By the end of 2006, Google will stop accepting questions for its Google Answers Web site, one of the many experimental projects launched by the company a few years ago. The service allows anyone to pose a question online and receive an answer for a price. The announcement, made via a blog posting by company software engineers Andrew Fikes and Lexi Baugher, offered no reason for Google’s decision to abandon the Q&A Web site. Other companies have found success with the format, so why did Google decide to pull out?
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Google Answers Reaches End of the Line
Posted by: Erika Morphy November 30, 2006 08:38 AMBy the end of 2006, Google will stop accepting questions for its Google Answers Web site, one of the many experimental projects launched by the company a few years ago. The service allows anyone to pose a question online and receive an answer for a price. The announcement, made via a blog posting by company software engineers Andrew Fikes and Lexi Baugher, offered no reason for Google’s decision to abandon the Q&A Web site. Other companies have found success with the format, so why did Google decide to pull out?