Ask.com, formerly Ask Jeeves, was founded in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen in Berkeley, Calif. But the first visual record we have is from 1999.
2Nine Years of Ask.com – March 2000
Ask.com was originally known as Ask Jeeves. The character was based on Jeeves, Bertie Woosters fictional valet from the works of P.G. Wodehouse.
3Nine Years of Ask.com – October 2000
Ask Jeeves home page changed several times around the turn of the century.
4Nine Years of Ask.com – October 2001
A year later, Ask Jeeves transitioned to a tabbed interface.
5Nine Years of Ask.com – July 2002
By 2002, Ask Jeeves had graduated to a larger layout. Here, Jeeves on the 4th of July.
6Nine Years of Ask.com – October 2002
7Nine Years of Ask.com – August 2003
The Jeeves character changed appearances over the years.
8Nine Years of Ask.com – October 2004
9Nine Years of Ask.com – April 2005
For April Fools Day in 2005, Ask Jeeves introduced the Jeeves9000 robot.
10Nine Years of Ask.com – November 2005
Jeeves goes trick or treating.
11Nine Years of Ask.com – April 2006
Jeeves the butler was phased out of existence, and by February 2006 he disappeared completely.
12Nine Years of Ask.com – June 2007
On June 5, 2007, Ask.com unveiled a dramatic improvement to its search interface.
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