Yahoo! Answers

Still got unanswered questions? Yahoo! Answers can help answer your personal, professional or philosophical problems

Do you have a question that you can't find the answer to? Do you have a personal, professional or philosophical problem that you want solving? Are you looking for Yahoo! Answers?

Well, if you answered yes to any of those questions I have good news for you: Yahoo! Answers is here to help.

Yahoo! Answers

Yahoo! Answers is a great example of combining the knowledge of the masses and using it to provide answers to questions on a wide variety of subjects.

Or, to use the words on the Yahoo! Answers website, "Yahoo! Answers is a new way to find and share information. You can ask questions on any topic, get answers from real people, and share your insights and experience."

Basically, visitors to Yahoo! Answers can do one or more of the following:

1. Ask questions - "Can't find it with search then ask"
   
   
2. Answer questions - "Share knowledge, Help others, Earn points"
   
   
3. Discover the best questions and answers

Note: you will need to register to be able to answer questions.
(Whilst it is interesting to look for answers, it's even more fun to answer questions so registering is recommended.)

Problem categories include Business & Finance, Family & Relationships, Society & Culture and Psychology (and lots more in between)

And here are a short collection of typical questions chosen at random:

• I'm in love with my husband's best friend and am so confused. What do I do?
• Is it normal to feel a little disappointed when you finally get
  the relationship you've been wanting?

I even found this question on there:

• What are the best ways of solving problems or finding answers? :-)

And of course you will always find the classic question with the classic answer; i.e. what is the meaning of life? (And you know the answer to that question. Don't you!?)

Details are often added to the question to further explain the nature of the query. Though, clearly, some questions like 'how many feet are in a mile?' do not require this.

As you can see, there's a problem for almost everyone and several answers too, some more intriguing than the questions.

So, does Yahoo! Answers do what it says on the tin? Can you find good answers to your questions?

It depends, is the very short answer to that question. It depends a great deal on what type of question you're asking and on who happens to answer your question.

Some questions have real answers that can be researched - Yahoo! Answers encourages you to search for the answers and then provide a relevant reference - whilst other answers rely more on the experience or wisdom of the answerer.

Yahoo! states quite plainly at the bottom of the site that "Yahoo! does not evaluate or guarantee the accuracy of any Yahoo! Answers content".

Yahoo! Answers is becoming more and more popular, though. This means that the quality of answers is bound to improve.

And, as Yahoo! Answers is a very popular site right now, you will get answers almost immediately you post your question.

So, can you solve your deep-seated problems using Yahoo! Answers?

Well, that is something only you can decide. Why not give it a go!
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