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Ask.com was an American answer engine, e-magazine, and later a web search engine, created by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen and launched on June 1, 1997.

Plan a trip to Ask→From San Jose

The service became one of the earliest prominent search engines on the World Wide Web during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Ask.com was shut down on May 1, 2026, ending nearly three decades of operation.

How locals move

Getting around Ask the local way

  • Get inThe San Francisco Bay Ferry has departures from both Pier 41 and the Ferry Building in San Francisco.
  • Go nextTake BART, or the ferry for some great views.

From Wikivoyage: Oakland, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wilfredor (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.