo is a privacy-focused internet search engine that emphasizes not tracking users or personalizing search results based on their data.
D. Yahoo! Search
Yahoo! Search is a web search engine developed by Yahoo that was once one of the most popular gateways for finding information on the internet.
E. Goole
Goole is an inland port town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, known for its significant docks and role in regional maritime trade.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
Target entity description: Ask Jeeves was an early web search engine brand best known for its question‑and‑answer style interface featuring a virtual butler character.

A. Bing
Bing is Microsoft's web search engine that provides internet search, image, video, and mapping services.
B. Infoseek
Infoseek was an early web search engine and internet portal that gained prominence in the mid-1990s before being acquired and integrated into Disney’s online properties.
C. DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo is a privacy-focused internet search engine that emphasizes not tracking users or personalizing search results based on their data.
D. Yahoo! Search
Yahoo! Search is a web search engine developed by Yahoo that was once one of the most popular gateways for finding information on the internet.
E. Goole
Goole is an inland port town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, known for its significant docks and role in regional maritime trade.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	internet company brand ⓘ search engine brand ⓘ web search engine ⓘ
acquiredBy	IAC/InterActiveCorp ⓘ linked to: InterActiveCorp
acquisitionDate	2005 ⓘ
commercial	true ⓘ
competitor	AltaVista ⓘ Excite ⓘ Google ⓘ Lycos ⓘ Yahoo! Search ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
foundedBy	David Warthen ⓘ Garrett Gruener ⓘ
hasBrandName	Ask Jeeves ⓘ linked to: Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
hasShortName	Ask ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Emeryville, California ⓘ
industry	internet ⓘ online search ⓘ
inspiredByWork	Jeeves stories by P. G. Wodehouse ⓘ linked to: Jeeves and Wooster
launchDate	1996 ⓘ
logoCharacter	Jeeves the butler ⓘ
marketingTheme	ask a question, get an answer ⓘ
mascot	Jeeves ⓘ
mascotDescription	virtual butler character ⓘ
namedAfterFictionalCharacter	Reginald Jeeves ⓘ linked to: Jeeves
notableFeature	natural language query handling ⓘ question-and-answer style interface ⓘ
notableFor	popularizing question-style web search queries ⓘ
operatedInLanguage	English ⓘ
originalDomain	askjeeves.com ⓘ linked to: Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
owner	IAC/InterActiveCorp ⓘ linked to: IAC
peakPopularityPeriod	early 2000s ⓘ late 1990s ⓘ
primaryBusinessModel	online advertising ⓘ paid search listings ⓘ
rebrandedAs	Ask.com ⓘ linked to: Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
rebrandingDate	2005 ⓘ
regionOfMainUse	North America ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
serviceType	question answering ⓘ web search ⓘ
status	rebranded ⓘ
successor	Ask.com ⓘ linked to: Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
targetUserGroup	general internet users ⓘ
technologyApproach	combination of directory and algorithmic search results ⓘ
userInteractionStyle	natural language questions ⓘ typed queries in full sentences ⓘ
websiteType	search portal ⓘ

How these facts were elicited