Yahoo hasn’t been this happy since the IPO
The shutdown of Google Answers stands in stark contrast to the heavy traffic Yahoo has been enjoying for its Answers product. And they’re pretty gleeful in Sunnyvale about this.
I heard from a Yahoo rep last night, who shared Yahoo’s stats for Answers. 60 million global users, 14.4 million of them in the US, contributing more than 160 million answers, which I hope aren’t all of the “thanks for the 2 points!” variety as I’ve seen there.
The joy continues over the Answers win, with Yahoo’s Search Blog getting in on the action, and including an invitation to the former Google Answers community:
So, this is an open invitation for those researchers to join us. Please consider sharing your knowledge with millions of people on Yahoo! Answers; connect with users with shared interests; get answers to all your questions; and help build the world’s most vibrant and trusted community.
The folks who are researchers and information specialists have been at this longer than us, and there’s a lot we can learn from you. We’ve set up a Yahoo! Group for former Google Answers Researchers and we’d prefer that one of the exGARs help moderate the group.
David Utter, Staff Writer, WebProNews
You go Yahoo! I love Google too but I got stock in Yahoo! hah.