Comments on: Are Q&A startups a threat to Google?

By: Peter Lehrman

Peter Lehrman — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:20:38 +0000

A lot of this discussion depends on what kind of customer your firm is trying to serve. Highly complex and nuanced questions for corporations or investment firms is not likely going to be addressed by Quora or other applications which require that you distribute the content broadly. Many corporations or investment firms won't ask their most pressing questions in open forums b/c of the risk it poses to their disclosure of strategic intent or investment intent. Luckily for Google, Quora, Facebook, Gerson Lehrman Group and others, there are essentially an infinite amount of questions that need to be answered out there, and many firms will organize Q&A platforms to serve the unique needs or horizontal or vertical markets. Also, don't forget about Opzi, Chatter, Yammer, and other intra-enterprise apps where people seek, source and provide expertise. Peter LehrmanCEO I AxialMarket, Inc.

By: canadadrugs

canadadrugs — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:03:31 +0000

Google in the Chinese market due to the origin of intellectual property is stolen by a wave of Gmail Hacks allegedly perpetrated by the Chinese as reported by the news. Google has demanded action and refused to the Chinese. So Google decided to mourn over it and create a new story around the world the same.Canadian Pharmacy

By: Ronen Perets

Ronen Perets — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:48:04 +0000

Yet another relevant reference from the same movie. When they are asked what is the speed of a stork, while tying to cross the bridge, and they ask in return whether it's European of African. Talk about Q&A

By: modelportfolio2003

modelportfolio2003 — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:29:56 +0000

I actively use Aardvark (Vark) from Google and find it to be very relevant to what I need. I in turn provide my input happily in exchange. I believe Aardvark can and should become an essential part of Google's social efforts. Google understands the Naver experience better than anyone else in South Korea and has learned valuable lessons. I believe there were other technical and cultural issues to explain Naver's success in South Korea to explain its success. I am not sure how readily they apply outside Korea. So far we have not seen anyone come close to Google in search, despite years of effort. A new wrinkle like Q & A search is interesting but expect it to remain niche.

By: M. Tyndall

M. Tyndall — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:51:23 +0000

I'm pretty sure I have a new take on Q&A that could redraw the whole landscape, I wonder which company would be the most interested…

By: Sandeep

Sandeep — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:25:22 +0000

facebook reach is not unlimited, facebook is banned in a number of countries including china.

By: Sandeep

Sandeep — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:23:56 +0000

facebook is absent in China, I wonder how that will affect the potential reach of facebook questions

By: digimags101

digimags101 — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:28:54 +0000

I think Facebook is going to be the company that pulls of Q&A and makes a real change to search if they get it right. I think what so many of these companies don't understand is that I want answers from people I trust (my friends). I don't care what primary care physician a person that I've never met sees. But if one of my friends recommends one, I'll make the appointment. Facebooks biggest problem to date has been the lack of the ability to wall off small groups of friends and ask a question only of them. I think they're beginning to address this with their groups feature.In the end, I believe the winner of the Q&A battle (and therefore a lot of search) will be the company that can offer me answers from a group of trusted advisers. Facebook has the jump on that because it is already the home of my existing friend relationships. LinkedIn might be able to come in second as a home for business questions.

By: stefanobernardi

stefanobernardi — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:15:23 +0000

Mmm not really sure, people will still use Google a lot to search and end up on Quora.I see Quora mostly as a competitor of Wikipedia.

By: BenHill123

BenHill123 — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:07:04 +0000

aardvark is using facebook graph, but by the way quora also uses facebook graph and its content is indexed by google.