Q&A

We have popular sites such as Yahoo Answers and Answerbag.com while also have niche-based Q &A sites. Although I did stumble across some sites that have accredited professionals answering your queries, I am yet to see a great looking site powered by accredited professionals and raved by the Media all at the same time. Justanswer.com is just the kind of site that would make you feel like being there and asking away or contribute if you are an expert. (more…)

What do you get when you put together a newspaper, portal, Q &A site, recruitment site, an e-store, and much more (there are really too many to list)? The result is Mahalo.com. Instead of taking the usual approach of putting up a Q &A site, Mahalo.com took an integrated approach by making itself look like a Q &A supersite with some other things thrown in. Mahalo Answers, then, is the actual site that focuses on Q &A. (more…)

Most of the Q &A sites we know of are peer-based, general online communities where everyone tends to pitch in with answers when you ask a question. However, there have been a few Q &A sites that we reviewed that only have a panel of experts empanelled to answer questions posted by readers. Allexperts.com is one such community but has its focus spread evenly across a wide range of topics. (more…)

Imagine my excitement when on Wednesday morning my inbox was filled with Google alerts telling me Facebook had finally launched its Facebook Questions application! (Yes I do need to get out more).

Then imagine my disappointment when scouring my own Facebook home page and profile I find no mention of Questions anywhere…if only there was some way of asking 500 million people how I can make my life more exciting! (more…)

It seems our beloved question and answer sites aren’t just for us ordinary Joe’s.

Recently former Apple employees Chad Little and Justin Maxwell published posts on Q & A site Quora detailing information on what it was like working for Apple. Chad Little, who now works for Facebook, and Justin Maxwell (Mint.com) replied to a post asking ‘What is the internal culture of Apple like?’ giving away company information such as the benefits package – pretty lacking apparently; security policies – which even limits what you can say to your other half; worker mentality – employees work on an almost religious level of commitment; and the corporate culture – if you’re not working on a project for Steve Jobs don’t expect anything to happen fast . (more…)

What would you get if you combined a website with a professional look, a highly targeted and profitable niche and a great idea? I couldn’t help but think about this killer combination when I stumbled across Experts Exchange– a Q &A site focusing on solving consumers’ problems related to technology.

Whether you are an individual or a small business, infrastructure or equipment breakdown could prove to be expensive. All too often, almost all us would have faced a ‘system crash’, ’malignant software’, unresponsive programs or even the much dreaded ‘blue screen of death’. It always helps to have help standing by. Here are some reasons why Experts Exchange is a great example of another good niche Q &A site: (more…)

While some question and answer sites rest on the cushion created by their popularity, sheer fame, heavy traffic and wide-spread usage by users from all over the world, there are still some specialty Q & A sites that are immensely popular but might not seem to be at first glance. (more…)

Answerbag is one of the popular Q & A sites and chances are that you are spending quite some time on it for reasons galore – be it personal or for business. Now, I have always been advocating maximum use of our time – no matter what activity you choose to do. For that reason, I was particularly interested in how to get things done faster, read more answers to questions or answer more questions faster than ever. Here are a few ways answerbag.com made it easier for us to answer and can help you save time: (more…)

One of last week’s blogs was all about Facebook and their new ‘killer app’, Facebook Questions. A select few had been enrolled to Beta test the application and one of the testers in New Zealand had been tracked down and had given a short overview of his experience so far. This week it seems the tester role has been opened up to all and sundry. (more…)

Question and answer site FunAdvice.com have launched their all new 3.0 version nicknamed Serendipity.

On 16^th May 2010 FunAdvice announced that the migration was in progress and that certain features such as posting and logins were unavailable until the transition was completed.  Although no further blog posts have been published, having visited the site this morning and logging in without issue it seems that the launch has been successful. (more…)