Yahoo! Answers

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Yahoo! Answers was a community-driven question-and-answer platform where users could ask questions and receive answers from other users across a wide range of topics.

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Yahoo Answers 1
Yahoo! Answers canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf knowledge market
online community
question-and-answer website
accessModel free to use
allows users to ask questions
users to submit answers
users to vote on best answers
announcementOfShutdownDate 2021-04-05
archivedBy Internet Archive (partially) NERFINISHED
availableIn Chinese
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Spanish
commercial true
competesWith Answers.com NERFINISHED
Ask.com NERFINISHED
Quora NERFINISHED
Stack Overflow NERFINISHED
contentLicense user-generated content under Yahoo! terms of service
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
developer Yahoo! NERFINISHED
discontinuationDate 2021-05-04
feature best answer selection
categories and subcategories
community moderation
levels system
points system
report abuse function
star ratings (historically)
user profiles
genre Q&A
knowledge exchange
social networking
hasCategory Arts & Humanities
Business & Finance
Cars & Transportation
Computers & Internet
Education & Reference
Entertainment & Music
Environment
Family & Relationships
Food & Drink
Games & Recreation
Health
Home & Garden
Local Businesses
News & Events NERFINISHED
Pets
Politics & Government
Science & Mathematics
Society & Culture
Sports
Travel
Yahoo! Products NERFINISHED
language English
launchDate 2005-12-08
logo Yahoo! Answers logo.svg
notableFor being one of the earliest large-scale Q&A communities
low-quality and humorous questions
user-generated questions and answers
operator Yahoo! NERFINISHED
Yahoo! Inc. NERFINISHED
ownedBy Oath Inc. NERFINISHED
Verizon Communications NERFINISHED
Verizon Media NERFINISHED
Yahoo! Inc. NERFINISHED
parentCompany Yahoo! Inc. NERFINISHED
platformType web-based service
publicBetaStartDate 2005-12-08
reasonForShutdown declining usage
decrease in popularity
strategic focus shift by Yahoo!
registration required to answer questions
required to ask questions
shutdownDate 2021-05-04
slogan Ask questions on any topic, get real answers from real people
Ask. Answer. Discover.
successor none official
websiteURL https://answers.yahoo.com

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Yahoo! Search integratedWith Yahoo! Answers
Yahoo product Yahoo! Answers
this entity surface form: Yahoo Answers