Askme Help Desk: Help Is Its Middle Name!

One visit to some Q &A sites – no matter how standard they might seem to be – you’d know right away if it has something for you to take away from. The success of a Q & A site depends on the targeted traffic it receives, the quality of questions asked and answered, the design and utility of the site and sometimes, focus on a niche. Askme.com has all of that except that it’s a general, standard-fare Q &A site. Let’s see how it rolls:

Point made; point taken

First visits to some Q &A sites can be like sauntering into a maze — they can be confusing, unfocused and literally all over the place; not to mention ugly, unorganized and unprofessional.  AskMe looks great. The web site is designed professionally. It cuts the loose talk and straight talks to you. The header itself stands like a monument to the Q &A activity on the site and it’s easy to find your way around, in and out of there. Excellent utility and navigation, I must add.

Knowledge is where the crowd is

The more people there are to answer your questions, the more versions of answers you get for each question asked. Clearly, the statistics rally in favour of the site. A neat little banner (under the main one) makes it a point to tell you that you are not on an ordinary, new, struggling Q &A site; In fact, you are currently looking at a site that has about 500,000 questions already asked and even more mind-numbing answers given.

Standard Questions but great answers

The questions, more or less, are standard and expected. However, it’s usually the quality of answers and the community-bonding that makes all the difference in providing a substantial strength to a Q & A site. In fact, that has very well been the secret of success for most popular communities online. For a change, I see that here in Askme.com. I don’t find users dropping answers as if they are afterthoughts; they answer because they care.

Expanded category list; respectable scope

There wasn’t anything strikingly different about the category list. As mentioned, askme.com is a generic Q &A and hence the categories are pretty much all-inclusive topic-wise. The neat thing about the site, owing to its sleek but utilitarian design is that instead of clumping the category topic names together, askme.com uses a drop down expandable menu to the left of the site. Pretty neat, although there’s nothing new about it; it just sits well with the site.

Are you a registered member on askme.com? I think you should be if you need quality answers for your questions or if you’d like to establish yourself as an expert.