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Answers.com was founded in Jerusalem, Israel, by Bob Rosenschein, Jeff Schneiderman, Sigi Eilon, Daniel Brief, Naama Bamberger, Uri Bernstein, Gil Reich, Tamar Rosen and Asher Szmulewicz in January 1999. The first 'angel' investors were Mort Meyerson of Dallas and Mark Tebbe of Chicago.
Originally, it was called Guru, then GuruNet. Its first product was a downloadable Windows application that let you click on any word in any program (word processor, e-mail, browser, etc.) and look it up in a popup window.
The company went through several stages and business models, including (1) enterprise model (selling to big companies), (2) end-user consumer one-time software purchase, and (3) annual software subscription, before settling on its current model.
On January 2, 2005, the company relaunched its flagship product as Answers.com. There were five major changes in it:
* Branding: Answers.com, not GuruNet * Business model: free (ad-supported), not subscription * Emphasis: Web, not downloadable app * All on one page, not each content source on a separate 'tab' * Included Wikipedia
The result was Answers.com, and it's been going strong and growing ever since. In November 2006, FAQ Farm became part of the company and was renamed WikiAnswers.
The original app for Windows still exists. It's called 1-Click Answers.
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Is answerscom a UK website or a us website?
US
Why is answerscom a question website?
so people can answer.
Who are some users on Answerscom?
I am a user on this website
What are the badges you can get on answerscom?
The badges on the website answer is trust points. You can get these from doing things on that website.
What is answerscom users name?
the creator of the website's username is chris.
Could you design your own page face in the website of Answerscom?
No. sorry
Can you play games on Yahoo Answers or answerscom?
no and yeah on the website you can and there really fun
Why did answerscom became a useful website?
because you can find out info that you want.
Why are there so many incorrect answers on Answerscom?
because anyone can put answers on the website.
Why do answerscom always have an error?
Maybe because there are too many questions and answers and they have to upgrade their website
Where can you buy WikiAnswers items?
A host of goods are for site on the cafepress.com website: http://www.cafepress.com/answerscom
Who answers questions for the illustrious website of AnswersCom?
We, the people. There are millions of users world-wide - anyone can answer, no matter where they are.
