Ask.com

Search engine, Ask.com was originally known as Ask Jeeves, where Jeeves, a valet, was supposed to be the person who fetches the answers of any query you ask. The character was based on Jeeves, Bertie Wooster's fictional valet from the works of P G Wodehouse. On 23 September 2005 the company announced plans to phase out the character and finally did so on 27 February 2006.