Web Finder 101 » Q&A http://www.finder101.com Showcasing some of the World's most popular and useful websites... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:54:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 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.

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  • 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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