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| location = [[555 City Center]]<br />[[Oakland, California|Oakland]], [[California]], U.S.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/companies/7587915Z:US-ask-com|title=Ask.com|website=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]|access-date=2019-02-19}}</ref>
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==Marketing and promotion==
From November 1999, Ask Jeeves advertised on [[Price look-up code#Promotion via PLU stickers|produce stickers]] on apples, oranges and bananas. Questions such as "How many calories in a banana?" were printed alongside the Ask Jeeves web address.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fabricant |first1=Florence |title=RESPONSIBLE PARTY: DAVID HELLIER; Your $40 Pledge, Her $3 Tote Bag Have Answers? Plant a Question |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/07/business/responsible-party-david-hellier-your-40-pledge-her-3-tote-bag-have-answers-plant.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=10 May 2024 |date=7 May 2000}}</ref><ref name="tampa-bay-times">{{cite web |last1=Trigaux |first1=Robert |title=No space is sacred when it comes to alternative advertising |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2000/12/03/no-space-is-sacred-when-it-comes-to-alternative-advertising/ |website=Tampa Bay Times |access-date=10 May 2024 |language=en |date=3 December 2000}}</ref>
[[Apostolos Gerasoulis]], the co-creator of Ask's Teoma algorithmic search technology, starred in four television advertisements in 2007, extolling the virtues of Ask.com's usefulness for information relevance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://about.ask.com/docs/about/televisionads.shtml |title=About Ask.com: TV Spots |access-date=April 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070410132033/http://about.ask.com/docs/about/televisionads.shtml |archive-date=April 10, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A Jeeves balloon and a float appeared in the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]] through 2000–2004.▼
A Jeeves balloon and a float appeared in the [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]] through 2000–2004.<ref name="tampa-bay-times"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Ellen |title=Ask Jeeves closes door on the butler / Familiar mascot retired as search site becomes Ask.com |url=https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Ask-Jeeves-closes-door-on-the-butler-Familiar-2503272.php |website=SFGATE |access-date=10 May 2024 |language=en |date=27 February 2006}}</ref>
After a hiatus from mass consumer marketing, Ask returned to TV advertising in the fall of 2011 after refocusing its site on questions and answers.<ref>{{cite web|last= Ha|first= Anthony|title= Ask.com Returns to TV, Cautiously|url= http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/askcom-returns-tv-cautiously-136064|publisher= AdWeek|access-date=November 12, 2012}}</ref> Instead of national advertising, Ask focused on local markets. In the summer of 2012, Ask launched a national cinema campaign,<ref>{{cite web|last= Vega|first= Tanzina|title= Ask.com Heralds a New Focus|url= http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/new-ask-com-ads-highlight-change-in-focus|work= New York Times|access-date= November 12, 2012}}</ref> along with other out-of-home tactics in certain markets such as New York and [[Seattle]].<ref>{{cite web|last= Sandoval|first= Greg|title= Hey, Times Square! I'm Google+. Please Notice Me|url= http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57512960-93/hey-times-square-im-google--please-notice-me/|publisher= CNET|access-date= November 12, 2012}}</ref>▼
▲[[Apostolos Gerasoulis]], the co-creator of Ask's Teoma algorithmic search technology, starred in four television advertisements in 2007, extolling the virtues of Ask.com's usefulness for information relevance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://about.ask.com/docs/about/televisionads.shtml |title=About Ask.com: TV Spots |access-date=April 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070410132033/http://about.ask.com/docs/about/televisionads.shtml |archive-date=April 10, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
▲After a hiatus from mass consumer marketing, Ask returned to TV advertising in the fall of 2011 after refocusing its site on questions and answers.<ref>{{cite web|last= Ha|first= Anthony|title= Ask.com Returns to TV, Cautiously|url= http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/askcom-returns-tv-cautiously-136064|publisher= AdWeek|access-date=November 12, 2012}}</ref> Instead of national advertising, Ask focused on local markets. In the summer of 2012, Ask launched a national cinema campaign,<ref>{{cite web|last= Vega|first= Tanzina|author-link=Tanzina Vega |title= Ask.com Heralds a New Focus|url= http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/new-ask-com-ads-highlight-change-in-focus|work= New York Times|access-date= November 12, 2012}}</ref> along with other out-of-home tactics in certain markets such as New York and [[Seattle]].<ref>{{cite web|last= Sandoval|first= Greg|title= Hey, Times Square! I'm Google+. Please Notice Me|url= http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57512960-93/hey-times-square-im-google--please-notice-me/|publisher= CNET|access-date= November 12, 2012}}</ref>
As part of a Seattle-based local market effort, Ask.com launched its "You Asked We Answered"<ref>{{cite web|last=Sullivan|first=Laurie|title=Ask.com Launches 'You Asked' Branding Campaign|url=http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/173829/askcom-launches-you-asked-branding-campaign.html|publisher=Media Post|access-date=November 12, 2012}}</ref> campaign in 2012, in which the company "answered" residents' top complaints about living in their city, including easing morning commutes and stadium traffic, as well as keeping the local Parks and Rec department wading pools open.
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