Comments on: Free Virtual Assistant? Yahoo Answers Baby!

By: Troy

Troy — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:57:01 +0000

Nice post, just found it through Google and it’s a very interesting idea which I would never have thought of. Inspired me to join Y! answers, and I stumbled it for you

By: Ralph M

Ralph M — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:27:26 +0000

I agree, you can learn some good stuff there. For example, I was looking for aircraft mini-models and used the search box of Y!A. As a result, found some pretty cool sites just by following others’ people answers.
In addition to YA i have tried wikianswers and allexperts – both work on the question/answer model. The drawback of ‘free’ assistants though is that quite often the quality of answers is not remotely as good as what you actually need. But hey, at least it is for free!

By: Dean

Dean — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:13:43 +0000

Thanks, I have selected the best answers to my Yahoo questions.

By: Mario -- Yahoo! Answers

Mario -- Yahoo! Answers — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:39:44 +0000

Hey Dean,

Thanks for the insights regarding Yahoo! Answers. I blogged about your post over on the Yahoo! Answers blog. You can check it out here.

If you get a chance, select a best answer to your question. Sometimes if left open, a sub-par answer will be voted as the best answer, and that excludes others from benefiting from the Q&A in the future (either through search or from browsing the community).

Thanks again, I enjoyed reading your post.

By: Dean

Dean — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:39:29 +0000

Wow, I didn’t even know you could get items from Yahoo for accumulating points. A Yahoo screensaver, that is pretty weak.

By: Dara

Dara — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:53:34 +0000

My disappointment with Yahoo Answers came in the form of their “reward” system. I racked up thousands of points in a couple of days, and ended up with a Yahoo screensaver as my reward. Pfft.

By: Dean

Dean — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:13:55 +0000

No doubt about it you get what you pay for but there are also ways to empower your VA too. The way I see it, if you have a good systems for your VA then they won’t need to be highly skilled and therefore you can find a cheaper virtual assistant.

By: Vicky

Vicky — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:20:24 +0000

Good article but remember you get what you pay for and you are a little off on your hourly wage for VA’s unless you are talking about cheap overseas outsourcing. Again you only get the quality of work that you pay for. Cheap is not always the best way to go.