Yahoo: Answers

Yahoo introduces ‘Answers Now’ app, but will users respond?

The company hopes to address historical quality problems with a matching algorithm....

Greg Sterling | Dec 9, 2016 at 1:02 pm ET

Yahoo Updates Answers For Social And SEO Value

It’s amazing to me that it took Yahoo so long to update its Answers property. Once a thriving Q&A network and social search site,...

Greg Sterling | Sep 13, 2013 at 12:44 pm ET

Yahoo Answers Hits 300 Million Questions, But Q&A Activity Is Declining

Against what could be considered great odds, Yahoo Answers has reached a pretty stunning milestone: 300 million questions have been asked since...

Matt McGee | Jul 10, 2012 at 9:02 pm ET

8 Products That Might Be On Yahoo’s Chopping Block

Yahoo’s product teams are officially on notice. Shortly after announcing Q1 earnings yesterday, new Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson dropped a...

Matt McGee | Apr 18, 2012 at 4:47 pm ET

ChaCha Answers Its Billionth Question, Hits Other Milestones

ChaCha has announced that its Q&A engine has reached several milestones — the most notable perhaps being that the Q&A engine...

Matt McGee | Dec 7, 2010 at 8:14 am ET

Facebook: No Plans To Give Search Engines Access To Facebook Questions

That’s one of the big questions people are asking after yesterday’s launch of Facebook Questions. While many have assumed the answer...

Matt McGee | Jul 29, 2010 at 5:21 pm ET

Yahoo Answers Gets Major Search Upgrades, Email Alerts

Yahoo Answers, the number one Answers/Q&A search engine on the web, has announced a series of improvements to the search experience on the...

Matt McGee | Jul 16, 2010 at 2:03 pm ET

Will Quora Challenge Google? No. Is It Useful? Yes

Yesterday the Wall Street Journal ran an article in conjunction with Quora‘s public beta launch. The article framed the discussion as...

Greg Sterling | Jun 22, 2010 at 10:44 am ET

Yahoo Answers Hits One Billion Answers

Yahoo Answers — by far the largest answer search engine on the web — says it passed the one billion answer mark within the past...

Matt McGee | May 3, 2010 at 4:22 pm ET

Yahoo Answers Gets A New Look

Yahoo has announced a fairly substantial overhaul of how Yahoo Answers looks and works — and as a semi-regular user of the site, I’d...

Matt McGee | Feb 25, 2010 at 2:06 pm ET

Yahoo Dominates The Web, Just Not In Search

Gigaom writes that although Yahoo is number two at search, they are still number one at so many other things. That is exactly what Carol Bartz,...

Barry Schwartz | Jul 16, 2009 at 10:22 am ET

Mahalo Answers Launches, Offers Cash For Q&A

Mahalo Answers is the newest entry into the crowded Q&A reference site space, but it offers a twist that its biggest competitors...

Matt McGee | Dec 15, 2008 at 1:54 pm ET

Live Blogging: SMX Social Media – Wikipedia, Yahoo Answers & Answer Sharing

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Barry Schwartz | Oct 17, 2007 at 3:46 pm ET

Yahoo Adds Networking Features To Answers

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Chris Sherman | Mar 8, 2007 at 12:08 pm ET

Star Your Favorite Questions at Yahoo Answers

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Chris Sherman | Jan 17, 2007 at 3:33 pm ET

Question & Answer Search Engines Ranked

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Barry Schwartz | Dec 28, 2006 at 9:16 am ET

Yahoo Answers Birthday: One Year Old

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Barry Schwartz | Dec 13, 2006 at 8:58 am ET