Google 'death declaration' service of Smart Answer

It turns out that not everything Google touches turns into gold. After four years of wavering, Google eventually ended up destined for Google Answers, the company's once-ambitious project.

Born 4 years ago, Answers is a service that allows users to find the fastest, direct answers to their questions for a fee. However, after 4 years of testing, the idea of ​​co-founder Larry Page was unable to take off.

Source: BBC The search giant did not explain why it closed Answers, but it could be seen that it was disappointed with one of the first projects not related to technology to find this tradition.

Danny Sullivan, editor of Search Engine Watch, said Google Answers has never reached the level of success of rival Yahoo Answers, and that " death of this service will help Google better focus on those areas." Other key ".

According to the original ad, Google Answers answers almost every problem: from " How many typhoon dinosaurs inside a gallon of gas? " (Answer: 460 gallons is equivalent to a dinosaur) until " Why shouldn't you drink water because of air conditioning? " (Because air conditioning is the germ that produces harmful spores like Legionella)

This service requires users to say in advance how much they are willing to spend to buy an answer, ranging between 2-200 USD. Google selected about 500 leading experts to undertake this project.

According to analysts, one of the reasons Google Answers fails is because they charge and Yahoo Answers does not. However, Google has rejected this argument that "paying the quality of the answer is still better".

Another Google rival, Microsoft, has also jumped into the game and will likely be happy to fill the gap that Google has created. Last August, the software giant launched the Windows Live QnA service and, like Yahoo, it's free.

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