Search Engines: Answer Search Engines
Nextdoor’s ‘Local Deals’ ads let SMBs target specific neighborhoods
Appearing in multiple places, it's both a paid search and display ad in one....
Google buys expert community and ‘answer engine’ Superpod for $60 million
The speculation is that Superpod founders and assets will be used to improve Google Assistant....
Answer engine JustAnswer now uses bots to route questions to human experts
The use of bots to qualify questions or leads, which are then handed off to experts or reps, may be the optimal chatbot use case....
With relaunch, Jelly makes another run at Q&A-style “social search”
It uses AI and a routing algorithm to match questions to potential...
Preparing to relaunch, Jelly wants to bring “humanity” back to search
In SXSW conversation Jelly founder Biz Stone discussed #NextSearch with Danny Sullivan and teased the relaunch of his social answers engine....
Consumers shape new world of search advertising
Since Bing entered the search space just over six years ago, the landscape has transformed and technology has advanced, and the changes are only...
Graphiq Search: FindTheBest Becomes Knowledge Graph Engine
The world’s most extensive “knowledge graph” may not be at Google. Vertical search site FindTheBest (FTB) has rebranded and...
Is Rewarder The Heir Of Google Answers?
There have been a range of “answer engines” or “help engines” (Q&A sites) that have come and gone over the years....
Is Lowe’s The First Brand To Adopt Jelly?
A new social network or online community comes along and every brand has to answer one basic question: Should we be active in this channel? No...
Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone Launches New Social Search App Jelly
Building on the concept, “If you have a questions, there’s somebody out there that knows the answer,” Twitter co-founder Biz...
Future SEO: Understanding Entity Search
Last month, I asked you to imagine the future of SEO with a focus on Entity Optimization as I interviewed veteran semantic strategist Barbara...
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,...
Samsung, Intel Invest In “Anticipatory Search” Startup Expect Labs
Expect Labs, which is a small startup in the San Francisco Bay Area, has a very impressive list of investors. Today the company announced a new...
ChaCha Defeats Google, Bing And Siri In “Answers Quality” Study
A study published today by Indiana-based Butler University compared the performance of a range of search engines and Q&A sites on mobile...
With $14 Million More Q&A Site ChaCha Soldiers On
Q&A is a great idea that really hasn’t worked. Although Yahoo Answers and a few others are still around — and Ask returned to...
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...
“Anti-Search Engine” FindTheBest Adds Buying Guides, Top 10 Slideshows
There are a number of ways to describe FindTheBest, the site launched last year by DoubleClick founder Kevin O’Connor. One is “decision...
Answers.com Acquired For $127 Million
The popular questions and answers site, Answers.com has announced they have been acquired by AFCV Holdings, LLC. for $127 million. AFCV Holdings...
If Google Played Jeopardy: Smartest Search Engine, But It’s No Ken Jennings
Google: Go to the head of the class. Wikipedia: You stay after school for extra tutoring. That seems to be one of the conclusions you can draw...
Wolfram Alpha Redesigns For 2011
Next time you visit Wolfram Alpha, you’ll be greeted by a shiny, new, colorful home page — that’s just one of a few design...