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Google Answers (answers.google.com)
4 points by throwaway29303 on Oct 4, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



  What is Google Answers?

  Google's search engine is a great way to find information online. But sometimes even experienced users need help finding exactly the answer they want to a question. Google Answers was an experimental product for users to get help from Researchers with expertise in online searching. Users could post a question to Google Answers and specify how much they were willing to pay for an answer. A Researcher then searched for the information they wanted and posted it to Google Answers. Users were only charged for questions only if and when an answer was posted to it. Other users may have also added comments to provide interesting perspectives to the data but were not paid for their posts. These questions and answers are now publicly viewable on the Google Answers website so other users can share the benefit of the research. We are no longer accepting new questions and answers. 
http://answers.google.com/answers/faq.html


> Google Answers is no longer accepting questions.

> We're sorry, but Google Answers has been retired, and is no longer accepting new questions. Search or browse the existing Google Answers index by using the search box above or the category links below.


I wasn't even aware this was a thing...




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