Q&A

The usual Q & A fare revolves around the word “free” –much retained by Internet’s free information premise. However, as we all know by now, the free information available online is usually polluted. Good and reliable information comes only from educational sites or those that are owned by governments; some strictly controlled forums could be good too.

I tried to ask a few questions and got some of my questions answered but I must admit that the experience left me frustrating.Would paid Q &A hold any promise? If what you get is what you pay for, should you get better answers when the Q &A site itself requires paid membership? Here are some sites I checked out: Continue Reading…

Let’s admit it: we barely give a thought to our language, tone of voice, intent of the message, etc., when we participate in forums and Q & A sites while answering or asking questions. It’s a well-known fact that interest levels of online readers are fleeting, fickle and laced with tons of impatience. Your Q & A site needs to attract quality knowledge base, eager and enthusiastic users who ask and answer questions while being genuinely helpful and caring. To make this happen, you will have to take initiative, set trends and make it all happen. Here are five habits of a super star Q & A contributor: Continue Reading…

After dwelling on Q & A sites for a while now, I was out searching for something that can make some more noise than the usual; I was looking for the sizzle, the steak and a dinner set to eat it all with. I stumbled on Experience Project – a truly, well-rounded, a –lot-more-than-a-Q and A-site. In love at first sight, I could help but notice the subtle ways in which experience project does more than just answer questions. Here are five different things experience project boasts of: Continue Reading…

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. Continue Reading…

When interacting with like-minded netizens on Q &A sites and forums, your presence on the Internet is anonymous; you could hop in, write out something and vanish and no one would know. You will, however, still leave a mark behind. You might bail someone out of a problem. For all you know, your presence on these Q &A sites or forums is highly appreciated. But are you providing value while on a Q &A site? There are plenty of lessons we could pick from super successful Q &A sites or forums: Continue Reading…

One thing I always notice when I research some of the crazy questions people post on Q&A sites is people simply looking to be entertained by other users. It took me a while to realize it, but people love asking such questions as “Anyone know any good jokes?” and many different variations on that theme. After having written a few articles where I make fun of people for their out-of-this-world crazy questions, I think it’s time to have the reigns over to those users that are purposely funny –those folks that happen across a request for a joke and they’ve got the perfect one-liner for the situation tucked away in their heads.

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With Aardvark having been bought by Google at the beginning of the year and new Q & A site Quora looking set to launch fully in the near future; are community based question and answer sites the way forward?

Mobile Computing News recently published an article with a quick overview of these two sites and their views for the future. You can read the article here, alternatively here’s my quick overview of their quick overview. Continue Reading…

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: Continue Reading…

We are currently living in a highly technological world filled with new technological innovations springing up and changing our lives every day. Technology has move so fast that some people from older generations probably find it very difficult to stay relevant. Those that don’t change with the times are doomed to be left behind. That’s what we’re seeing in the newspaper industry, in the book publishing industry, and in any industry that isn’t already online. Continue Reading…

We have always been talking about joining other Q & A sites to ask questions or to answer them. But did you ever fancy building a Q & A site for yourself? Why, you might ask? If you have a business of your own, then a Q & A site could help you build a community around your products and services. Further, by involving yourself actively on your hub, you tend to establish expertise and develop trust within your potential readers. Additionally, all this content being generated can add to your Search Optimizing efforts. Continue Reading…