Ask Jeeves Partners With Google
from the that's-odd dept
While it never surprises me when someone dumps Overture for Google as a search partner, I am a bit surprised that AskJeeves would partner with Google no matter how much better their searches are than Overture's (or how much better their deal was). AskJeeves owns Teoma, which is a direct competitor to Google. You would think they would do whatever possible not to give Google any more business.
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