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Answers Corp. Announces WikiAnswers WAmmy Awards


Published on 2009-01-28 06:42:02, Last Modified on 2009-01-28 06:42:37 - Market Wire
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NEW YORK--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Answers Corp. (NASDAQ: ANSW) today announced the winners of the 2008 WAmmy Awards at [ http://wiki.answers.com/static/wammy_awards_2008.html ]. The WikiAnswers WAmmy Awards is an annual contest held to honor excellence in contributing to WikiAnswers, the collaborative knowledge-sharing Q&A community where anybody can ask questions or answer the questions of others. All contributors are eligible to win awards. Depending on the category, winners are determined through either voting by the WikiAnswers volunteer supervisor community or raw contribution numbers.

This year's WAmmy Awards were presented in a number of categories, ranging from "[ Best Researched Answer ]" to "[ Funniest Question ]." Awards were also given to the best "[ Top Category Answerers ]".

Bob Rosenschein, CEO of Answers Corporation offered his congratulations to the winners, and added, "We are witnessing the power of thousands of volunteers in the WikiAnswers community sharing their knowledge and passion. The result is a Q&A database which is greater than the sum of its parts."

About Answers Corporation

Answers Corporation (NASDAQ: ANSW) owns and operates Web properties dedicated to providing useful answers in thousands of categories - [ Answers.com ] and [ WikiAnswers.com ]. The award-winning reference site Answers.com includes content on five million topics from over 180 licensed sources from leading publishers, including Houghton Mifflin Company, Barron's and Encyclopedia Britannica. Answers.com is also available for mobile devices at [ http://mobile.answers.com ]. WikiAnswers.com is a community-generated Social Knowledge Q&A platform, leveraging wiki-based technologies. Through the contributions of WikiAnswers' large and growing community, answers are constantly improved and updated over time. WikiAnswers was ranked by comScore as the fastest growing domain of the top 200 in the U.S. in terms of unique monthly visitors in 2008. (answ-g)

For investment information, visit [ http://ir.answers.com ].