Ask.com Gives Up on Search, Refocuses on Q&A Service

09.11.2010

Diller, too, admitted as much in an email statement sent to the business news service. "We've realized in the last few years you can't compete head on with Google," he said.

As of this afternoon, Web search was still available at the Ask site. A search with the term "Ask.com" yielded no results mentioning the death of the service.