Exhibit 4.7

Form of Katz Warrant

THIS WARRANT HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS SUCH SALE
OR TRANSFER IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE LAWS OR SOME OTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE LAWS IS AVAILABLE
WITH RESPECT THERETO.

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

|Warrant No. |  | Number of Shares 105,000
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ASK JEEVES, INC.

Dated
as of July 26, 2001 (the "Original Issue Date")

1.Issuance.This Warrant is issued to Dr. Boris Katz by Ask Jeeves, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter with its successors called the "Company").

2.Purchase Price; Number of Shares.Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the registered
holder of this Warrant (the "Holder"), commencing on the date hereof, is entitled upon surrender of this Warrant with the subscription form annexed hereto duly executed, at the office of the Company,
5858 Horton Street, Suite 350, Emeryville, California 94608, or such other office as the Company shall notify the Holder of in writing, to purchase from the Company at a price per share of One Dollar
Thirty-Four Cents ($1.34) (the "Purchase Price"), one hundred five thousand (105,000) fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock, $0.001 par value, of the Company (the "Common
Stock"), and all rights to purchase shares of the Company's Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001, that may attach to such Common Stock pursuant to that certain Rights Agreement between
the Company and Fleet National Bank, N. A., dated April 26, 2001. Until such time as this Warrant is exercised in full or expires, the Purchase Price and the securities issuable upon exercise
of this Warrant are subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided.

3.Lock Up Restrictions.Notwithstanding any provision hereof, this Warrant shall not be exercisable prior to
July 26, 2002 (the "Lock Up Release Date"). On and after the Lock Up Release Date, the holder may not exercise this Warrant (i) during any consecutive thirty (30) day period, for
more than thirty-one thousand five hundred (31,500) shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 10 hereof) and (ii) during any single trading day, for
more than the lesser of (A) ten thousand five hundred (10,500) shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 10 hereof) or (B) ten percent (10%) of the average
daily trading volume of the Common Stock during the trailing four (4) week period (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 10 hereof).

4.Payment of Purchase Price.The Purchase Price may be paid by delivery of cash or a check to the Company.

5.Net Issue Election.The Holder may elect to receive, without the payment by the Holder of any additional
consideration, shares equal to the value of this Warrant or any portion hereof by the surrender of this Warrant or such portion to the Company, with the net issue election notice annexed hereto duly
executed, at the office of the Company. Thereupon, the Company shall issue to the Holder

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such number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock as is computed using the following formula:

| | X = | Y (A-B)A |  | 
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where



For
purposes of the above calculation, current fair market value of Common Stock shall mean with respect to each share of Common Stock:



6.Partial Exercise.This Warrant may be exercised in part, and the Holder shall be entitled to receive a new
warrant, which shall be dated as of the date of this Warrant, covering the number of shares in respect of which this Warrant shall not have been exercised.

7.Issuance Date.The person or persons in whose name or names any certificate representing shares of Common
Stock is issued hereunder shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of the shares represented thereby as at the close of business on the date this Warrant is exercised with respect to such
shares, whether or not the transfer books of the Company shall be closed.

8.Expiration Date; Automatic Exercise.This Warrant shall expire, and shall be void thereafter, on the close of
business on the fifth anniversary of the Original Issue Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Warrant shall automatically be deemed to be exercised in full pursuant to the provisions of
Section 5 hereof, without any further action on behalf of the Holder, immediately prior to the time this Warrant would otherwise expire pursuant to the preceding sentence.

9.Reserved Shares; Valid Issuance.The Company covenants that it will at all times from and after the date
hereof reserve and keep available such number of its authorized shares of Common Stock, free from all preemptive or similar rights therein, as will be sufficient to permit the exercise of

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this Warrant in full. The Company further covenants that such shares as may be issued pursuant to the exercise of this Warrant will, upon issuance, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issuance thereof.

10.Subdivisions and Combinations.If after the Original Issue Date the Company shall subdivide the Common
Stock, by split-up or otherwise, or combine the Common Stock, or issue additional shares of Common Stock in payment of a stock dividend on the Common Stock, the number of shares issuable
on the exercise of this Warrant shall forthwith be proportionately increased in the case of a subdivision or stock dividend, or proportionately decreased in the case of a combination, and the Purchase
Price shall forthwith be proportionately decreased in the case of a subdivision or stock dividend, or proportionately increased in the case of a combination.

11.Mergers and Reclassifications.If after the Original Issue Date there shall be any reclassification, capital
reorganization or change of the Common Stock (other than as a result of a subdivision, combination or stock dividend provided for in Section 10 hereof), or any consolidation of the Company
with, or merger of the Company into, another corporation or other business organization (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and which does not
result in any reclassification or change of the outstanding Common Stock), or any sale or conveyance to another corporation or other business organization of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company, then, as a condition of such reclassification, reorganization, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, lawful provisions shall be made, and duly executed documents evidencing
the same from the Company or its successor shall be delivered to the Holder, so that the Holder shall thereafter have the right to purchase, at a total price not to exceed that payable upon the
exercise of this Warrant in full, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, change, consolidation, merger, sale or
conveyance by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock which might have been purchased by the Holder immediately prior to such reclassification, reorganization, change, consolidation, merger,
sale or conveyance, and in any such case appropriate provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and interest of the Holder to the end that the provisions hereof (including without limitation,
provisions for the adjustment of the Purchase Price and the number of shares issuable hereunder) shall thereafter be applicable in relation to any shares of stock or other securities and property
thereafter deliverable upon exercise hereof.

12.Fractional Shares.In no event shall any fractional share of Common Stock be issued upon any exercise of
this Warrant. If, upon exercise of this Warrant as an entirety, the Holder would, except as provided in this Section 12, be entitled to receive a fractional share of Common Stock, then the
Company shall issue the next higher number of full shares of Common Stock, issuing a full share with respect to such fractional share.

13.Amendment.The terms of this Warrant may be amended, modified or waived by a written instrument signed by
the Company and the Holder.

14.Warrant Register; Transfers, Etc.



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15.No Impairment.The Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or through any
reclassification, capital reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance of assets, dissolution, liquidation, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to
avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such commercially
reasonable action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder.

16.Governing Law.The provisions and terms of this Warrant shall be construed and enforced in accordance with
and governed by the laws of the State of California.

17.Successors and Assigns.This Warrant shall be binding upon the Company's successors and assigns and shall
inure to the benefit of the Holder's successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

18.Business Days.If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action required or the expiration of any
right granted herein shall be a Saturday or Sunday or a legal holiday, then such action may be
taken or right may be exercised on the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday or Sunday or such a legal holiday.

|                 |  | ASK JEEVES, INC.
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|(Corporate Seal) |  | By:             
|                 |  |                 
|                 |  | Title:          
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|Attest:          |  |                 
|                 |  |                 

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Subscription

|To: |  |  |  | Date: |  | 
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The
undersigned hereby subscribes for                        shares of Common Stock covered by this Warrant. The certificate(s) for
such shares shall be issued in the name of the undersigned or
as otherwise indicated below:

| |  | Signature            
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| |  | Name for Registration
| |  | Mailing Address      

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Net Issue Election Notice

|To: |  |  |  | Date: |  | 
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The
undersigned hereby elects under Section 5 to surrender the right to purchase            shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Warrant. The certificate(s) for the shares
issuable upon such net issue election shall be issued in the name of the undersigned or as otherwise indicated below.

| |  | Signature            
| |  | ---------------------
| |  | Name for Registration
| |  | Mailing Address      

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Assignment

For
value received                        hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

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[Please
print or typewrite name and address of Assignee]

the
within Warrant, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint                        its attorney to transfer the within
Warrant on the books of the within named Company with full power of
substitution on the premises.

|Dated:              |  |  | 
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|In the Presence of: |  | 
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