The Oracle Collective - Yahoo Answers

New York Times by Virginia Heffernan | Jun. 29, 2008 (News Report)

In the two years since it was introduced, Yahoo Answers has become second in popularity only to Wikipedia as a reference site. Unlike search engines, it doesn't direct seekers to lists of citations, databases, entries and advertisers. Instead, the service delivers questioners to other people who simply like questions, matching inquiring minds with know-it-alls. Full Story »

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Subjects: Business, Sci/Tech, Media
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Posted by: Posted by Beth Wellington - Jun 28, 2008 - 10:20 AM PDT
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Jun 28, 2008 - 11:05 AM PDT

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