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Good news for Yahoo!
Google quietly shut down its Answers service on Tuesday. They said the goals for a 'company fuelled by innovation' sometimes change for some products.
From Google's Blog:
'Google is a company fueled by innovation, which to us means trying lots of new things all the time -- and sometimes it means reconsidering our goals for a product. Later this week, we will stop accepting new questions in Google Answers, the very first project we worked on here. The project started with a rough idea from Larry Page, and a small 4-person team turned it into reality in less than 4 months. For two new grads, it was a crash course in building a scalable product, responding to customer requests, and discovering what questions are on people's minds.
Google Answers taught us exactly how many tyrannosaurs are in a gallon of gasoline, why flies survive a good microwaving, and why you really shouldn't drink water emitted by your air conditioner. Even closer to home, we learned one afternoon that our building might be on fire.
The people who participated in Google Answers -- more than 800 of them over the years -- are a passionate group committed to helping people find the information they need, and we applaud them for sharing their incredible knowledge with everyone who wrote in.
If you have a chance, we encourage you to browse through the questions posted over the last 4 years. Although we won't be accepting any new questions, the existing Qs and As are available. We'll stop accepting new Answers to questions by the end of the year.
Google Answers was a great experiment which provided us with a lot of material for developing future products to serve our users. We'll continue to look for new ways to improve the search experience and to connect people to the information they want.'
After Google's announcement yesterday about ending Google Answers, Yahoo has sent out an open invitation to Google Answers community to join Yahoo!:
'And we'd like Google Answers researchers to join us, tell us what you think and get to know what we're doing here. Please drop us a line!'
They are inviting Google Answers researchers to join the Yahoo! Answers community. I'm not sure if this is in fact an unofficial invitation to former Google Answers Researchers to join the Yahoo! Answers team and work for Yahoo. Who knows?
Is Yahoo Answers the answer for Yahoo?
Google fails at something (finally). Will this victory help Yahoo? Maybe, only time will tell. We know Yahoo has lots of problems to solve, as you can see at Peanut Butter Manifesto.
I think that one of the things that Google still doesn't get is that a social aspect, community felling that Yahoo does.
Google Answers is just like its search engine, blank, people can go there, do what they need to do, and then leave. Yahoo! Answers has this sense of community; everyone is encouraged to answer the questions of others.
Learning Something Everyday
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Honestly I didn't really know about Google Answers. I guess I only went there once a while, but I think I always go to Answers.com to find information, or even Wikipedia. The thing is sometimes when I search through the normal Google engine I didn't see Google Answer results... I might be lost somewhere?
As for Yahoo, besides the IM that I am using for work and friends to stay connected, I have stopped using Yahoo search engine unless suddenly Google.com is not accessable. I believe Yahoo delivers a nice community but sometimes it feels messy, not like the good old Yahoo I used to see. Nevertheless Yahoo!Geocities is still pretty good in providing free and paid web space and services.
So, lets see how long Yahoo!Answers will last this time.
A Geek Family
Yahoo! answers is a really good web 2.0 tool, really useful.