Google Answers shut down their service late last year, which should pave the road for Yahoo! Answers to be the dominate player right? It
looks like Toronto based Chris Priest-Brown and Joe DeClara founders of Askipedia are looking to come into crowed field of “informational solutions for consumers.” Askipedia is taking a slightly different approach by offering a text based solution. Any Canadian with a cell phone can ask a question such as “Will Britney Spears get together with Justin?” to 27587 (ASKUS) and recieved personalized answered back within minutes, all for just $2.
According to Chris, 67% of Askipedia’s customers are repeat customers and their questions have a huge range of topics. Askipedia originally launched as a web based service very similar to Otavo which we reported about back in July of last year but seems to have taken a back seat since then. Will the need to have immediate answers offset the cost to get them, or will consumers be content with free web based services?
Askipedia wants to be Yahoo Answers for your mobile phone
Published: January 29, 2007Posted in: Features
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