{"id":2584,"date":"2011-03-05T13:06:33","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T20:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=2584"},"modified":"2011-03-05T13:06:33","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T20:06:33","slug":"q-what-should-i-read-to-find-more-about-the-qa-space-a-heres-some-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/2011\/03\/05\/q-what-should-i-read-to-find-more-about-the-qa-space-a-heres-some-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Q: What should I read to find more about the Q&#038;A space?  A: Here&#8217;s some links."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rww.readwriteweb.netdna-cdn.com\/enterprise\/images\/question_mark_0111.jpg\" alt=\"two question marks\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>The Q&amp;A (question and answer site) market segment is red hot right now.\u00c2\u00a0 Here&#8217;s some links to complement my own posts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=2332\">Life imitates art imitates life<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=2374\">Prisms, Kool-aid, and Opportunity<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=2551\">What do you think of this one-line pitch for qweries?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The overall landscape<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.web20asia.com\/289\"><\/a>Choe Sang-Hung&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/07\/05\/technology\/05online.html\">South Koreans Connect Through Search Engine<\/a> (in the <em>New York Times<\/em>) describes how Naver&#8217;s Q&amp;A site catapulted them to dominance in the South Korean search market.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/How-do-social-Q-A-sites-like-Quora-monetize-and-scale\">How do social Q&amp;A sites monetize and scale?<\/a>, with answers by Lisa Kavanaugh of Ask.com and others<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-are-other-Q-A-sites-besides-Quora\">What are other Q&amp;A sites besides Quora?<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-are-some-other-sites-that-are-similar-to-Quora\">What are some sites that are similar to Quora?<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-are-some-good-private-label-Q-A-solutions\">What are some private-label Q&amp;A solutions?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tech.fortune.cnn.com\/2011\/02\/14\/q-just-how-many-qa-websites-are-out-there\/\">Just How Many Q&amp;A Websites are There Out there?<\/a>, Daniel Roberts, <em>Fortune<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Quora<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kara.allthingsd.com\/20101011\/a-boomtown-tries-to-get-some-answers-from-quoras-adam-dangelo\/\">Boomtown Tries to Get some Answers from Quora&#8217;s Adam D&#8217;Angelo<\/a>, an interview by Kara Swisher of <em>All Things Digital<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 Kara frames Quora\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <a href=\"http:\/\/kara.allthingsd.com\/20101011\/a-boomtown-tries-to-get-some-answers-from-quoras-adam-dangelo\/\">challenge<\/a> as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153trying to move the site well beyond its Silicon Valley-tech-dudes    forum to one in which a plethora of topics and memes thrive.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/Christie-Ann-Barakat\/Confessions-of-a-Quora-Newbie\">Confessions of a Quora newbie<\/a>, by Christie Ann Barakat, with a great set of references.\u00c2\u00a0 The comments are pretty spectacular too.<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/pogue.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/02\/01\/quora-raises-questions\/\">Quora Raises Questions<\/a>, David Pogue, the <em>New York Times<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2011\/01\/31\/quora-quora-quora-quora-quora-quora-quora\/\">Quora Backlash Slams into Quora Backlash Backlash<\/a>, MG Siegler, <em>TechCrunch<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/quora-would-turn-down-a-1-billion-offer-says-investor-2011-2\">Quora Investor Scoffs at $1 Billion Offer Price<\/a>, Nicholas Carlson, <em>Business Insider<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techpresident.com\/blog-entry\/question-does-quora-do-politics-answer\">Question: Does Quora do Politics?\u00c2\u00a0 Answer: &#8230;<\/a>, Nancy Scola, <em>Tech President<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artypapers.com\/ap.log\/thread.php?346\">Early Quora Design Notes<\/a>, by Rebekah Cox on <em>Artypapers<\/em>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/Joel-Lewenstein\/Life-Without-Photoshop\">Life without Photoshop<\/a>, by Joel Lewenstein, discuss Quora\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s design philosophy and process<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greyreview.com\/2011\/03\/17\/quora-engineers-accused-of-vandalizing-a-clones-website\/\">Quora Engineers Accused of Vandalizing Clone&#8217;s Site<\/a>, <em>Grey Review<\/em>; the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=2333306\">Hacker News discussion<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/Is-Qato-a-serious-Quora-clone-attempt\/all_comments\/Ben-Newman\">comments on Quora<\/a> are interesting too<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/Why-do-some-people-prefer-Quora-to-StackExchange\">Why do some people prefer Quora to StackExchange?<\/a>, on Quora<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2011\/11\/14\/quora-gamifies-credits-and-ask-to-answer-suggestions-live-for-everyone\/\">Quora Gamifies: Credits and &#8220;Ask to Answer&#8221; Live for Everyone<\/a>, Alexia Tsotsis, <em>Techcrunch<\/em>, and\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/quorareview.com\/2011\/11\/14\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-quora-credits\/\">Everything You Need to Know About Quora Credits<\/a>, Yishan Wong (&#8220;the richest man on Quora&#8221;), <em>Quora Review<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/quodiv\">What is Quora currently doing to improve the diversity of its user base?<\/a> (answer summary: nothing), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/How-would-Quora-be-different-if-it-prioritzed-diversity\">How would Quora be different if it prioritized diversity?<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/Jon-Pincus\/Quora-diversity-a-big-red-flag\">Quora diversity: a big red flag<\/a> &#8212; all written by me, on Quora.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Stack Overflow<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=2140871\">Stack Exchange\/Quora competitive positioning<\/a>, Joel Spolsky, <em>Hacker News<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.observer.com\/2011\/tech\/new-yorks-stack-overflow-14-times-bigger-quora\">Forget Quora, Stack Overflow is Killing It<\/a>, by Adrianne Jeffries, <em>The New York Observer<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/highscalability.com\/blog\/2011\/3\/3\/stack-overflow-architecture-update-now-at-95-million-page-vi.html\">Stack Overflow Architecture Update<\/a>, by Todd Hoff in <a href=\"http:\/\/highscalability.com\/blog\/2011\/3\/3\/stack-overflow-architecture-update-now-at-95-million-page-vi.html\">High Scalability<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/searchengineland.com\/blekko-partners-with-stack-overflow-64795\">Blekko Partners with Stack Overflow to Improve Search Results<\/a>, Matt McGee, <em>Search Engine Land <\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.stackoverflow.com\/2010\/05\/announcing-our-series-a\/\">Series A funding announcement<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.stackoverflow.com\/2010\/05\/stack-overflow-funding-chat-qa-transcript\/\">chat Q&amp;A<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Ask.com<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/Are-Quora-and-new-Ask-competitors\">Are Quora and new Ask competitors?<\/a>, with an answer by Doug Leeds of Ask.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/san-francisco\/2011\/11\/16\/ask-com-rediscovers-its-roots-as-a-question-answer-site-powered-by-people-this-time\/\">Ask.com Rediscovers Its Roots as a Question &amp; Answer Site\u00e2\u20ac\u201dPowered by People This Time<\/a>, Wade Roush, <em>XConomy<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"November 16, 2011\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.xconomy.com\/san-francisco\/2011\/11\/16\/why-do-people-answer-questions-on-qa-sites-ask-com-users-speak-up\/\">Why Do People Answer Questions on Q&amp;A Sites? Ask.com Users Speak Up<\/a><em>, <\/em>Wade Roush, <em>XConomy<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>And &#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/12\/04\/chacha-evolves\/\">1.8 Billion Questions Later, ChaCha Has Evolved Past Text Message Roots<\/a>, Sarah Kessler, <i>Mashable<\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/Whats-the-difference-between-Focus-and-Quora\">What&#8217;s the difference between Quora and Focus?<\/a>, with an answer by Scott Albro of Focus<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2010\/08\/09\/federated-fluther-lets-third-parties-integrate-qa-with-a-few-lines-of-code\/\">Federated Fluther Lets Third Parties Integrate Q&amp;A With A Few Lines Of Code<\/a>, Jason Kincaid, <em>TechCrunch<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/businesscenter\/article\/241662-2\/which_qanda_sites_are_best_for_business.html\">Which Q&amp;A Sites Are Best for Business?<\/a>, Angela West, <em>PCWorld<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-are-some-Q-A-sites-in-Spanish\">What are some Q&amp;A sites in Spanish?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/webnewser\/quora-competitor-opinionaided-raises-1-million-in-funding-for-mobile-app_b12642\">Quora Competitor Opinionaided Raises $1 Million in Funding for Mobile App<\/a>, Devon Glen, <em>Web Newser<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.psfk.com\/2011\/03\/crowdbeacon-when-quora-meets-yelp.html\">Crowdbeacon: When Quora Meets Yelp<\/a>, Paloma Vasquez, <em>PSFK<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2011\/12\/01\/qa-platform-lawpivot-raises-1m-launches-legal-services-marketplace\/\">Q&#038;A Platform LawPivot Raises $1M; Launches Legal Services Marketplace<\/a>, Leena Rao, <em>TechCrunch<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2011\/doctors-lawyers-gamified-avvo\">Doctors and lawyers get gamified on Avvo, but will they play along?<\/a>,  John Cook , <em>GeekWire<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2011\/03\/02\/peerindex-quora-pagerank-socialweb\/\">The Race to Build a Page Rank for the Social Web Continues<\/a>, Mathew Ingram, <em>GigaOm<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/enterprise\/2011\/01\/quora-for-the-enterprise-two-c.php\">Quora for the Enterprise:\u00c2\u00a0Two Contenders<\/a>, Klint Finley, <em>Read Write Enterprise<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwriteweb.com\/start\/2011\/02\/quora-for-startups-sprouter-pi.php\">Quora for Startups: Sprouter Pivots to Focus on Q&amp;A for Entrepreneurs<\/a>, Audrey Watters, <em>Read Write Web<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fr.techcrunch.com\/2011\/03\/01\/le-reseau-dentrepreneurs-sprouter-se-repositionne-pour-faire-face-a-quora\/\">Le r\u00c3\u00a9seau d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122entrepreneurs Sprouter se repositionne pour faire face \u00c3\u00a0 Quora<\/a>, Roxanne Varza, <em>TechCrunch France<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2010\/03\/08\/seattles-questionland-builds-qa-community-around-popular-alt-weekly-the-stranger\/\">Seattle&#8217;s Questionland builds Q&amp;A community around popular alt.weekly The Stranger<\/a>, Paul Boutin, <em>VentureBeat<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Q&amp;A (question and answer site) market segment is red hot right now.\u00c2\u00a0 Here&#8217;s some links to complement my own posts Life imitates art imitates life, Prisms, Kool-aid, and Opportunity, and What do you think of this one-line pitch for qweries? 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