Google launched the "Questions and Answers" service, only for Russia.

The service was announced today in the Official Blog - Google Russia .

The new service is made in the usual google style with the use of AJAX, user-friendly interface and heaps of small but very useful chips. To enter, you must connect to the service, after which a small tour will be offered, which tells about the basics of working with him.

The ball system is implemented with division by regions and labels (tags). Gaining points, you become an expert in a particular field.
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It is interesting that the service is launched only for Russia . To date, there is a similar service in RuNet from mail.ru - “Answers@mail.ru” .

Here is what google writes in the blog itself.
“Today we are launching a beta version of Q & A. This is a new Google service where you can ask a difficult question on an interesting topic for you and get an answer from other users, and you can also earn points by answering other people's questions. Or just chat with smart people :). We are especially pleased to announce that Russia is the first country in the world where we launch this service; it is not yet available even to English-speaking users.

Each question is necessarily labeled to make it easier to find in the future. Answering different questions, you gain points and gradually become an expert in a particular field. You get more points if your answers are recognized as the best. We want to make it easier and more interesting to find information on the most difficult questions thanks to Q & A. ”