Web Finder 101 » FAQ http://www.finder101.com Showcasing some of the World's most popular and useful websites... Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:40:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 MobyGames http://www.finder101.com/mobygames/ http://www.finder101.com/mobygames/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:11:41 +0000 finder http://www.finder101.com/?p=543 MobyGames is a website which catalogs computer and video games, both past and present. The site contains an extensive database of video game information.

The website’s goal is defined as the following by the website’s FAQ: “To meticulously catalog all relevant information about electronic games (computer, console, and arcade) on a game-by-game basis, and then offer up that information through flexible queries and ‘data mining’. In layman’s terms, it’s a huge game database.” As of January 17, 2010, the catalog includes more than 91 separate gaming platforms (consoles, computers and handheld devices including mobile phones) and more than 30,000 unique games.

]]> http://www.finder101.com/mobygames/feed/ 0 GameFAQs http://www.finder101.com/gamefaqs/ http://www.finder101.com/gamefaqs/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:54:55 +0000 finder http://www.finder101.com/?p=526 GameFAQs is a website that hosts FAQs and walkthroughs for video games. It was created in November 1995 by Jeff “CJayC” Veasey and was bought by CNET Networks in May 2003. It is currently owned by CBS Interactive. The site has a database of video game information, cheat codes, reviews, game saves, and screenshots, almost all of which is submitted by volunteer contributors. The systems covered include the 8-bit Atari platform through modern consoles, as well as computer games. Submissions made to the site are reviewed by the site’s current editor, Allen “SBAllen” Tyner.

GameFAQs hosts an active message board community, which has a separate discussion board for each game in the site’s database, along with a variety of other boards. Since 2004, most of the game-specific boards have been shared between GameFAQs and GameSpot, another CNET/CBS website. The site also runs a daily opinion poll and tournament contests.

GameFAQs has been positively reviewed by The Guardian and Entertainment Weekly. As of 2009, GameFAQs.com is one of the 300 highest-trafficked English-language websites according to Alexa.

]]> http://www.finder101.com/gamefaqs/feed/ 0 WikiAnswers http://www.finder101.com/wikianswers/ http://www.finder101.com/wikianswers/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:15:03 +0000 finder http://www.finder101.com/wikianswers/ WikiAnswers.com is an ad-supported website where knowledge is shared freely in the form of questions and answers. Anyone can ask a question and anyone from anywhere in the world can answer it. This sharing of knowledge in turn becomes part of a permanent information resource. WikiAnswers.com leverages wiki technology and fundamentals, allowing communal ownership and editing of content. Each question has a “living” answer, which is edited and improved over time by the WikiAnswers.com community. WikiAnswers.com uses an Alternates System – where every answer can have dozens of different questions that “trigger” it. When a Contributor asks a question similar to an existing one, the system connects the question to it as an “alternate.” This prevents duplicate entries in an effort to promote cohesive answers and a better user experience.

Previously known as FAQ Farm, the site and all corresponding domains were acquired by Answers Corporation in November 2006 to become the user-generated content (UGC) component of Answers.com. Following the acquisition, the product was re-named WikiAnswers. As of January 2009, it had over 9,000,000 questions; over 3,000,000 answers; 4,470 categories; over 2 million contributors; and over 500 volunteer Supervisors. According to comScore December 2008 data, WikiAnswers.com had 16.5 million unique visitors in the US and 26.7 million worldwide.

Facts

  • Type  Public (NASDAQ: ANSW)
  • Founded  2002 (purchased by Answers Corp. in November 2006 and renamed from FAQ Farm in 2007)
  • Headquarters : Jerusalem, Israel; New York, New York, United States
  • Industry  Internet, computer software

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