Yahoo! Answers Reviews

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3.33 of 5 (by 6 users)

Yahoo! Answers Review Summary

Got a tough question? If you do, then Yahoo! Answers could very well have the response you seek. This online question and answer resource is enjoyed by its many fans for its use as a resource for everyday and difficult- to- answer questions and Yahoo! Answers is also appreciated for its customer/user focus: It allows members the opportunity to submit answers themselves and also to vote on the effectiveness/accuracy of an answer. Yahoo! Answers receives mostly positive comments from reviewers and they say things such as “Don’t Just Scratch Your Head- Toss Out Answers at Yahoo” and “Yahoo Answers is Very Addictive”. Some have pointed out that Yahoo! Answers is limited in its responses and cannot answer every question, but this Reference Web Site is still considered pretty good and it comes through with the answer you want more often than not.

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Don't just scratch your head. Toss out questions at Yahoo.

MAR

2009

If you have a question, you will almost surely get an answer at Yahoo Answers. That's linked off the main Yahoo page - easy to find.

To ask or answer questions, you need to sign up. That's easy. Just be sure to remember your sign in data. You can set it for 2 weeks or so, but you have to put it back...

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daily computer user, homeowner

CyndiA
southern, NC

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Watch Your Time and Boredom Disappear in the Sea of Questions

NOV

2009

Yahoo! Answers is like a bad reality TV show. You know it's just a waste of your time, but you can't help yourself. From answering questions to asking your own questions, you can find everything from humor, stupidity and a little bit of seriousness.

What is It?

It's the Ask Jeeves of today. Everything...

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constantly online, a researcher

AngiBowman
Olathe, KS

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Yahoo! Answers is very addictive!

expert web searcher, daily computer user, a researcher, into the web, a gadget geek, a techie, always online

AUG

2008

I normally would only review tangible goods, but I find Yahoo! Answers so entertaining and addictive that I had to review it. :-)

For those that may not know, Yahoo! Answers is one part of Yahoo's push into the Web2.0 arena and offers a place where any Yahoo user can ask any question. In return any Yahoo user can offer up answers to that question. The asker can choose a best answer or in the absence of the asker choosing a best answer, the community can vote on a best answer. The whole system works on a points system where you are charged points to ask a question, and awarded points for answering. ... review »

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ntwrkguru
Norristown, PA

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Good community if you don't mind some snide comments

expert web searcher, daily computer user, into the web

AUG

2008

Yahoo Answers is a very large community where users can go to ask questions or to answer other people's questions. The majority of people on Answers are friendly and helpful, but occassionally you will get rude comments or down right profane answers. And although you can report inappropriate answers and questions it often takes a long time of the administrators/moderators to remove them and/or reprimand the trouble-maker.

But overall you can get good, quick answers to your questions on anything: cooking, pregnancy, computers, kids, animals, etc.

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jillwv
Fort Gay, WV

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Got Questions? Got Answers!

a researcher, resourcefiul

OCT

2008

I have been a member of Y! Answers for almost a year not. I've got the Top Contributer caption under Law and Ethics. This site is absolutely fantastic. If I can't find an answer to any kind of question, I run it through Answers. Chances are someone else has asked the same and I can read everyone's responses. Even doing a google search- you'll pull up Y! Answers. Simply go to the topic your question is under and type in a sentance for a title. You can write in your problem or ask for some kind of information. The site covers everything from money, dating, legal advice,immigration,... review »

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Glorydays002
Wakefield, RI

Ideological censorship runs amok

a techie, a PC User

APR

2009

As a former Level 7 Y!A user, I know how valuable it can be as a resource. My caution is that if you are looking for any answer that could have a political or ideological difference you will not find answers on both sides of the issue as Yahoo! takes great lengths to censor anyone who disagrees with their views and thus it is not a free forum.

As long as your searches are fairly mundane (i.e. things that you could easily look up on Wikipedia instead of waiting for someone to answer it an Y!A) you shouldn't have a problem.

Also, if you are a moderate to conservative person who wants to keep their...

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