According to rumors, Ask will abandon its own Teoma search engine and switch to the Google engine. If this is true, Ask may reduce its technical team. According to Silicon Alley Insider, Ask plans to either abandon its own Teoma engine or sell it, and switch to Google's search results. The Teoma engine has been providing search support for Ask since it was acquired by Ask in 2001, so this is bad news for Ask's technical team.