Q&A

Have you ever been asked a question by a random person on the street and wondered, “how did this guy ever make it so far in life without bumbling his way in to a wacky and mishap and impale himself on a spike?” Well, while that might be a once-in-a-while experience, going to Q&A sites is like meeting that guy 7 or 8 times a day, and as the day progresses he steadily becomes dumber. At first you feel bad for the guy, maybe you want to help him tie his shoes and give him a dollar, but after a while you want to slap a dunce cap on his head, send him to a corner and tell him to think about what he just said. (more…)

Originally, Rediff.com was intended to be a portal. With stiff competition in this front while baring chest with biggies like yahoo, rediff.com was forced to look at other avenues to make money. They then started selling advertising, hosting space and domains and now they have a Q &A section on rediff.com. How does it fare? Does it have anything to go for it? (more…)

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. (more…)

Often, the Internet is thought of as a revolution because of its power to make information available to anyone with access to it while making it easier to communicate with almost anyone in the entire world. While we did (and still do!) enjoy the intense ease with which we can communicate using instant messaging, there’s anybodyoutthere, that leverages this very feature to enable you to ask or answer questions. (more…)

As a major deviation from the usual round-up of actual Q &A sites, I found a good case of a Q & A section ensconced in a rather authoritative site as a category – one of the other parts of the site Kidshealth.org from Nemours. Earlier, I did a review on a Q &A site called Minti which focuses on parenting alone. Kidshealth’s Q & A section should be a great addition to the repository of information you will need for better health care for kids. (more…)

I’ve often believed that there must be simple answers to the seemingly complex behaviours, sights and sounds that life throws on us. My opinions aside, there is a Q &A site that operates on a similar thread of thought. Simplyexplained.com is a site that’s poised to provide simple answers to all those questions that befuddle you and confuse you. (more…)

Everybody’s got a question. Everyone’s looking for an answer. Some of these questions are deep, philosophical queries that may never be resolved but should be debated now and forever for the intellectual betterment of mankind. Others, though…well, let’s just say that were probably best left unsaid. And un-thought of. And should have never even existed in the first place. (more…)

There’s so much to Q &A and the way I know that is because new things hit me every now and then while I am on my perennial search for great Q &A sites. But Q &A sites are just that – a venerable aggregate of global knowledge dumped on a single, hardworking server with a great looking Q &A site sitting on it. Some of them, however, come with a twist. Ether is a Q & A site with a twist that would make you think “Hey! Why didn’t I think of it?” Ether is a Q &A where you could call or to have someone call you to answer your questions. (more…)

There’s no mistaking that marketing drives capitalism and is pure red blood for any business but not when it is done excessively; it has to be subtle but still effective. Why this rant about advertising you might ask? Take a look at knowbrainers.com – a Q &A site with traces of “Myspace” like socializing and networking potential – and it was then that I squirmed, desperate to reach out to the surface and breathe. (more…)

Do you have  questions you need fact-based answers for? Have you been facing a “mid-answer-seeking crisis” of late and wished that you had better sources in the form of Q &A sites that could be your best resources as far as satiating your knowledge is concerned? Although still in the beta-testing stage, Swingly is all poised to spew out fact based answers for your questions. On first visit, the impressions have been made already and it looks promising for now. (more…)