Where does Google Answer rank among its competitors?

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Request for Question Clarification by aceresearcher-ga on 19 Jun 2003 13:39 PDT

aaz,

Are you interested in rankings based on:
- number of site visitors
- number of Questions Asked
- number of Questions Answered
- number of Researchers Answering Questions
- total volume of fees
- total revenue of the company

Obviously, these are very different criteria.

For the fee you have specified, a Researcher would be able to provide
you with a few sentences and one or two links.
    
If you are really interested in a comprehensive Answer with a lot of
information, I encourage you to check out Google Answers' Pricing
Guidelines and consider raising the fee for your Question:
http://answers.google.com/answers/pricing.html       
      
"$2 - $5  ·  Can be answered with a single link or a single piece of
information. Sometimes, if a researcher is personally interested in
the question's subject, they may provide a longer answer.
  ·  Not appropriate for multipart questions.       
  ·  Only 60% of the questions asked in this price range are
answered."
$10-$15 ·  Can be answered with 30 minutes of work."      
       
Best wishes,       
       
aceresearcher

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Clarification of Question by aaz-ga on 19 Jun 2003 19:52 PDT

To aceresearcher-ga: Thanks. My question was indeed worded poorly.

To all: Which are the top three sites providing PAID answers, in terms
of total revenues (not only the site's cut) earned SOLELY from
answering questions? My purpose is to find out the quality of sites
and I am assuming revenues from answers will be a good indicator. So,
if you get me a ranking based on other criteria, I will accept it
provided I can find the best 3 sites (which may of course include
Google Answers).

Hi Aaz,

From what I've seen from comparable services, this one has a
relatively high question & answer frequency. From a very subjective
view -- that of a Researcher in contact with my "colleagues" -- I can
tell you we have some great minds on board; true experts in one or
more fields, or expert researchers (or a combination of both).

From a business point-of-view, naturally, we Researchers do not have
more insight than anyone else, since we're not directly employed by
Google Answers.

From a Search Engine/ PageRank POV, you can enter certain queries --
like "answers" -- into Google and you'll note at times Google Answers
ranks quite high. Also, to be less "Googlecentric", for other search
engines... e.g. AllTheWeb queried with "answers":

AllTheWeb - Searching for "Answers"
http://www.alltheweb.com/search?q=answers

Google Answers ranks at position 9.

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If you are interested in a list of comparable answer services, please
see:

Looking for other collaborative "answer my question" websites
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=184926


Hope this helps!