Yandex went public on the New York Stock Exchange

 

Back in 2011, Yandex went public on the New York Stock Exchange with an initial public offering (IPO) of 1.3 billion – making it the second largest in the sector after Google at the time.

Search Engine #6. Ask

Worldwide Search Engine Market Share: 0.72%

Ask is the sixth largest search engine in the world with a 0.72 percent market share – 100 times smaller than Google and 10 times smaller than Bing.

Founded in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen in California, the site was originally named “Ask Jeeves.”

The idea was not to create another directory or search engine, but a question-and-answer service much like a virtual concierge. This is why the founders chose the name after P.G. Wodehouse’s character, Jeeves the butler.

The company dropped “Jeeves” from the name in 2006 when the company rebranded to “Ask.”

In 2010, Ask.com gave up on the search engine market after facing insurmountable competition from more successful search engines like Google.

Now, Google actually powers Ask.com search results.