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WikiAnswers is an ad-supported wiki-based website where users can submit and answer questions. This site allows users to post and edit questions and answers. WikiAnswers.com uses wiki technology and fundamentals, allowing communal ownership and editing of content. All the questions that have an answer can be edited and improved over time. WikiAnswers.com uses an Alternates System – where every answer can have dozens of different questions that "trigger" it. When a question is similar to an existing one, they are joined as alternatives. This helps prevent duplicate entries in an effort to promote more cohesive answers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://site.answers.com/main39247/pressresources/WikiAnswers_1-pager.pdf )〕 WikiAnswers was created in 2002 by Chris Whitten as FAQ Farm. It and all corresponding domains were acquired by Answers Corporation in November 2006 to become the user-generated content (UGC) component of Answers.com. Following the acquisition, the product was renamed WikiAnswers. As of August 2013, it had over 19 million answers; over 8,500 categories; over 29 million contributors; and 1,087 volunteer supervisors. According to comScore May 2010 data, Answers.com sites, including WikiAnswers, had 45.4 million unique visitors in the US. WikiAnswers is a leading Q&A website on the Internet. As of August 2013, the web information company Alexa Internet ranks WikiAnswers and its Answers.com sister sites as the 193rd most popular on the Internet.〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=alexa.com )〕 WikiAnswers uses SEO techniques to improve its web visibility and has been described as a "content farm". ==Community== The WikiAnswers.com Community is made up of various online volunteers, most commonly acting as ''Contributors'' and ''Supervisors''. Other classifications include ''Premier Answerers'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://wiki.answers.com/static/community_members.html )〕 ''Special Project Assistants'', ''Mentors'', ''Bug Catchers'' and those participating in special site-wide programs such as ''Vandal Patrol'', ''Community Outreach'', ''WikiReviewers'', and ''WikiAnswers’ Influential Teens'' (WIT). All volunteers are able to contribute in various ways and personalize their user experience through profiles, watchlists, etc.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://wiki.answers.com/help/help_center )〕 Contributors form the majority of the WikiAnswers.com community and engage in the site's primary activities: asking and answering questions, improving existing answers and collaborating with others. Each individual addition and edit that a person makes is called a 'contribution', which correlates to one’s total number of contributions and helps form the site’s Top Contributors lists.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://wiki.answers.com/help/my_pages#My%20Contributions )〕 Participants can also give others “Trust Points” for demonstrating trustworthy and worthwhile contributions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_Trust_Points )〕 When a Contributor has reached a certain number of contributions or "Trust Points", or is deemed by Supervisors to have made a significant contribution to the website, they are eligible to receive special recognition awards in the form of profile badges (e.g. 5000 contributions is a Silver Level display emblem). Contributors also have an opportunity to reach additional milestones for their ongoing participation. Special contributor levels include: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Double Platinum and Ruby. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WikiAnswers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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