# Ask Jeeves quietly shuts down after nearly three decades, after pioneering conversational web search long before ChatGPT and Gemini

> Ask Jeeves has closed after almost 30 years It pioneered natural language web searches Today, ChatGPT and Gemini work in similar ways With AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini available, it's now easy to run web searches…

- **Source:** [TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/computing/search-engines/ask-jeeves-quietly-shuts-down-after-nearly-three-decades-after-pioneering-conversational-web-search-long-before-chatgpt-and-gemini?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=69f8924c89b2d56222aa6633)
- **Published:** 2026-05-04
- **Category:** Computers & IT
- **Tags:** #chatgpt #gemini #jeeves #search #almost #before #closed #conversational
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