answers.com, a merging of information

Discussion in 'All Other Search Engines' started by Help Desk, Jul 6, 2005.

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    Take a look at Answers.com if you get a chance. It is very sweet. Type in a phrase and it pops up with a load of information about it. The info comes from various online encyclopedias, google, dictionaries and many others.

    It is pretty useful if you are looking for straight information and not the "Web-linking community's" interpretation of information.

    Will this be revlotionary? Possibly. More than likely it is going to be a good tool for those looking for straight simple answers.

    I wish I had something like this when I had to write papers.
     
    Help Desk, Jul 6, 2005 IP
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  2. ServerUnion

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    #2
    looks like it just uses Google search results. You notice this?
     
    ServerUnion, Jul 7, 2005 IP
  3. Help Desk

    Help Desk Well-Known Member

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    What did you search for? If you went for something like "Manhattan Real Estate" you would probably only see search results. If you typed "JavaScript" (Capitalization counts here), you get some definitions and even in depth examples.
     
    Help Desk, Jul 7, 2005 IP
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    answers.com is cool ... using it together with wikipedia is even cooler :)
     
    ashiezai, Jul 7, 2005 IP
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    I may have misunderstood what you said above, but answers.com includes the Wikipedia data as part of their results.
     
    hulkster, Jul 7, 2005 IP
  6. Help Desk

    Help Desk Well-Known Member

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    Yes it does, at least partially any way.
     
    Help Desk, Jul 8, 2005 IP
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    Very nice and the design is very attractive, easy to use. Should come in handy later on. :)
     
    Colleen, Jul 11, 2005 IP
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    It's a great tool. I'm a huge fan of it.
     
    Promoting2, Jul 18, 2005 IP
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    very cool site!
     
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    Very nice site. I've added it to my favorites and will be using it frequently to look up stuff :)
     
    clay15, Jul 22, 2005 IP
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    Yeah it is like brainboost:

    http://www.brainboost.com/search.asp?Q=funender
     
    David26, Jul 23, 2005 IP