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Question !
Category: Business and Money Asked by: shoaib-ga List Price: $2.00 |
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27 Feb 2005 07:54 PST
Expires: 29 Mar 2005 07:54 PST Question ID: 481764 |
Please note that no researcher has provided the answer of my previously posted question ID 475904 so therefore I want to know that "why" any researcher has not provided the answer of that question ID ?? Please provide to me help in this regard so that if possible I shall be able to remove any error in that ID. |
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Re: Question !
From: siliconsamurai-ga on 27 Feb 2005 08:29 PST |
There are three basic reasons I can think of It was addressed to a specific researcher and then not noticed again when you changed that aspect. Two, no one could find an answer they thought you would consider worth $50. Three, no one thought they could answer it for only $50. Just some thoughts, I obvioiusly can't speak for others but when a question doesn't get answered you can try rephrasing it or raise the price you are offering. |
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Re: Question !
From: dprk007-ga on 27 Feb 2005 10:22 PST |
Shoaib As someone who has used this service on occasion, You will find a strange inconsistancy in how well a question is answered. In many cases I have got good answers for a small fee (say less than $10.00) for questions which were not altogether straightforward (Example Question ID: 473455) while in other cases questions which I thought were perfectly straightforward and a much higher fee did not get answered (Example Question ID: 478807). In many cases commentators will provide answers when the Google researchers do not. Notwithstanding what siliconsamurai has said , Google Answers is under no obligation to answer any question. (If you do not believe me you can confirm this with Google Answers) If a question is fairly straightforward and contains no unsuitable content(eg bad language, requesting adult content, requesting information for illegal purposes etc.) the question may still not be answered if no google researcher is interested in researching the particular question. Thus if someone were to ask the different colours of Judy Garland's costumes during the Wizard of Oz no Google researcher is required to answer this question (even for a hefty fee). You can go back and look at many of he older questions posted and you will see that many of them have not been answered (Although in many cases comments added by both Google Researchers and non google researchers go a long way to answer the questions). Google Answers may even give you statistics on this. Regards DPRK007 PS This is not meant to be a critism of Google Answers. It is actually a very unique service and I do not know of any equivalent service. Also some basic clarity and politness in the way the question is asked will result in some excellant answers! |
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Re: Question !
From: vegasfyr-ga on 27 Feb 2005 10:48 PST |
And probably most importantly, it seems these questions start out as "what does the word "largest" mean, then become questions regarding whether or not this company will correspond with that company, and why didn't I get my loan, and will they help me find property that I can buy for 20% of the asking price. Just a guess. |
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Re: Question !
From: siliconsamurai-ga on 28 Feb 2005 07:37 PST |
dprk - I would only point out that I didn't say anything about an obligation to answer the questions so I don't quite know where that is comming from. Otherwise I would give you five stars for your comment. I have other comments but they might infringe on the rules about giving out details about google. I think I can get away with saying that if we see that the comments have pretty well answered the question we probably won't bother with it, although I will on occasion if I think things need to be better organized. Sometimes it is just random chance depending on how busy we researchers may be on other projects and what happens to strike out fancy at a particular time. I tend to answer questions I already know the answer to or want to know the answer to myself. |
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Re: Question !
From: dprk007-ga on 01 Mar 2005 09:40 PST |
Siliconsamurai My choice of words were probably not the best in this case. With respect to your comments , yes I agree with them and the three reasons you gave are absolutely good reasons why a question would not get answered. In addition to what you said, I was pointing out to the questioner that Google researchers are under no obligation to answer any question. (on rereading my comment I realise I may have implied that you also made a reference to this which is of course not true) Kind Regards DPRK007 |
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Re: Question !
From: siliconsamurai-ga on 01 Mar 2005 11:00 PST |
no problem, I think your response was very good. |
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