Bye, Google Answers
Answers, Deadpool November 29th, 2006 - By Haochi
Google yesterday announced that they are shutting down one of their earliest service - Google Answers. Launched in April 2002 with a small 4-person team and went out of Beta in May 2003, Google Answers was one of the very first project Google worked on.
Google Answers was just an “great experiment”, as how Google called it. Anyways, Google will stop accepting new question later this week, and will stop accepting new Answers to questions by the end of the year. Questions and Answers will be available to browser online however.
Although Google didn’t say what’s the cause to shutting it down, but here’s probably the answer from Google Answers: What has happened to Answers?(via Google OS)
It’s really sad to see Google Answers being shut down. Unlike Google X, Answers has been around for years, even though I don’t use it at all. Bye, Google Answers.
November 29th, 2006 at 10:11 am
http://www.petitiononline.com/ganswers/
Keep Google Answers Alive
To: Google
The Google Answers service has helped many people during its four and a half years of existence, and it continues to do so. Researchers and unpaid commenters formed a community which should not be discarded lightly. Many repeat users were able to easily find answers to difficult questions thanks to the service. Furthermore, Google Answers proved that a living could be made working on the Internet alone, as many researchers worked on the site as their sole source of income.
We, the undersigned, believe that Google should continue to provide this valuable community service to the Internet.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
November 29th, 2006 at 3:35 pm
Although I want Answers back, but I don’t think they would - I bet they have think of every aspect of what would shutting down Answers do to them.
Anyways, I will support the petition.
November 29th, 2006 at 3:54 pm
As a current Google Researcher, I understand that the Google Answers site is not exactly a gold mine, but it is a wonderful and talented group of individuals who have worked very hard to help the Google community find answers to all sorts of questions. Please take a few minutes to sign the petition and let Google know all of our hard work had value.