| Service |
URL |
Comment |
| Abuzz |
www.abuzz.com |
Post a query and hope for an answer |
| All Experts |
www.allexperts.com |
Emphasis on trendy questions about music. Free. |
| Ask Me Help Desk |
http://www.askmehelpdesk.com |
Formerly the Xper Site. Pose a query and get a free answer from an expert. Content is syndicated by Ask Me. |
| Atomica |
www.atomica.com |
Formerly GuruNet. Lets users search for information without leaving their current web pages. |
| EXP |
www.exp.com |
Formerly Advoco, it is a high-end service. Fees can be hefty. Users provide ratings of the experts’ answers. |
| Expert Central |
www.expertcentral.com |
More than 5,600 people available to answer the users’ questions. Fee-based service. |
| Expert City |
www.expertcity.com |
Limited to computer questions. Similar to Web Help. |
| Experts.com |
www.experts.com |
This is a registry of professionals who can serve as expert witnesses. No free answers from this group of experts. |
| Frenzi |
www.frenzi.com |
Experts’ answers are available via a barter system. Lots of work to ask a question and get an answer. |
| Know Post |
www.knowpost.com |
Answers earn credits. Experts post answers to get credit. This is a free service. Takes work to get useful information. |
| Keen |
www.keen.com |
Another credit-based site, but the credits are for telephone time. Users ask questions via the Web and then talk to experts to get answers. Another fee-based service. |
| Web Help |
www.webhelp.com |
Mentioned in the main report. This is an “Ask Jeeves” with real people, not a lookup table. |
