1 of 12 Nine Years of Ask.com Ask.com, formerly Ask Jeeves, was founded in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen in Berkeley, Calif. But the first visual record we have is from 1999.

2 of 12 Nine Years of Ask.com - March 2000 Ask.com was originally known as Ask Jeeves. The character was based on Jeeves, Bertie Woosters fictional valet from the works of P.G. Wodehouse.

3 of 12 Nine Years of Ask.com - October 2000 Ask Jeeves home page changed several times around the turn of the century.

4 of 12 Nine Years of Ask.com - October 2001 A year later, Ask Jeeves transitioned to a tabbed interface.

5 of 12 Nine Years of Ask.com - July 2002 By 2002, Ask Jeeves had graduated to a larger layout. Here, Jeeves on the 4th of July.

6 of 12 Nine Years of Ask.com - October 2002

7 of 12 Nine Years of Ask.com - August 2003 The Jeeves character changed appearances over the years.

8 of 12 Nine Years of Ask.com - October 2004

9 of 12 Nine Years of Ask.com - April 2005 For April Fools Day in 2005, Ask Jeeves introduced the Jeeves9000 robot.

10 of 12 Nine Years of Ask.com - November 2005 Jeeves goes trick or treating.

11 of 12 Nine Years of Ask.com - April 2006 Jeeves the butler was phased out of existence, and by February 2006 he disappeared completely.