IAC Search and Media

The corporation IAC Search & Media (formerly Ask Jeeves, Inc.) is a wholly owned business of IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ symbol: IACI). Its headquarters are located in the city of Oakland, California, with other offices throughout the United States, as well as in Europe and Asia.

IAC Search & Media was founded in 1996 in Berkeley, California by David Warthen, Chief technical officer and veteran software developer, and by Garrett Gruener, a venture capitalist at Alta Partners and the founder of Virtual Microsystems.

IAC Search and Media provides worldwide information and retrieval products and advertising products through a set of Web sites, portals, downloadable applications and malware. IAC Search and Media's search-based portal brands include:

  • Ask.com
  • AskforKids.com
  • Bloglines.com
  • Evite.com
  • Excite.com
  • FunWebProducts.com
  • IWon.com
  • MyWay.com
  • Zwinky
  • Searchqu - A well know malware

IAC Search & Media is a parent company of the "Ask.com", division and search engine of the IAC Search & Media. The company division and the search engine shares a same name,　"Ask.com".

IAC Search & Media’s software includes spyware, such products are:

  • MyWay Searchbar, also known as MyWay Speedbar, MyWay Search Assistant, MyWebSearch or MyWeb Searchbar
  • Ask.com Toolbar

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