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In the past few weeks, we’ve seen a lot of new features cropping up across Answers.com (namely within WikiAnswers). Here’s a breakdown of some of the new stuff – and why the changes are so awesome.

Question Editing

Editing a long question has been made super-simple. Now when you work on editing a question, you can see the entire text of the question at once instead of needing to scroll back and forth for long wording:

Lots of folks were working hard on question editing, and making changes to longer questions was a hassle when you couldn’t see the whole question at once and had to move back and forth across text. Thank goodness for the bird’s eye view!

Top Answerers

On the leader boards you can now hover over any username to see the number of contributions the user has put in during the period shown on the specific leader board. Puts it all in a bit more perspective that way and gives you a number to beat!

New data has also been added where you can see historical data for specific kinds of contributions. For example, you can see who did the most edits in July 2009 with the calendar tool at the bottom of the Edits board page. So relive your best months whenever you feel like it!

Share on Google Buzz

Share your favorite Answers.com Q&As on Google Buzz, the latest ‘it’ social sharing service:

Yep, Google Buzz is all the buzz and now you can share your favorites from Share button on any question or topic page. It’s as simple as any of the other sharing options included in Answers.com’s share feature.

Follow us

Follow Answers.com wherever you like to be, whether Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or all three! Now a quick and easy click (or three) from the homepage.

Related Answers

My personal favorite from the latest new features? That has to be the all-new related answers module now found at the bottom of answered and unanswered questions:

There are so many reasons this feature rocks; where do I start… Getting more information than you bargained for when you ask for a question? Or when you get to an unanswered question, you may still find relevant information in the Related Answers below? The fact that finding similar questions to merge has never been easier? All in all, it just makes every Q&A page a richer experience.

There are a lot of new categories on WikiAnswers lately: Exotic Pets, Canadian Football, Eli Whitney, Copernicus…

One new category on the block, Household Hints, has really caught my eye. Get a load of these questions!

Some creative cleaning issues:

• How can you remove the scent of a stinky person from a microfiber couch?
• How do you get shredded paper off a sweat jacket it was accidentally washed with?
• What is the best way to wash pillows in the washer?

Your basic household maintenance:

• How can you unclog a toilet with no plunger?
• What is the best way to stop a vinyl window from squeaking when it is being opened and closed?
• Can dog urine damage vinyl siding?
• What is the effect of light on the color of paint?

A green question:

• Why would your refrigerator be consuming more energy than usual?

And my favorite…

• What household item is lithium found in?

Take a crack at these questions – if you succeed, there will be some very grateful people out there.

Visit the What’s New page to see a running list of the newest WikiAnswers categories.