I did a search for "new york city" in G and off to the right of the "Results 1 - 10 of about 370,000,000 for new york city", there's a [definition] link that directly links to the definition of new york city at answers.com. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=new+york+city If I search for "mobile phone", the term is split into two links; one for mobile, one for phone. Both link to the definition at answers.com. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mobile+phone So my question is, why doesn't G capture that traffic for itself? Just link back to more search results for the linked words. Why link to answers.com?
Answers.com buys placement in Google just like Yahoo and other search engines do, however they negotiated placement for "definitions" instead. Your question: Why don't they capture it themselves? Answers.com is a good informational site and until, and if Google develops their own system, using a third-party provider makes sense.
Well I didn't know that they were actually paying for the placement there. Are you sure they're paying? I haven't read that anywhere on the web so far.
ah i see. so that what for sure google have partner with answer.com somehow. but doing this will benefit both of them though. google customer know something better from the words. answer.com got traffic. ^^ but not sure answer.com pay for that placement or not.
My apology for conveying a direct paid relationship. By 'paying' I simply meant a relationship was facilitated that benefits both parties. Google is not doing this out of the kindness of their heart, it does affect their bottom line in a positive manner or, they would not do it. According to blogger Michael Nugyen on: http://www.socialpatterns.com/2005/05/page/2/ John Battelle says "Google and Answers.com’s relationship is very unique. Google does not pay Answers.com for their services and Answers.com does not pay any money for the placement. A winning combination for everyone - great for the users, great for Google and definitely great for Answers.com."
Thank you for clarifying that information about Answers.com. I had no idea that they had this sort of relationship with Google. Speaking about Answers.com they have acquired Lexico, the owner of Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and related sites. I wonder if their relationship with Google will now change?
relationship? FYI, they met in a gay bar sometime last year and got married in San Fransisco after dating for 6 months. btw, i dont see the result for the searches on the first page either.
my site somehow got listed on several pages of answers.com - I never figured out how it happened, though