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Ask Jeeves, Inc. Launches Ask Jeeves Espana
Spain's Beta Site is First in a Series of European Expansion Initiatives
OAKLAND, Calif., April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Ask Jeeves(R), Inc., a leading
provider of information retrieval technologies, brands and Internet advertising
services, today announced the launch of a Spanish version of Ask Jeeves.
Currently available at http://es.ask.com/ , the search service is expected to
formally launch this summer at http://www.askjeeves.es/. Ask Jeeves Espana,
which is in beta, is based on the Company's flagship consumer search site Ask
Jeeves (http://www.ask.com/), and follows Ask Jeeves' expansion into the United
Kingdom and Japan. It is the first in a series of international growth
initiatives to be announced by the Company this year.
"International expansion is an important component to our corporate growth
strategy," said Steve Berkowitz, CEO of Ask Jeeves Inc. "We believe the Ask
Jeeves brand has a tremendous opportunity to succeed in Europe because it
offers the only differentiated world-class search experience to consumers."
Ask Jeeves Espana utilizes Ask Jeeves' proprietary Teoma(R) search technology,
which determines a website's expertise on a subject, rather than just its link
popularity. In addition to Teoma, Ask Jeeves Espana will include
industry-leading features such as My Jeeves and the Binoculars site preview
tool that make searching faster and easier.
Ask Jeeves Espana is the first in a series of European launches Ask Jeeves Inc.
expects in 2005. The Company plans to leverage the strength of the Ask Jeeves
brand, its differentiated technology that provides users with expert, everyday
search functionality, and partnerships with leading consumer media companies to
grow users in emerging markets. Ask Jeeves expects to generate revenues from
Ask Jeeves Espana through sponsored links.
"Spain is still an emerging marketplace and search will be on par with email in
terms of popularity," said Miguel Acosta, Vice President of European
Development for Ask Jeeves Inc. "So as the Spanish Internet population grows,
more and more people will turn to Ask Jeeves to access the best of what the web
has to offer: from finding information on news, weather and entertainment to
browsing the best shopping and travel sites."
In related news, the Company also announced that Ask Jeeves Japan
(http://www.ask.jp/ ), a joint venture between Ask Jeeves Inc. and transcosmos,
has come out of beta and signed an agreement with Google to provide the site
with sponsored links.
Cautionary Note regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements include statements regarding the Ask Jeeves Espana version of Ask
Jeeves and other proposed European product launches and other statements
regarding future features, functionality and anticipated benefits of Ask Jeeves
product and service offerings. Forward-looking statements are not predictions,
and actual results, developments or events may differ materially from those
referenced in forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual
results, developments or events to differ from the related forward-looking
statements are described in the risk factors described in Ask Jeeves' Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, subsequently filed
Form 10-Qs and other public filings made with the SEC, all of which are
available without charge at http://www.sec.gov/. Ask Jeeves undertakes no
obligation to update forward-looking statements for future events,
circumstances or developments.
About Ask Jeeves, Inc.
Ask Jeeves, Inc. provides consumers and advertisers with information retrieval
products across a diverse portfolio of Web sites, portals and desktop search
applications. Ask Jeeves' search and search-based portal brands include: Ask
Jeeves (Ask.com and Ask.co.uk); Ask Jeeves Japan (Ask.jp, a joint venture); Ask
Jeeves for Kids (AJKids.com); Bloglines (Bloglines.com); Excite (excite.com);
iWon (iwon.com); My Search (mysearch.com); My Way (myway.com); My Web Search
(mywebsearch.com) and Teoma (teoma.com). Ask Jeeves also owns the search
technology Teoma, proprietary natural language processing technology, as well
as portal and ad serving technologies. In addition to powering several of the
Ask Jeeves brands, the Company syndicates its technologies to help companies
increase revenue through powerful search. Ask Jeeves' advertising division,
AJinteractive, provides advertisers with targeted tools to reach a broad base
of valuable customers. Ask Jeeves, Inc. is headquartered in Oakland,
California, with offices throughout the United States, as well as in London,
England and Dublin, Ireland. For more information, visit http://www.ask.com/ or
call 510-985-7400.
NOTE: Ask Jeeves, Ask Jeeves Espana, AJinteractive, Ask.com, Teoma, My Way, My
Search, My Web Search, iWon, Excite and Bloglines are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Ask Jeeves, Inc.
DATASOURCE: Ask Jeeves, Inc.
CONTACT: Colby Zintl of Ask Jeeves Corporate Communications,
+1-510-985-7640, or ; or Darcy Cobb of Dotted Line
Communications, +1-310-472-8600, or , for Ask Jeeves
Web site: http://es.ask.com/
Web site: http://www.ask.jp/
Web site: http://www.ask.com/