Here’s a fun fact: In the little over two years since WikiAnswers.com was acquired, the number of questions on the site has increased 35-fold. On March 6th - last Friday - the site was asked its 10 millionth question.
Here’s another fun fact: The 10 millionth question was - drum roll please -
How long is the flight from Newark to Sydney?
That ought to awaken the travel bug in you!
Some other fun facts:
- According to comScore, WikiAnswers.com US unique visitors reached nearly 19 million in January 2009, compared to 729 thousand in December 2006.
- During this time period, WikiAnswers.com’s market share increased from 4% to nearly 35%, vs. Yahoo! Answers, based on US unique visitors.
- There are over 500 volunteer Supervisors and millions of contributors from around the world asking, answering and editing across the site’s 4,712 categories.
As quoted by Bruce D. Smith, who leads the Community Development team: “We aim to make WikiAnswers.com the best place for users to find answers to all their questions.”
So that’s the challenge put forth to you: What are your questions? Have they been asked at WikiAnswers.com yet? And how long before 15 million, 100 million, a billion questions?
Time flies, I know. In fact, March began this week. Speaking of new beginnings - have you begun to answer your 50 WikiAnswers questions to win a $1,000 scholarship to college?
The deadline is March 31st, making it less than a month to submit applications for the $20,000 WikiAnswers Scholarship Fund. Yup, there will be 20 winners chosen from students who are planning to be enrolled in an American, Canadian or British university for the academic year of 2009-2010.
So… get all the details and get moving! April will be here before you know it.
We’ve known students, professionals and the plain old curious to play around Answers.com, seeking information, but there is a new demographic lurking in its pages: vampires.
That’s right: the blood-sucking, pale-faced creatures of the night have arrived in the form of a new reference source, The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead. Now with a few clicks you can learn about Vampire Hunters, The Vampire Chronicles, and of course, the victims.
Vampires have bitten their way into folklore, and there’s no way of stopping them. Or is there? Buffy might disagree and Bella wouldn’t want it any other way…
Our minds work in mysterious ways. Dreams are the way that our subconscious speaks to us. Did you dream last night? What was it about? Instead of staying awake and pondering what all those symbols in your dreams mean, you can now check out the Dream Encyclopedia and Dream Symbols on Answers.com to help you divine the meaning what’s going on.
Suppose that you dream about your dog lapping up honey while sitting on your necktie during a flight home… You can try and break it down like this:
It may mean that your subconscious is telling you to finish what you are doing and rejoin your old friends. This will free you up to pursue what you really want to do and allow you to succeed…
Or maybe not. Try it out and see if your dreams make any sense to you!
Some excellent news came out of Answers Corporation today:
Answers Corporation Reports Q4 and Full Year 2008 Financial Results
Q4 Record Revenue of $4.63 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $1.95 million
Answers Corporation… today reported unaudited results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.
“Answers is very pleased to report a milestone quarter and fiscal year,” stated Robert Rosenschein, Chairman and CEO. “Quarterly revenues rose 30% sequentially to $4.63 million, with Adjusted EBITDA reaching $1.95 million, and our cash balance increasing $2 million to $11.74 million.
WikiAnswers continues to be an amazing property. comScore ranked it the fastest growing domain for all of 2008, as measured by percent change in unique monthly visitors for the top 200 US Web domains. Answers’ financial progress is a testament to our focus on the product without losing control of expenses. We look forward to continued growth in 2009 - and to building our value proposition of providing our users useful, relevant, quick answers.”
For more, check out the full report or listen to the conference call.
Hello? What’s your school paper waiting for? The WikiAnswers Scholarship program is underway and you have about six weeks left to answer 50 WikiAnswers questions on the topics of your choice - and win $1,000 for college!
The Distance Daily is sharing the news… They are “dedicated to bringing you the best and latest in headlines regarding students and university and college life. From lifestyle and education news to college reviews and scholarships…”
If you’re connected to any high school or university newspapers, feel free to pass along the info about the scholarship. Why should all your friends miss out?
(Yes, I know why, so that you have a better chance of winning… but that’s not so nice, is it?)
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