Yahoo! Experts Has Your Answers; Yahoo! Experts Brings Together a Wealth of Knowledge to Answer Almost Any Question
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Sept. 26, 2000--Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company serving 156 million individuals worldwide each month,
today announced the launch of Yahoo!(R)Experts (http://experts.yahoo.com), a free, easy-to-use question and answer service that enables people to find information or share their knowledge on a special topic.
''Yahoo! Experts has created a community that allows people to connect with others and get an answer from an expert user about nearly anything,'' said Mark Hull, senior producer, Yahoo! Inc. ''With Yahoo!`s user base of 156 million people, our users are bound to include experts on hundreds of topics so that even the most obscure questions can be answered.''
Yahoo! Experts is a simple and intuitive way for people to connect whether they are looking for help, or conversely, looking to share their authoritative knowledge. Users can sign up as an expert by browsing through a directory of categories on a wide range of topics, and filling out a simple form explaining their expertise and background. Topics range from business and technology to travel and relationships, and much more. The user profiles of each expert include this background information as well as a complete archive of the
responses each expert has offered and ratings given by other users. The ''expert'' users are prioritized based on the ratings they have received to help users with questions and find experts with the highest quality responses.
Mirror Mirror on the Wall...?
Anyone looking for a quick answer can log on to Yahoo! Experts and post a question. Inquiries can be posed directly to a particular expert via e-mail or by posting them to a general forum for the first available expert to reply. For instant help, people can use Yahoo! Messenger
(http://messenger.yahoo.com), Yahoo!`s popular instant-messaging product, to ask questions of experts who are online.
Personal Expert Center
To make it easy to manage questions and answers, people who use Yahoo! Experts can take advantage of the Expert Center. The Center includes a complete list of answers to questions the user has asked, questions posed to experts and questions posted to the expert forum to which they belong. People also can edit their expert profile from the Expert Center link.
Currently available to users of
www.yahoo.com, Yahoo! Experts is part of Yahoo!`s comprehensive suite of communications services that aim to give users everything they need to communicate and organize their lives in a centralized location on the Web. From free e-mail, instant messaging and voice chat to address books, calendars and personal file storage, Yahoo!`s integrated services offer a wide range of options including the ability to send messages and alerts to and from wireless devices such as cell phones, pagers and personal digital assistants.
About Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is a global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 156 million individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web,
www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach, and is one of the most recognized brands associated with the Internet. The company also provides online business services designed to enhance the Web presence of Yahoo!`s clients, including audio and video streaming, store hosting and management, and Web site tools and services. The company`s global Web network includes 23 local
World properties outside the United States. Yahoo! has offices in Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Canada and the United States, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif.
Yahoo! and the Yahoo! logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
|