Answers.com Now Owns Dictionary.com
Question and answer reference site Answers.com has purchased Dictionary.com’s parent company, Lexico Publishing, for $100 million in cash. Lexico can really serve all your lexical needs because it also...
View ArticleAsk Waves Its Arms To Tell Everyone It Also Does Q&A Search
One of the most active sub-genres of search right now in terms of startup and new product activity is question and answer sites. Some searches are subjective and best answered by another human being....
View ArticleWho's Scorched Up comScore In September, You Ask?
What site has jumped five spots between August and September to become the 13th most visited site in the US, leapfrogging properties like New York Times and Viacom Digital? Here are some hints: It’s...
View ArticleAnswers.com Starts Answering Questions On Twitter
Twitter has always been good for getting immediate answers to the most esoteric questions. Usually it is someone who is following you who supplies the answer, and those are always the best ones. But...
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Exclusive: Answers.com Gets 200,000 Video Answers From 5Min
Every big publisher on the Web wants to be able to serve up ad-friendly videos, but creating them can be a pain. But there are already plenty of high-quality videos out there in every subject...
View ArticleSwingly's Answer Engine Comes Out Of Stealth Swinging And Killing Zombies
An insane number of searches on the web involve people asking questions. Sometimes they’re good questions, sometimes they’re stupid questions, sometimes they’re insane questions. Just start typing...
View ArticleAnswers.com Hits 10 Millionth Answer, Launches Its First iPhone App (blufr)
Answers Corporation, which owns and operates a community-generated Q&A site at Answers.com, this morning announced that its database of answers now tops 10 million. In conjuction with the...
View ArticleWhy I Don’t Buy the Quora Hype
Let me start with a disclaimer: I am not writing this in my capacity as a university professor or researcher; I don’t claim to be an expert on social networking; and I will be happy to be proven...
View ArticleAnswers.com Gets Gutted By Its New Owner: Massive Layoffs, CEO And CTO Out
AFCV Holdings, a portfolio company of growth equity investor Summit Partners, is axing the majority of people working for Q&A site Answers.com parent company Answers Corporation, which it acquired...
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TA Associates Invests In Q&A Site Answers.com
Q&A platform Answers.com is announcing a ‘significant’ minority investment from private equity firm TA Associates. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. Answers operates a...
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Answers Acquires Online Merchant Review Service ResellerRatings
Q&A site Answers today announced that it has acquired ResellerRatings, a site that calls itself “the web’s leading independent resource for helping shoppers find the best online retailers.”...
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Answers.com Now Owns Dictionary.com
Question and answer reference site Answers.com has purchased Dictionary.com’s parent company, Lexico Publishing, for $100 million in cash. Lexico can really serve all your lexical needs because it also...
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Ask Waves Its Arms To Tell Everyone It Also Does Q&A Search
One of the most active sub-genres of search right now in terms of startup and new product activity is question and answer sites. Some searches are subjective and best answered by another human being....
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Who's Scorched Up comScore In September, You Ask?
What site has jumped five spots between August and September to become the 13th most visited site in the US, leapfrogging properties like New York Times and Viacom Digital? Here are some hints: It’s...
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Answers.com Starts Answering Questions On Twitter
Twitter has always been good for getting immediate answers to the most esoteric questions. Usually it is someone who is following you who supplies the answer, and those are always the best ones. But...
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Exclusive: Answers.com Gets 200,000 Video Answers From 5Min
Every big publisher on the Web wants to be able to serve up ad-friendly videos, but creating them can be a pain. But there are already plenty of high-quality videos out there in every subject...
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Swingly's Answer Engine Comes Out Of Stealth Swinging And Killing Zombies
An insane number of searches on the web involve people asking questions. Sometimes they’re good questions, sometimes they’re stupid questions, sometimes they’re insane questions. Just start typing...
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Answers.com Hits 10 Millionth Answer, Launches Its First iPhone App (blufr)
Answers Corporation, which owns and operates a community-generated Q&A site at Answers.com, this morning announced that its database of answers now tops 10 million. In conjuction with the...
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Why I Don’t Buy the Quora Hype
Let me start with a disclaimer: I am not writing this in my capacity as a university professor or researcher; I don’t claim to be an expert on social networking; and I will be happy to be proven...
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Answers.com Gets Gutted By Its New Owner: Massive Layoffs, CEO And CTO Out
AFCV Holdings, a portfolio company of growth equity investor Summit Partners, is axing the majority of people working for Q&A site Answers.com parent company Answers Corporation, which it acquired...
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