AskJeeves Retires Jeeves

February 28th, 2006 | Filed under Miscellaneous.

Jeeves, better recognized as butler-ish figure on AskJeeves.com marked an era of internet search engine developments. Jeeves served you answers to commonly searched questions.

AskJeeves now redirects to Ask.com and is undergoing a transformation that offers many innovative tools to help you get the information you need quickly and easily. The Ask blog confirms that they will be saying goodbye to their corporate icon of 10 years.

“When it comes to our product, we’re continuously evolving and improving. Our brand deserves a clean break to open people up to seeing how good we are.

So, we’re going to take the leap and strike out for a fresh identity, one that fits more with who we’ve become than who we used to be. One that revolves more around the site, and what it does for our users, rather than around a character.”

So Jeeves enjoys his retirement benefits and takes a few days rest before he starts his new adventure. See what users have been voting as retirement options for Jeeves.

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