Ask Jeeves

Ask Jeeves initially became popular following a heavy advertising campaign. This search engine tried to make finding what you want more user friendly. If you typed in ‘wedding gifts' it would respond with a question similar to ‘Find an online store for wedding gifts'. However, this may not always have suited the user and it has now moved to an automated system provided by the Teoma Search Engine. In addition to just providing the basic results of the search Teoma also offers you the choice of ‘refining' your search by providing suggestions and using ‘resources' that are links to ‘experts and enthusiasts'.

However, the Jeeves search results can be a little frustrating for some users. The results provided can often include many adverts/sponsored links before you get the natural listings. Therefore users may be directed to a site because the site owners have paid the most to be top rather than provided a useful and informative site.

There is no submit url available for Teoma which powers Ask Jeeves. To get your site listed you need to have readable links from existing sites. Once the spiders crawl a site with a link to your site Teoma will read and index your site.