NEW YORK--()--Answers Corporation (NASDAQ: ANSW), creators of the leading answer engine Answers.com®, which includes the properties WikiAnswers® and ReferenceAnswers™, announced today that according to comScore data (comScore, U.S. top 50 Web Domains Report, December 2008 vs. December 2009 by % change), WikiAnswers’ unique monthly visitor count in the U.S. grew 74%(*). This ranks WikiAnswers as the 2nd fastest growing domain in 2009, second only to Facebook.com, of the top 50 U.S. domains in December 2008.
“The site’s unique self- reinforcing growth coupled with the efforts of the entire Answers.com team, have once again brought Answers.com to the culmination of a very successful year.”
“The solid results for the quarter and full year we reported on Monday are primarily a consequence of the considerable growth generated by WikiAnswers, our community-driven Q&A platform,” remarked Robert S. Rosenschein, Chairman and CEO of Answers.com. “The site’s unique self- reinforcing growth coupled with the efforts of the entire Answers.com team, have once again brought Answers.com to the culmination of a very successful year.”
* comScore information based on panel-only data for comparisons of growth.
About Answers Corporation
Answers Corporation (NASDAQ: ANSW) owns and operates Answers.com, the leading Q&A site, which includes WikiAnswers and ReferenceAnswers. The site supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Tagalog (Filipino). WikiAnswers is a community-generated social knowledge Q&A platform, leveraging wiki-based technologies. Through the contributions of its large and growing community, answers are improved and updated over time. The award-winning ReferenceAnswers includes content on millions of topics from over 250 licensed dictionaries and encyclopedias from leading publishers, including Houghton Mifflin, Barron's and Encyclopedia Britannica. (answ-g)
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