Ask.com fights back with $100m buyup of reference sites ...Guardian Unlimited: 5 views since Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 07:38 AM Ask.com, owned by Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp, is refusing to give up the fight to be a major search engine with the acquisition of the company behind Dictionary.com, Reference.com and Thesaurus.com for an estimated $100m. Ask.com, formerly known as Ask Jeeves, has acquired reference website owner Lexico in a move that will increase the company's traffic by 11% globally and 9% in the ...
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