Why does Google still return crappy Yahoo! Answers results at the top of so many searches? I’m assuming Google devotes some of its best people to improving its core product. And it seems apparent that Yahoo! Answers is generally unhelpful.
Very often, when Google's results seem "crappy," the problem is that there just isn't anything else to show! If you do have specific examples where you know of a more useful result for a query than Google showed, click the "Send Feedback" link at the bottom of the results page, or post them as a comment here, and we might be able to use them as motivational examples for future ranking improvements.Your assumption that Google has some of its best people working on search quality is correct. :-) Google devotes incredible human and computer resources to the problem of improving search quality, with no sign of slowing down. We care a lot about getting you the information you need and we take pride in our search results. (That's why many of us were troubled when we discovered that Bing had a mechanism whereby their search results could be influenced by our search results.)I'm sure you know this, but some people don't, so it's worth restating the obvious: Google employees do not manually tinker with search results (except a few special cases like webspam, complying with the law, etc.). That is to say, the placement of the pages of a given site (say, Yahoo Answers, or Wikipedia) arise naturally from the algorithms we have implemented. Of course, our editorial judgment as a search engine is manifest in those algorithms. For example, Google's famous "Panda" algorithm update was specifically designed to promote higher-quality sites with authoritative, original content, and demote "thin" sites that are just not very useful.
Why is Yahoo just letting Yahoo Answers die?
Yahoo!'s revenues mainly come from display advertising. Answers is just another Yahoo! property that sales ads and nothing else. The cost of maintaining such site and competing with more professional services such as Quora is too high compared to the revenue they might get off of it. If Yahoo! had to revamp any products, it would most likely be mail instead.
Why do people prefer Quora over Yahoo! Answers?
Oh boy, this is going to be fun.Q1: Why do we need water to survive?Quora: Our bodies are mostly made of water, so we need to continually replenish our water supply in order to survive.Yahoo! Answers: WE DONT!!! I ACTUALY FOUND A HEALTHY WATER SUBSTITUTE IF U GUYS R INTRESTED!!!!!!!Q2: What is 2+2?Quora: 2+2 is equal to 4. For instance, imagine you had two cookies and your friend gave you two more. How many do you have now? You now have 4 cookies.Yahoo! Answers: 2+2 is an aDITION PROBLOM. your duMb.Q3: Why is the grass green?Quora: Grass and many other plants have a pigment called chlorophyll which absorbs light to be used for photosynthesis. However, green light is the one wavelength in the spectrum that chlorophyll cannot absorb. Therefore, it is reflected back to our eyes, which perceive the grass to be green.Yahoo! Answers: the same reason teh skys blue god made it that way now just be happyBONUS: Yahoo! Answers strikes back!I’ll let you be the judge of why people prefer Quora.
How do you search for Yahoo! Answers users?
Hi. I don't really like having to block people but I will if people try to be rude or condescending or negative or insulting when they reply to my questions. I do not care if that person is a top contributor or not I will block that person. There is one such person I know of who replied negatively to one of my recent question and I want to make sure he does not reply to any more of my questions. Please help- thank you.
What makes Quora better than Yahoo! Answers?
Is Quora a better website for asking questions than Yahoo Answers?Quora is a last resort for me. I always search for an answer using a search engine before presenting it in a question on Quora.Increasingly, I'm finding more and more of the questions I search using search engines are leading me back to answers on Quora. I almost never encounter one that leads me to a Yahoo answer.You can draw your own conclusions from that.However, this does have its drawbacks. When I looking for sources to cite for an answer I’m preparing for Quora… Pretty much the last thing I want is to cite an answer from Quora unless it’s a question about Quora policies or procedures and the answer in Quora is authoritative enough to cite. Then again, if the answer I find in Quora answers the question I’m preparing, I’ll more than likely simply post the link to the authoritative answer rather than to repeat it.
Is Quora just a glorified Yahoo! Answers?
Sure, in the sense that a Tesla is just a glorified golf cart. At the most basic level, they both work on the same principle, but one has design, functionality, capability and even looks that's far beyond the other. The problem here is that you have two competing definitions of the word "glorified". It can mean something that's given glory for no good reason, or it can mean something that's been made glorious. If you mean the first, then no, Quora isn't given glory for no good reason. It's far more prestigious because it has a great deal more to offer. The differences between the sites may be subtle (some are, and some aren't) but they cumulatively make a huge difference in the user experience (at least, they did in my case). If you're using the second definition, then the answer is yes. Quora took the basic concept behind Yahoo Answers and they made it into something glorious. And good for them.
What is the difference between Quora and Yahoo Answers, etc.?
What is the difference between Quora and Yahoo Answers, etc?Most of the answers on Yahoo Answers are written by, well, yahoos. YA! does not concern itself with qualifications or credentials of those who provide answers. In this respect, Quora is vastly superior. A lot of the questions on YA! are posted by school kids wanting quick answers to homework. They usually feel entitled rather than grateful, and tend to be abusive when confronted or frustrated in their effort to get a free pass. Quora mostly discourages these questions, and usually flags them as homework, which I can filter out.The set of topics that are supported on YA! are a fixed heirarchy established by the website administrators many years ago. Each question must reside in a single topic. It is difficult on YA! to find a single, suitable topic for questions that cannot be answered with a Google search, and if you are lucky enough to find one, it is probably dead, with no responders.I won’t discuss the ridiculous point system on YA!, which motivates people to submit answers like “IDK” and “what he said,” in order to garner 2 points toward a “level-up”.When YA! decided that any question on the site would be answered in 1000 characters or fewer, I decided to not waste any more of my time with them. I tried StackOverflow (great for techies,) StackExchange (a haven for intellectual snobs,) and a few others so horrible that my memories are repressed. That’s when I found Quora, the proverbial happy medium. If you need some comic relief, by all means, check out YA!. If you want good information, look to Quora.
What would a conversation between Quora and Yahoo answers look like?
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