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John Sheesley

Published: 04 Aug 2008 17:14 BST

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Before Ask.com, there was Ask Jeeves. Ask Jeeves differed because it allowed searches to be phrased in the form of a question, rather than by entering keywords like most search engines.

Ask Jeeves fired Jeeves and is now simply Ask.com.

This screenshot dates from April 1997.

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