Comments on: Yahoo! Answers: 10 million strong and growing http://www.ysearchblog.com/2006/05/14/yahoo-answers-10-million-strong-and-growing/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:49:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Glenn http://www.ysearchblog.com/2006/05/14/yahoo-answers-10-million-strong-and-growing/comment-page-1/#comment-2913 Glenn Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:07:16 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2006/05/14/yahoo-answers-10-million-strong-and-growing/#comment-2913 Yahoo answer is so cool! All my questions are answered on this site, am currently level two in yahoo answers! keep it up! yahoo answers rules! Yahoo answer is so cool! All my questions are answered on this site, am currently level two in yahoo answers! keep it up! yahoo answers rules!

]]> By: Jayant Agarwalla http://www.ysearchblog.com/2006/05/14/yahoo-answers-10-million-strong-and-growing/comment-page-1/#comment-2912 Jayant Agarwalla Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:07:10 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2006/05/14/yahoo-answers-10-million-strong-and-growing/#comment-2912 Well personally I think Yahoo Answers is an AMAZING concept. BUT, it is being ruined by people who post stupid questions or questions that can be easily resolved with a simple search. In fact that is the reason why Yahoo shows search results when you type a question! And it also shows similar questions recently as you type your question. This was done as users posted duplicates of stupid questions. I am head admin at Scrabulous - <a href="http://www.scrabulous.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.scrabulous.com</a> - where users can play Scrabble online. I answered a few questions about Scrabble online and the next day I get the same questions by new users! These are the types who spoil the site sometimes. Well personally I think Yahoo Answers is an AMAZING concept. BUT, it is being ruined by people who post stupid questions or questions that can be easily resolved with a simple search.

In fact that is the reason why Yahoo shows search results when you type a question! And it also shows similar questions recently as you type your question. This was done as users posted duplicates of stupid questions.

I am head admin at Scrabulous – http://www.scrabulous.com – where users can play Scrabble online. I answered a few questions about Scrabble online and the next day I get the same questions by new users! These are the types who spoil the site sometimes.

]]> By: Nathaniel http://www.ysearchblog.com/2006/05/14/yahoo-answers-10-million-strong-and-growing/comment-page-1/#comment-2911 Nathaniel Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:29:53 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2006/05/14/yahoo-answers-10-million-strong-and-growing/#comment-2911 Yahoo! Answers is such a wonderful idea that its a real shame to see lazy and illiterate users ruining it. It seems near 99% of posted questions are either logically unanswerable, so poorly written as to be incomprehensible, or are obviously the work of kids looking to get strangers to finish their homework assignments for them. I signed up tonight, I answered a few questions, but after wading through so many horrible questions I can't take anymore so I won't be back. If you find a way to raise the level of discourse beyond junior high levels can you please let me know? The greates success of Yahoo! Answers that I can see is that it shreds to pieces that old silly maxim that there's no such thing as a stupid question. On Yahoo! Answers there are literally thousands of painfully stupid questions. Sad. Yahoo! Answers is such a wonderful idea that its a real shame to see lazy and illiterate users ruining it. It seems near 99% of posted questions are either logically unanswerable, so poorly written as to be incomprehensible, or are obviously the work of kids looking to get strangers to finish their homework assignments for them. I signed up tonight, I answered a few questions, but after wading through so many horrible questions I can’t take anymore so I won’t be back.

If you find a way to raise the level of discourse beyond junior high levels can you please let me know? The greates success of Yahoo! Answers that I can see is that it shreds to pieces that old silly maxim that there’s no such thing as a stupid question. On Yahoo! Answers there are literally thousands of painfully stupid questions. Sad.

]]> By: Mr SEO http://www.ysearchblog.com/2006/05/14/yahoo-answers-10-million-strong-and-growing/comment-page-1/#comment-2910 Mr SEO Sat, 01 Jul 2006 23:49:39 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2006/05/14/yahoo-answers-10-million-strong-and-growing/#comment-2910 When I go to reply to answer on Yahoo answers I get sent to the home page. what is up with that? When I go to reply to answer on Yahoo answers I get sent to the home page. what is up with that?

]]> By: RM http://www.ysearchblog.com/2006/05/14/yahoo-answers-10-million-strong-and-growing/comment-page-1/#comment-2909 RM Tue, 16 May 2006 17:10:37 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2006/05/14/yahoo-answers-10-million-strong-and-growing/#comment-2909 You must be kidding. Take a look at the level of questions and answers (see "browse resolved questions"). Stupid, and weird. You must be kidding. Take a look at the level of questions and answers (see “browse resolved questions”). Stupid, and weird.

]]> By: David Haddad http://www.ysearchblog.com/2006/05/14/yahoo-answers-10-million-strong-and-growing/comment-page-1/#comment-2908 David Haddad Mon, 15 May 2006 05:07:28 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2006/05/14/yahoo-answers-10-million-strong-and-growing/#comment-2908 Congratulations guys, it's a great service that has answered some of my questions and puts a human touch on a search industry that seems at times to be dry and overly algorithmic. Congratulations guys, it’s a great service that has answered some of my questions and puts a human touch on a search industry that seems at times to be dry and overly algorithmic.

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