tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post2550941264763691147..comments2008-03-30T13:59:42.290-05:00Kevin Gamblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00659162207319457717noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post-91675396800107086992008-03-30T13:59:00.000-05:002008-03-30T13:59:00.000-05:002008-03-30T13:59:00.000-05:00Max,<BR/><BR/>Great comment! Thank you.<BR/><BR/>I agree with your characterization of Google Answers. I think Google pulled the plug way too early on this. I'm not sure they had the motivation piece right, but it was very early in this game and we know more now.<BR/><BR/>I didn't know that uclue.com was the reincarnated Google Answers. I will check it out.<BR/><BR/>Good question on volume v quality. That could make some future blog posts.k1v1nhttp://claimid.com/k1v1nnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post-52382779515790850872008-03-30T08:56:00.000-05:002008-03-30T08:56:00.000-05:002008-03-30T08:56:00.000-05:00I mostly agree with you, and I like the analogy to Twitter. I would disagree that Google Answers failed miserably. It failed from the corporate perspective, but was a big success from the user perspective. Strangely, all of the "high quality" Q&A sites like Google Answers (now independently run as uclue.com) and Ask Metafilter have small user bases. For example, Yahoo! Answers users ask more questions every day than Ask Metafilter users have asked in total since its launch in 2003. I wonder if volume and quality are mutually compatible?<BR/><BR/>Maxmaxharp3rhttp://maxharp3r.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com