For the first time I've clicked on the "view all questions" link in
the GA home page. I get the first 25 questions out of a total of 2268
questions.

As an avid film buff, I enjoy browsing the "name of that film I saw
when I was younger...." type question and it is invariably Pink who
posts the answer. So...I clicked on Pinks link and saw that she has
answered 1900 qestions with a, thoroughly deserved, 4.5* rating.

My question is: Have only 2268 questions been asked since the
inception of GA, and has Pink answered 83% of these questions? [In
advance I have to say that if this is true she deserves special
treatment....could she, for example, charge a minimum fee :-)]

Boxclever

Dear Boxclever, 

While Google Answers Researchers have no access to site statistics
(you can try to access those by addressing the Google Answers editors,
at:  answers-editors@google.com), I am certain that the answer to both
questions is no.

Google Answers began to operate back in April 2002 (Here is the
historical - probably first - question:
<http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=2>). Since
then, much more than 2700 questions have been asked and answered, and
I suspect that the 2700 number on the main page has something to do
with Google Answers' interface.

Pinkfreud is one of my most talented and active collegues, but hasn't
answered 83% of the questions asked on this site. The GAR (Google
Answers Research), who has answered the most questions is Bobbie7-ga.
Bobbie has answered 2443 questions so far. After Pinkfreud, Juggler-ga
has answered 1859 since joining GA. Other prominent GARs (in terms of
number of questions answered) are Tutuzdad (1327 questions); Scriptor
(1221); Easterangel (1120); Justaskacott and Pafalafa (1062 each); and
moi.

I hope this answers your question. Please contact me if you need more
clarification on this answer, before you rate it.

Ok....understood...only the current month's quesions listed in the
"view all" section. Interesting to note that GA started back in 2002
too; I honestly believed it was more recent than that.

Anyhow, you're all worth five stars; not simply for the
answers/information you supply but also the way the information is
presented in a clear and concise written English that Anglophones and
foreigners alike can understand.

Try this search term. It seems to suggest that that there has been at
least 113198 questions.
http://answers.google.com/answers/search?q="asked+by"&qtype=all
The 2268 questions you found are only the current questions. They
expire after 1 month.
answerfinder-ga

Thank you for the rating and the tip! (and the compliments, as well).

I'd like to add that Pinkfreud's rating is 4.90 and not 4.5! If you
click the following link, using Internet Explorer, hover you mouse
over the stars graphic without clicking. The rating will appear in a
small pop up box.
http://answers.google.com/answers/ratings?user=8557989531679117785

If you are using Mozilla, right click the stars graphic, then select
Properties. This will tell you the researcher's actual rating.

Regards, Crabcakes-ga

Regarding the fact that I have answered a disproportionate share of
"name of that film I saw when I was younger" questions, I'd like to
claim that I have an encyclopedic knowledge of cinema, but I think
what's really going on here is that almost everybody is younger than I
am, so I have the advantage of having seen many of these films as an
adult. ;-)