Jeeves Become A Billionaire

Just when you thought the .com boom was over comes word from CNet and SlashDot that AskJeeves.com, the search engine that most geeks laugh at, has been sold for $1.85 billion.

InterActiveCorp, owners of Expedia.com, TicketMaster and Match.com, will purchase the search engine, including it's subsidary websites Excite.com and IWon.com, in a complicated deal which is being primarily accomplished through a stock swap.
Following completion of the deal, InterActiveCorp CEO Barry Diller will assume the same position with AskJeeves.com.
There is a full report on the deal here.
AskJeeves.com was started in 1996 and claims to handle over 40 million search queries a month, although I have never actually met anyone who has ever used their website.