Ask and Ye Actually Might Just Maybe Receive
Many companies have long been trying to come up with a way to give people back relevant answers that truly solve the question being posed. Of course there are the search engines, some like (ask.com) even starting out trying to answer search queries posed as actual questions. Other services like Cha Cha have explored ways to use actual people to answer questions, in Cha Cha’s case, a network of paid reps.
The idea of getting an answer to any question in a matter of minutes or even seconds has always been an dream and as Google has shown, there is certainly money to be had for efficiently answering people’s queries. Now, a startup may actually have found away to make this dream a reality. After recently discovering Aardvark, I may already qualify as an addict. I’ve asked 10 questions over the past few days, ranging from new restaurants in the East Village to the season’s best TV shows to where to find the best UX talent, and in almost all cases gotten extremely helpful answers back.
What’s best is Aardvark is completely crowdsourced and not just by random people. Aardvark uses Facebook Connect to tap into your network and their respective networks to find the best people to answer each question based on their interests, subjects they have added and questions they previously answered. Right in the heart of where social networking, search and crowdsourcing all meet, Aaardvark just might have hit the next gold mine.
Tags: crowdsourcing, social media, Technology, web 2.0
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November 3rd, 2009 at 11:12 am
This is great!