Google Answers: maybe a better search engine? ...
One of the old Google projects, launched at the beginning of the century, stops its work.
Google Answers , as it was supposed, should have been the first step to the fact that people could not just search, but ask questions - in a normal human language. What the builders of Web 3.0 are fighting over was partially realized with the help of more than 800 experts who answered users' questions for a fee. By paying from 2 to 200 dollars, the user could get an answer to the question from virtually any area of ​​life. For example, for $ 10 the doog found out how many tyrannosaurs fit in a gallon of gas , and for $ 4 declan found out if you can drink the water that flows from the air conditioner .
The payment of web services in the age of Web 2.0, built on contextual advertising, is gradually dying out. Project Answers, invented by Larry Page, will stop taking questions at the end of this week. The archives will remain accessible, so that instead of a search engine you can sometimes use this “storehouse of expert wisdom.”
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Statistics show that to compete with Yahoo Answers service from Google was clearly not under force.
The main competitor attracts a lot of attention: Oprah Winfrey herself is asking questions (and promoting the next release of her TV show). She already answered more than 34.000 users. Most of the answers leave much to be desired - but she did not count on the quality of Oprah. Although Yahoo is still counting on quality, they were not slow to call Google experts to join a popular service .
What are users of Yahoo Answers' main competitor in Russia counting on - Answers@Mail.ru ? A moot point. Try to answer, for example, on “Not enough you were beaten on the railing with your face. Is this all for you NOVIKOVSS REASON THE MANDLED MAJOR? "(Apparently, someone's old disputes) or" Somebody from Belarus is here "(I just want to write something like" Kisa, Cook "). The question “Why do not we sleep”, by the way, is very common: the service has become an interesting place for communication for the same users who read the blogs of Vlad Topalov , Lera Masskva and Irakli Pirtskhalava .
The problem is that the Answers services are unlikely to become a serious source of useful information. Google didn’t really need a closing project for two reasons: firstly, contextual advertising, judging by attendance, didn’t bring serious income, and secondly - Google search engine is of good quality, so you can find the answer there. In extreme cases, a link to Yahoo Answers will appear in the search results.
Google Answers , as it was supposed, should have been the first step to the fact that people could not just search, but ask questions - in a normal human language. What the builders of Web 3.0 are fighting over was partially realized with the help of more than 800 experts who answered users' questions for a fee. By paying from 2 to 200 dollars, the user could get an answer to the question from virtually any area of ​​life. For example, for $ 10 the doog found out how many tyrannosaurs fit in a gallon of gas , and for $ 4 declan found out if you can drink the water that flows from the air conditioner .
The payment of web services in the age of Web 2.0, built on contextual advertising, is gradually dying out. Project Answers, invented by Larry Page, will stop taking questions at the end of this week. The archives will remain accessible, so that instead of a search engine you can sometimes use this “storehouse of expert wisdom.”
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Statistics show that to compete with Yahoo Answers service from Google was clearly not under force.
The main competitor attracts a lot of attention: Oprah Winfrey herself is asking questions (and promoting the next release of her TV show). She already answered more than 34.000 users. Most of the answers leave much to be desired - but she did not count on the quality of Oprah. Although Yahoo is still counting on quality, they were not slow to call Google experts to join a popular service .
What are users of Yahoo Answers' main competitor in Russia counting on - Answers@Mail.ru ? A moot point. Try to answer, for example, on “Not enough you were beaten on the railing with your face. Is this all for you NOVIKOVSS REASON THE MANDLED MAJOR? "(Apparently, someone's old disputes) or" Somebody from Belarus is here "(I just want to write something like" Kisa, Cook "). The question “Why do not we sleep”, by the way, is very common: the service has become an interesting place for communication for the same users who read the blogs of Vlad Topalov , Lera Masskva and Irakli Pirtskhalava .
The problem is that the Answers services are unlikely to become a serious source of useful information. Google didn’t really need a closing project for two reasons: firstly, contextual advertising, judging by attendance, didn’t bring serious income, and secondly - Google search engine is of good quality, so you can find the answer there. In extreme cases, a link to Yahoo Answers will appear in the search results.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/4750/
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