Better Yahoo Answers

After I wrote about the need to improve Google answers I checked the first results in Yahoo for the query words "yahoo Answers" and made a comparison between these search results and the new QTsearch-Ranking-Version results.

QTsearch-Ranking-Version picked up the best and most extensive answer out of 5, while on Yahoo the 2 top results out of 1,030,000 were more narrow and restricted and only the third result was satisfactory (the same that QTsearch picked up).

I thought this comparison was quite amazing since Yahoo is the owner of Yahoo Answers and one could expect that the first or second results will be the best.

I think because the current search engines are retrieving so many results (1,030,000 in this case) they are not built to tailor better answers for thier users needs and there is room for QTsearch algorithm to be implemented on any such search engine in order to give users the best answers from the first results-pages that are retrieved.

Following is the comparison itself:

QTsearch best result:
The Birth of Yahoo Answers: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/051207-220118
Now out in beta is Yahoo Answers, Yahoo's new social networking/online community/question answering service. The service allows any registered Yahoo user to ask just about any question and hopefully get an answer from another member of the question answering community. Access to Yahoo Answers is free.
Yahoo Answers appears to be definite extension of what Yahoo's Senior Vice President, Search and Marketplace, Jeff Weiner, calls FUSE (Find, Use, Share, Expand) and Yahoo's numerous efforts into online community building with services like Web 2.0.
At the moment Yahoo Answers offers 23 top-level categories like:
Yahoo Answers uses a point and level system to reward participants:
Looking at the Yahoo Answers point system, it appears to me that there is an incentive to answer as many questions as possible as quickly as possible without worrying about accuracy.I think that's going to need some tuning.

Yahoo Results 1 - 5 of about 1,030,000
1 Yahoo! Answers
a place where people ask each other questions on any topic, and get answers by sharing facts, opinions, and personal experiences.
answers.yahoo.com

2. Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO)
Yahoo! Internet portal provides email, news, shopping, web search, music, fantasy sports, and many other online products and services to consumers and businesses worldwide.
yahoo.com

3. The Birth of Yahoo Answers
You are in the: ClickZ Network ... Now out in beta is Yahoo Answers, Yahoo's new social networking/online community/question answering service ... Access to Yahoo Answers is free. Yahoo Answers appears to be definite ...
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