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Google abandons answers
- Thursday, November 30 - 2006 at 06:24
Google is scrapping Hitwise, its four-year old paid answer service, after it failed to compete with Yahoo's free answer service, according to Forbes.com. Google hired researchers to answer questions, whereas Yahoo relied on volunteer experts. Yahoo Answers accumulated 160m answers in its first eleven months, with a market share 24 times greater than Google Hitwise.
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James McInerney, News EditorThursday, November 30 - 2006 at 06:24 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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This article was updated on Wed Dec 06 2006.
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