Ask.com posted a farewell message on its website, announcing that the search engine would shut down as of Friday, May 1.

Owner IAC says it's discontinuing its search business.

Ask.com, the pioneering search engine and Q&A service, has ceased operations after 30 years, marking the end of its era.

Ask.com, formerly known as the Ask Jeeves search engine, has been shuttered by parent company IAC Inc. Here's the statement ...

Ask.com, once the home of Ask Jeeves, is slipping quietly into history, its homepage carrying a farewell message that signals ...