An Easier, More Intuitive Way to Search.
Ask Jeeves offers many unique and innovative features and tools to help you get the information you need quickly and easily.
Search Tools
Video Search
Experience even more dimensions of search on Ask Jeeves with video search: similar to our image search, we will deliver matching results in a convenient thumbnail preview format.
Try Video search for yourself:
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Q&A Search
Find out how other users answer your questions. To find the Q&A feature select "lots of answers" on the home page and type in what's on your mind, like "dog house" and see hundreds of similar questions already asked and answered by real people. Also look for Q&A answers on your results page whenever you ask a question.
Search Q&A for yourself:
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Smart Answers
Ask Jeeves Smart Answers provide key information right at the top of the page. Smart Answers can be found on the web results page of many searches, like for a band or famous person, and contain a brief bit of information and links to more information. You can get quick access to sports scores, movie times, weather, dictionary results, translation, conversions, and more.
Sample Searches
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Liverpool FC
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Planet Mars
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Local
Local search allows you to find the best businesses and services near you. Try local search on Ask, and you'll get everything you need for what you want to do and where you want to go - including maps, driving directions, phone numbers, user reviews, and a lot more.
Sample Searches
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Stocks & Shares Search
Find up-to-date share prices and stock market information for companies trading on the FTSE 100, AIM, Nasdaq and Dow Jones exchanges.
Sample Searches
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IACI Stocks
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FTSE Index
Try a stock search for yourself
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Music Search
Find biography and discography information, download pictures and find the latest products for all your favourite bands and musicians.
Sample Searches
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The Beatles
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Kings of Leon Lyrics
Try music search for yourself
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Binoculars Site Preview
If you have broadband and want to avoid unnecessary trips between your search results and the destination sites you are seeking, then the Binoculars site preview tool is for you.
This feature allows searchers to preview websites by simply mousing over the binoculars icon within their search results. Easily figure out if you've found the site you're looking for without having to leave uk.ask.com - saving both time and energy.
Go to the Binoculars Site Preview FAQ for more information.
Important Note: This feature is only available for broadband-including DSL and Cable high-speed connections.
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Zoom: Related Search Terms
Narrow or broaden your search with possible alternative search terms which appear on the right hand side of the Ask results page.
• Drill down into topics that are specifically related to your search
• Explore topics that are conceptually related to your search
• Review a list of names that are conceptually tied to your search
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Advanced Web Search
Advanced Search features allow you to specify the type of web results you want. Try it out and see what the
Advanced Search features can do for you.
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Make Ask Jeeves Your Home Page
Find what you are looking for faster by making Ask Jeeves your home page.
Follow the instructions below according to your web browser.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 and under:
• Go to the "Tools" menu and choose "Internet Options."
• On the "General" page, the first entry reads, "You can change which page to use for your homepage."
• Enter http://uk.ask.com into the space for "Address" and click "OK."
If you're using Mozilla Firefox:
• Go to the "Tools" menu and choose "Options."
• On the "General" tab, enter http://uk.ask.com into the space for "Location(s)" and click "OK."
For Opera users:
• Go to the "Tools" menu and choose "Preferences..."
• Go to the "General" section and in the space for "Home page:", and enter http://uk.ask.com click "OK."
If you're using Safari:
• Go to the Safari menu and choose "Preferences..."
• Go to the "General" section and in the space for "Home page:", and enter http://uk.ask.com
• Close the Preferences window.
For Netscape Navigator or Communicator:
• Go to the "Edit" menu and choose "Preferences."
• At the top of the Preferences box, you will find "Navigator Starts With" along with three options. Click on the button to the left of the "Home Page" option.
• Further down, the box reads, "Clicking on the Home button will take you to this page."
• Below, at "Location," enter http://uk.ask.com and click "OK."
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Image Search
News Search
Weather Search
Currency Converter
Famous People Search
Dictionary & Thesaurus Search
Conversions Search
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