Saturday, December 02, 2006
Google Answers
I heard last week that Google Answers is history.
It is.
Luckily Google will be keeping the archives online.
What did them in? Competition. Yahoo! Answers in particular.
Yahoo! harnessed what Google always had, an army of folks willing to answer questions for free. Google charged for their answers. Yahoo doesn't.
Is the quality of answers better? Do you get what you pay for? I don't know.
I am glad, however, that Google Answers is leaving their archive online. I tap into it when I need to.
posted by Sal Towse at 7:47 PM|
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It is.
Luckily Google will be keeping the archives online.
What did them in? Competition. Yahoo! Answers in particular.
Yahoo! harnessed what Google always had, an army of folks willing to answer questions for free. Google charged for their answers. Yahoo doesn't.
Is the quality of answers better? Do you get what you pay for? I don't know.
I am glad, however, that Google Answers is leaving their archive online. I tap into it when I need to.
posted by Sal Towse at 7:47 PM|
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: views from the Hill
Bertold Brecht:
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
