Ask Jeeves, Inc. Launches Ask Jeeves Espana
April 05 2005 - 7:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
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/
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