1. Q&A sites Martice Pitts PUR 4801

2. About 57.9 million visits a month About 57.9 million visits a month Ask.com is a free site Formally known as Ask Jeeves Allows users to get questions answered (math, dictionary, conversation, etc) Can ask personal to professional questions, easy to difficult, silly to serious 14 other countries and associated languages Answers come from real people on the web http://www.ask.com/

3. About 62.1 million visits a month About 62.1 million visits a month A community driven Q&A site (anyone with an Yahoo mail account can ask questions) On this site other users answer the questions Second most popular Q&A site after Answers.com 12 languages Celebs have appeared to ask questions (Hillary Clinton, John McCain, President Barrack Obama) However, has been criticized for being more of a social networking site rather than providing accurate information Have a point system that show how active and helpful you may have been http://answers.yahoo.com/

4. About 1.4 million visits a month Is privately funded site where you can ask questions focusing on love, sex and relationships Although it is a free site ONLY registered users can ask questions Other features include: polls, writing articles, rating articles, posting videos (expert and “how to”, contest, IM sessions, etc) Also provide videos from experts Very interactive Able to earn points on your expertise http://www.girlsaskguys.com/

5. About 54.4 million visits a month The world’s largest professional network on the Internet Currently available in six languages Not only are you able to ask professional questions but you can also find a job, build your connections and receive information about different companies http://www.linkedin.com/

6. About 7.6 thousand visits a month Uclue is a fee-based search engine ($10-$400 depending on how complex the topic) Answers come from former Google Answers Researchers Topics include: Business, Genealogy, Sciences, Technology, Computer/Software Help, Health, Arts and more Currently available in four languages http://uclue.com/

7. Q&A sites URLFee Who can ask questions? Who answers the questions? Visitors Available in other languages Advertising Options Ask.com http://www.ask.com/No Anyone with an Ask account. You can also sign-in using your Facebook or LinkedIn account. Answers come from real people and the web About 57.9 million visits a month Yes.Yes Yahoo! Answers http://answers.yahoo.com/No Anyone with a Yahoo Mail Account Other users About 62.1 million visits a month Yes GirlsaskGuys http://www.girlsaskguys.comNo Registered users Members of the opposite sex About 1.4 million visits a month Yes LinkedIn Answers http://www.linkedin.com/No Registered users Experts, site users and non site users (connections from different companies) About 54.4 million visits a month Yes Uclue http://uclue.comYes $10- $400 Registered users Former Google Answers Researchers About 7.6 thousand visits a month Yes