The Second Coming: A Resurrection of Jeeves

[JMcEntegart]

Jeeves is back! The friendly old Butler has returned to the UK version of Ask.com’s search engine.

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[joz]

Useless article is as useless as useless search engine.

 

[afrobacon]

I liked Jeeves.... then Google came...

Jeeves now seems more like a social icon, much like Alf but less funny.

 

[LATTEH]

YES HES BACK IM GONNA GO AND ASK WHY HE SUCKS

 

[tacoslave]

i just went to ask.com and jeeves is right there.

 

[spanspace]

Went to ask.com on IE6 and Firefox 3.0.8 and he isnt showing up. I went to askjeeves.con on same browsers and he is not 3D.

 

[spanspace]

Well apparently only http/uk.ask.com/?rnd=1 was changed. Whoever wrote the article didn't mention that.

 

[dravis12]

Why doesn't Jeeves look anything like Stephen Fry?

 

[hellwig]

How is Danni's Harddrive related to Ask Jeeves? I'm not the only one seeing those "related" slideshows am I?

 

[Grims]

[citation][nom]hellwig[/nom]How is Danni's Harddrive related to Ask Jeeves? I'm not the only one seeing those "related" slideshows am I?[/citation]


I was kinda wondering why adult linking pictures were being displayed don this site at all.

I went to Danni.com thinking it would be some kind of hardware chick review site only to find it being a porn site...

 

[JMcEntegart]

@spanspace:

Thanks for your feedback. I did mention in the article that it's UK only. I also mentioned further down that US version wouldn't be seeing Jeeves because there wasn't the same demand for his return as there was in the UK.

Just in case you manage to miss them if/when you read the article again, here are the paragraphs where I mention it is a UK specific change and will not be replicated on the US site. I'll also include the last line, in which I detailed how US users wishing to see the old Jeeves can do so.

Thanks again for reading!

Jeeves is back! The friendly old Butler has returned to the UK version of Ask.com’s search engine.

So will he be making his way stateside next? Don’t count on it. According to SearchEngineLand, citing Cesar Mascaraque, managing director of Ask Jeeves Europe, that results from polls run in the UK displayed a strong desire for the return of Jeeves. However, the same desire was not found in the U.S., although Ask.com did admit they did not run similar polls in the United States.

That said, you can bring Jeeves back in the U.S. by typing in askjeeves.com into your browser.

 

[Guest]

I agree that google tells me everything I need to know, efficiently and fast.
Jeeves will just fill up some screenspace.

Google does it for me!

 

[Thunderfox]

I figured they got rid of him because they didn't make enough money to make it worth paying royalties to the estate of PG Wodehouse.

Makes sense that he would only appear in the UK; they're the only ones who know who he is anyway.