Comments on: Windows Live QnA open for use http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:53:39 -0800 hourly 1 By: مركز التحميل http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/comment-page-1/#comment-3037449 مركز التحميل Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:02:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/#comment-3037449 Tagging is basically the same as linking to something on the web. Search engines index that text and point it to the url it is anchored to. That alone, of course, is not enough data so they have ways of determining how important that link is (PageRank) and how much weight to give that text. The same principle should be used with tagging to make it Tagging is basically the same as linking to something on the web. Search engines index that text and point it to the url it is anchored to. That alone, of course, is not enough data so they have ways of determining how important that link is (PageRank) and how much weight to give that text. The same principle should be used with tagging to make it

]]> By: 小小研究員的學習之路 » [2006/08/30] 網路書籤 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/comment-page-1/#comment-360823 小小研究員的學習之路 » [2006/08/30] 網路書籤 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:39:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/#comment-360823 [...] Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Windows Live QnA open for use 08/30 10:00, 2006 Windows Live QnA上線，簡單的說就是微軟版的Yahoo!知識+，然後多了tag的功能。 [...] [...] Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Windows Live QnA open for use 08/30 10:00, 2006 Windows Live QnA上線，簡單的說就是微軟版的Yahoo!知識+，然後多了tag的功能。 [...]

]]> By: dumbfounder http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/comment-page-1/#comment-161996 dumbfounder Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:14:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/#comment-161996 Tagging needs to be done by everyone, not just the person creating or submitting the content. This is where most sites go totally wrong (and looks like it's where QnA has gone wrong too). Tagging needs reinforcement to be effective, and there are ways to downgrade overuse and misuse of tags. Bill, Tagging is MUCH more than giving something multiple categories to be listed under. Not everyone uses the same terminology when searching or tagging. If I were to categorize something canine and someone searches for dog then it wouldn't come up without quite a bit of fanciness going on. With tagging, one person may tag it dog, another dogs, another canine, another a specific type of dog, another pets, another animals. And the result is that users will search for any of those and it will come up, they don't have to limit themselves to some rigid category that is determined by one person. Maybe (MAYBE) it is a good idea for there to be a limit for one person tagging a single object, but tagging is most effective when more people submit tags, the more the merrier. Tagging is basically the same as linking to something on the web. Search engines index that text and point it to the url it is anchored to. That alone, of course, is not enough data so they have ways of determining how important that link is (PageRank) and how much weight to give that text. The same principle should be used with tagging to make it truly effective. Sal, tagging is much more scalable than general web search. Tagging needs to be done by everyone, not just the person creating or submitting the content. This is where most sites go totally wrong (and looks like it’s where QnA has gone wrong too). Tagging needs reinforcement to be effective, and there are ways to downgrade overuse and misuse of tags.

Bill, Tagging is MUCH more than giving something multiple categories to be listed under. Not everyone uses the same terminology when searching or tagging. If I were to categorize something canine and someone searches for dog then it wouldn’t come up without quite a bit of fanciness going on. With tagging, one person may tag it dog, another dogs, another canine, another a specific type of dog, another pets, another animals. And the result is that users will search for any of those and it will come up, they don’t have to limit themselves to some rigid category that is determined by one person. Maybe (MAYBE) it is a good idea for there to be a limit for one person tagging a single object, but tagging is most effective when more people submit tags, the more the merrier.

Tagging is basically the same as linking to something on the web. Search engines index that text and point it to the url it is anchored to. That alone, of course, is not enough data so they have ways of determining how important that link is (PageRank) and how much weight to give that text. The same principle should be used with tagging to make it truly effective.

Sal, tagging is much more scalable than general web search.

]]> By: PostBubble http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/comment-page-1/#comment-161398 PostBubble Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:06:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/#comment-161398 <strong>Postbubble Podcast Episode 28 - Wednesday, August 30th, 2006...</strong> Here is our podcast for Wednesday, August 30th, 2006. Today we discuss AOL being called out, Microsoft launching a me-too service, eBay making nice with Google and Apple’s latest addition. For those of you that want a separate feed for our podca... Postbubble Podcast Episode 28 – Wednesday, August 30th, 2006…

Here is our podcast for Wednesday, August 30th, 2006. Today we discuss AOL being called out, Microsoft launching a me-too service, eBay making nice with Google and Apple’s latest addition.
For those of you that want a separate feed for our podca…

]]> By: Sal http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/comment-page-1/#comment-160876 Sal Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:10:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/#comment-160876 I read a while back internet data doubles itself every 45 days. Tagging obviously isn't scalable. I believe it's why google never got into it. I read a while back internet data doubles itself every 45 days. Tagging obviously isn’t scalable. I believe it’s why google never got into it.

]]> By: Bill http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/comment-page-1/#comment-160862 Bill Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:50:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/#comment-160862 tagging is nothing more than giving something multiple categories to be listed under. Tags should be used in moderation, and a universal tag limit of 3 or 4 tags should be impossed per object, other wise a single question could be tagged under every word in the dictionary. lives implementation is a little annoying having to add tags one by one, which is probably there to encourage less tags, but it means extra work (clicks) for each tag also I find their LIVE logos & images of people standing around in white shirts a little utopian and somewhat creepy. tagging is nothing more than giving something multiple categories to be listed under.

Tags should be used in moderation, and a universal tag limit of 3 or 4 tags should be impossed per object, other wise a single question could be tagged under every word in the dictionary.

lives implementation is a little annoying having to add tags one by one, which is probably there to encourage less tags, but it means extra work (clicks) for each tag

also I find their LIVE logos & images of people standing around in white shirts a little utopian and somewhat creepy.

]]> By: data http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/comment-page-1/#comment-160682 data Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:32:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/#comment-160682 Knowledge, at my fingertips. Ohh yeah. Knowledge, at my fingertips. Ohh yeah.

]]> By: dumbfounder http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/comment-page-1/#comment-160665 dumbfounder Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:18:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/#comment-160665 overusing tags? I'm not even sure how that's possible. EVERYTHING should be tagged, it makes things easier to find. I think even tags should be tagged. I think YOU should be tagged Skip Trace. I would tag you "tagnorant". That is a new word I just invented to describe people that are oblivious to the wonders of tagging. Actually looks like I lied, I wasn't the first to use that word: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tagnorant I think it's strange when services like this DON'T use tags. I think Google is downright weird for shunning tags in so many of their products where they could be used quite effectively. TAGGING IS THE FUTURE. I think I will tag the future. I will tag it "tagging". now where did I put those crazy pills. overusing tags? I’m not even sure how that’s possible. EVERYTHING should be tagged, it makes things easier to find. I think even tags should be tagged. I think YOU should be tagged Skip Trace. I would tag you “tagnorant”. That is a new word I just invented to describe people that are oblivious to the wonders of tagging. Actually looks like I lied, I wasn’t the first to use that word: http://www.urba...?term=tagnorant

I think it’s strange when services like this DON’T use tags. I think Google is downright weird for shunning tags in so many of their products where they could be used quite effectively. TAGGING IS THE FUTURE. I think I will tag the future. I will tag it “tagging”. now where did I put those crazy pills.

]]> By: Dare Obasanjo http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/comment-page-1/#comment-160640 Dare Obasanjo Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:45:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/#comment-160640 >There are many startups in this space, some with innovative models like compensation for answers. Innovative? Didn't Google Answers debut with compensation for answers umpteen years ago? >There are many startups in this space, some with innovative models like compensation for answers.

Innovative? Didn’t Google Answers debut with compensation for answers umpteen years ago?

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Windows Live QnA 一般公開 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/comment-page-1/#comment-160595 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Windows Live QnA 一般公開 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:53:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/#comment-160595 [...] [原文へ] Live QnA [...] [...] [原文へ] Live QnA [...]

]]> By: Sal http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/comment-page-1/#comment-160588 Sal Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:48:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/#comment-160588 What a great service.. oh wait.. aren't there like 20 QnA sites came out in the last month and a half, none is really offering anything different then the other? And by the way, those who are quick to point to yahoo Answers and how they "nailed it down", let me remind you yahoo would not have anything down if they didn't PUMP UP the traffic from their organic results 24/7. Anyone asked themselves how much does it cost yahoo to create Answers? What value of clicks are they sending there? You would find out the effort is in the tens (if not hundreds) of millions of dollars. What a great service.. oh wait.. aren’t there like 20 QnA sites came out in the last month and a half, none is really offering anything different then the other?
And by the way, those who are quick to point to yahoo Answers and how they “nailed it down”, let me remind you yahoo would not have anything down if they didn’t PUMP UP the traffic from their organic results 24/7. Anyone asked themselves how much does it cost yahoo to create Answers? What value of clicks are they sending there? You would find out the effort is in the tens (if not hundreds) of millions of dollars.

]]> By: Miller http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/comment-page-1/#comment-160581 Miller Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:40:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/#comment-160581 Woohoo. Out of beta. Time to open up the bourbon. Woohoo. Out of beta. Time to open up the bourbon.

]]> By: seattleduck - » Windows Live QnA is out the door http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/comment-page-1/#comment-160477 seattleduck - » Windows Live QnA is out the door Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:17:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/#comment-160477 [...] Another Live service goes public - Windows Live QnA (”question and answer”). TechCrunch has a write up on it. It has been in a closed beta for some time now, and has some pretty decent traffic already up - though you’ll note the popular tags are heavily tilted towards MSFT employees and a more technical beta test group (”seattle area” “computers” “technology” “windows live“). [...] [...] Another Live service goes public – Windows Live QnA (”question and answer”). TechCrunch has a write up on it. It has been in a closed beta for some time now, and has some pretty decent traffic already up – though you’ll note the popular tags are heavily tilted towards MSFT employees and a more technical beta test group (”seattle area” “computers” “technology” “windows live“). [...]

]]> By: NeoTechie http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/comment-page-1/#comment-160463 NeoTechie Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:01:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/#comment-160463 In Web 2.0, you should never be afraid to ask questions. Your questions and comments are the roots of version 2.0. If you did not questions the way thing are, then some great application such as this on might not exist. Ignorance is not bliss. Currently, Yahoo is thriving with Yahoo Answer. You have more to lose not asking. WHAT WAY YOUR QUESTIONS ? In Web 2.0, you should never be afraid to ask questions. Your questions and comments are the roots of version 2.0. If you did not questions the way thing are, then some great application such as this on might not exist. Ignorance is not bliss. Currently, Yahoo is thriving with Yahoo Answer. You have more to lose not asking.

WHAT WAY YOUR QUESTIONS ?

]]> By: Alex Barnett blog : Windows Live QnA service - public beta http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/comment-page-1/#comment-160441 Alex Barnett blog : Windows Live QnA service - public beta Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:45:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/#comment-160441 [...] Windows Live QnA service - public beta Congrats to Betsy and the team: the Windows Live QnA service is now in public beta. I've been on the private beta for a little while and turned to it for help for a couple of things when I got stuck. One example was asking for good seafood restaurants in Seattle. I tried out one of the recommendations and was not let down...it works! Update: TechCrunch picks this up. Filed Under: Web, Microsoft, Web 2.0 [...] [...] Windows Live QnA service – public beta Congrats to Betsy and the team: the Windows Live QnA service is now in public beta. I’ve been on the private beta for a little while and turned to it for help for a couple of things when I got stuck. One example was asking for good seafood restaurants in Seattle. I tried out one of the recommendations and was not let down…it works! Update: TechCrunch picks this up. Filed Under: Web, Microsoft, Web 2.0 [...]

]]> By: Skip Trace http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/comment-page-1/#comment-160432 Skip Trace Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:31:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/29/windows-live-qna-open-for-use/#comment-160432 Sounds like another great, user-driven source for online research. The tags are an interesting addition, but I am starting to think that tags are over used in the Web 2.0 world. There are some great uses for them, but most sites are overusing them now. Sounds like another great, user-driven source for online research. The tags are an interesting addition, but I am starting to think that tags are over used in the Web 2.0 world. There are some great uses for them, but most sites are overusing them now.

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