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Lemmynated@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 8 hours ago

Ask Jeeves just shut down after 29 years, and nobody noticed

www.xda-developers.com

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Ask Jeeves just shut down after 29 years, and nobody noticed

www.xda-developers.com

Lemmynated@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 8 hours ago
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    Especially the author of this “news” didn’t notice anything.

    https://www.askjeeves.com/ is still working btw

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      It’s no wonder it’s dead/dying. I’ve been searching for something on Google, DDG, and Kagi this morning. I just tried it on Ask and it was by far the worst results. Not relevant by miles.

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      Did they shut down ask and forgot askjeeves on the way out?

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      I swear I read the same headline a while ago.

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      https://lemmy.radio/post/13121358

      It wasn’t working yesterday (I checked it)

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