AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE DISTRIBUTION AND LICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ASK JEEVES INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND KABUSHIKI KAISHA ASK JEEVES JAPAN This Amendment No. 1 to the Distribution and License Agreement between Ask Jeeves International, Inc., and Kabushiki...

                                                                Exhibit 10.5.2.2

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1
                    TO THE DISTRIBUTION AND LICENSE AGREEMENT
                                     BETWEEN
                         ASK JEEVES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                                       AND
                        KABUSHIKI KAISHA ASK JEEVES JAPAN

      This Amendment No. 1 to the Distribution and License Agreement between Ask
      Jeeves International, Inc., and Kabushiki Kaisha Ask Jeeves Japan, dated
      August 31, 2000, (the "License Agreement") is entered into this 1st day of
      December 2000. Unless expressly stated otherwise, capitalized terms
      appearing herein shall have the same meanings as those provided in the
      License Agreement.

      The following terms and conditions are hereby amended by unanimous consent
      of the parties.

      1.0   THE INITIAL AGREED FEE

      1.1   The Initial Agreed Fee defined in Subsection a of Section 5 of the
            License Agreement ("PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS OF THE KK") is revised to
            read "|*| Dollars ($|*|); and

      1.2   Subparagraph (iii) of Subsection a of Section 5 of the License
            Agreement is revised to read "|*| Dollars ($|*|).

      2.0   INTERNATIONALIZATION AND LOCALIZATION

      2.1   The following provision is added to the first sentence of Subsection
            e of Section 5 of the License Agreement: "provided, however, that
            the obligation of the KK to provide for all Internationalization of
            the AJ Software and Updates shall expire six (6) years from the
            Effective Date."

      All other terms and conditions of the License Agreement shall continue in
      full force and effect consistent with the amendments agreed to herein.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties, by their duly authorized representatives,
      have executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.

KABUSHIKI KAISHA ASK JEEVES JAPAN:

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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: CEO Ask Jeeves Japan Co. Ltd.
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ASK JEEVES INTERNATIONAL, INC.:

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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title:
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|*|   Indicates that certain information in this exhibit has been omitted and
      filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Confidential
      treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions.