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A quick comparison of WikiAnswers and Yahoo! Answers.

August 15th, 2008 . by Liz

Social Media Marketing (SSM) Blog did a quick comparison of WikiAnswers and Yahoo! Answers, the two leading Q&A sites on the market right now.

Let’s see what their perspective was, shall we?

On Q&A format:

In Yahoo! Answers, different users can reply with answer to a question, then the asker can select the best answer for that question. In WikiAnswers there is a wiki format which allows users to provide a single answer for each question, and that single answer can be edited and improved by any user.

On contributor personalization:

Users can personalize your profile in WikiAnswers. It gives you more flexibility, such as creating a personal message board, a watch list, a personal community and a personal io page. In Yahoo! Answers, users do not have access to personal networks or other personalizations.

Continue reading the article for statistical comparisons as well. It’s a little strange that they didn’t highlight the fact that while Yahoo! Answers leads the market by a vast majority, WikiAnswers is the fastest growing Q&A site and gaining on their top competitor constantly.

Warning! AnswerThon in effect!

July 27th, 2008 . by Liz

Reported side effects of participating in the AnswerThon, as recorded by several Supervisors:

  • Numb-bum.
  • The need to change their focal distance.
  • Mush for brain with mild blindness kicking in.
  • Not being able to remember the last time you ate something that required a fork (and a bit of basic attention).
  • Having a rather large pup lick the keyboard a time or two trying to get your attention.
  • A lot of Coke-drinking.
  • The feeling your eyes are crossing.
  • Falling asleep with head on keyboard resulting in FGHJVBN being repeated for several minutes as an answer.
  • Not noticing the chickens being released from the yard and herded around and around the house by a well meaning but otherwise bored puppy. (no loss of livestock).
  • Failure to multitask and leave supper burning on the BBQ while submitting “just one more answer.”

Hey, we said it would be an intense challenge. You still have a few hours left to contribute: Get going!

The AnswerThon starts tonight!

July 25th, 2008 . by Liz

Folks, this is last call for signing up to participate in the second WikiAnswers AnswerThon, which starts tonight at 12:00 am EDT.

It’s the charity-edition AnswerThon, where your answers are actually sponsoring the charity you choose from the available list. The charity with the most answers at the end of 48 hours will receive a $5,000 donation from WikiAnswers.

Of course, the top answerers will receive a small token of their own, so make sure you have your favorite category set up and dig in!

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society CaringBridge

Global AIDS Alliance


World of Good ArtWorks