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There’s a whole new way to get answers on Answers.com… Watch them!

TechCrunch reports:

Exclusive: Answers.com Gets 200,000 Video Answers From 5Min

Every big publisher on the Web wants to be able to serve up ad-friendly videos, but creating them can be a pain. But there are already plenty of high-quality videos out there in every subject imaginable. With that in mind, Answers.com has quietly launched Video Answers with about 200,000 videos from video distribution network 5min on everything from home repair and fashion tips to cars and travel.

Answers.com Videos consists of up to 200,000 videos in over 200 categories. The videos come to Answers.com from 5min Media, which has syndicated videos on the site for over a year – you’ve probably seen them in ReferenceAnswers topic pages, embedded between other content sources.

This new video library, directly accessible at http://video.answers.com, includes tips, how-to guides and visual demonstrations from experts across hundreds of fields. Categories include the likes of Product Reviews, Green Living, Travel Tips, and Diet & Nutrition.

We’re pretty sure Answers.com CEO Bob Rosenschein speaks on behalf of the entire content team when he says: “Our mission is to offer answers about anything, accessible on a range of platforms and formats. 5min Media provides us the opportunity to offer answers in video form in addition to our community-generated and reference content. Now Answers.com delivers the answers best displayed with instructional visuals – like how to create ringtones for your iPhone or how to make the perfect steak.”

Start watching!

Answers.com surpassed 9 million community-collaborated answers in the last couple days.

Go on, meet number 9 million and friends:

• How do you drive stick shift? - answered by Jbaker5791 (hint: lots of hands-on practice)
• How can you save files on Notepad? – answered by Jmyrtle13 (it’s really easy to learn!)
• How do you pronounce ‘tu me manques’? – answered by BillyTheBanana (say it out loud for best results)
• What do the unicorn and lion represent on the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom? – answered by Phzanatta (now you know!)

Thanks to all the community members, whose collective knowledge and collaboration make answers happen!

Cow-gratulations!

Moobot, the community tool created by the talented Mr. Moobler, helps staff merge, answer, and edit questions on Answers.com – and has a new milestone to mooooo-ntion:  It has now helped accomplish over one million contributions.

You can post ideas for categories and projects for Moobot to work on here or on Moobot’s message board.

Thanks Moobot – keep up the mooo-tiful work!

In case you didn’t catch it live, Bob Rosenschein spoke this morning on the #140conf panel called, “Investing in the Real-Time Web.”

Watch – and don’t forget to rate and comment on YouTube.

Check out more 140conf coverage here or follow @AnswersDotCom.

Wonder if I can keep this post to only 140 characters…

…nah.

Answers.com, or rather @AnswersDotCom, is hanging out with the Twitter community in Tel Aviv, sponsoring today’s 140 Characters Conference. The 140conf explores the ‘State of Now’ – a real-time look at real-time web. Speaking of real-time web – check out the conference live.

Bob Rosenschein spoke to the crowd on ‘Investing in the Real-Time Web’ earlier – take a peek (video to follow):

Bob Rosenschein addresses the audience at #140conf about sticking it out and evolving as a web start up.

Hearing from Jeff Pulver, the creator of the 140 Conference.

Answers.com is proud to sponsor the 140 Conference.

New from the world of mobile answers: Answers.com’s Mobile version (for iPhone, Android and others) has rolled out with several community-related features.

Check out the highlights:

• Sign in: You can now sign in on the mobile site with your Answers.com account (or your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Yahoo! or Google accounts).



• Featured Questions: Yet another shortcut to a list of questions that need answering, directly from the home page.



• Top Contributors: Are you the top contributor for the month of July? Keep track on the go, now that you can access the Top Contributors listings in one click from the home page.



• My Watchlist and Contributions: Skim Q&As on your watchlist to find your next victim, I mean, question to answer. Review your (or others’) contributions easily from My Pages on the home page.



• My Settings: Adjust your password, account IDs, watchlist, time zone, and more from the settings page.

Let’s be honest – screenshots and descriptions don’t tell the whole story… You just have to try it! Type ‘answers.com’ in your  iPhone or Android browser and see for yourself.

Answers.com went live this week with two new collections of ReferenceAnswers Q&A – U.S. Politics and the Supreme Court. They answer questions like:

• Just how in debt is the United States?
• In what decision did the Roberts Court examine the message Bong Hits 4 Jesus?
• Which justice was disbarred twice?
• Which president has appeared the most on the cover of Time?

Both sets of Q&A go back to the nation’s founding and continue up to nowadays. They manage to present topics that are quite complex in a very straightforward manner.

In addition, our site now displays the entire contents of Beacham’s Guide to the Endangered Species of North America – 1,200 species of animals and plants facing the threat of extinction. Take a look at the Mariana fruit bat, the black lace cactus, and the quino checkerspot butterfly.

We aim to answer. Happy reading.