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New comment by gandazgul in "Ask.com has closed"

gandazgul — Sat, 02 May 2026 15:04:41 +0000

We did! it will get the holding page on Monday (:

New comment by gandazgul in "Ask.com has closed"

gandazgul — Sat, 02 May 2026 15:03:29 +0000

Make an offer to IAC they might sell it.

New comment by gandazgul in "Ask.com has closed"

gandazgul — Sat, 02 May 2026 15:02:35 +0000

It doesn't exist anymore, it died on one of the purges. And teoma.com had such bad bot traffic from overseas that we had to remove the DNS and abandon it it was costing more to serve the bots than the money it was making.

New comment by gandazgul in "Ask.com has closed"

gandazgul — Sat, 02 May 2026 14:38:55 +0000

Wow thanks! I'll actually merge this lol

New comment by gandazgul in "Ask.com has closed"

gandazgul — Sat, 02 May 2026 14:38:27 +0000

I can tell you I still work there :) Its been an awesome job, startup feel but backed by a big public company. Ask.com was only a small part of the whole, we had 3000+ search brands. I worked with people who had been with Ask for 20+ years. I've been there for a decade and I'm still grieving about it shutting down.