Tag: GOOGLEANSWERS

Google Answers could be digging its way up out of the grave. Google shut down its Q&A service late last year, but has relaunched a new version in Russia. Google Questions and Answers lets you ask a question and receive answers from other users. Users earn points for giving good answers. It's not entirely clear if the points are worth money, or just a sense of satisfaction. A Google ...

Google has unexpectedly terminated Google Answers, its question-and-answer site that allowed expert searchers to get paid for answering questions. The service will stop accepting new questions in the coming days, and will stop accepting new answers by the end of the year. In their post to the Official Google Blog, Andrew Fikes and Lexi Baugher, whose very very first project at Goolge was Answers, ...

Microsoft has launched Windows Live QnA, an ask-a-question-get-an-answer site in the style of Yahoo! Answers and Google Answers. The site, currently in beta, relies on a reputation system whereby good answers (as determined by the question's original poster) increase your "score." It's got plenty of Web 2.0 trappings, including tags and integration with Windows Live Messenger (in the form of your ...