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Filed under: Productivity, Web services, Social Software

Aardvark's question-and-answer service gets a web interface

Aardvark is a service that using social networking to answer your questions. I've been using it for a while, and it definitely works when you need to find an answer, but using it over IM is a bit annoying. If you're signed up to answer questions, you'll frequently get IMs asking you about things you may or may not know anything about. That's why it's great that Aardvark now has a web interface at vark.com.

You can still use the IM service on top of the web version, but I just went ahead and turned it off. The threaded replies on the web are a lot easier to follow than an IM window full of multiple responses to a question, and the website is quite well-designed. To make getting started with Aardvark a little bit easier, you can sign in with Facebook Connect, and Aardvark gives you the option of using your Facebook interests as areas of expertise to target the questions you're asked.

Filed under: Productivity, Social Software, iPhone, web 2.0

Aardvark iPhone app answers questions on the go

Aardvark, a service that uses social networking to find answers to your questions, now has an iPhone app. Aardvark starts with Facebook Connect, finds your friends who are using it, and then branches out into friends of friends and the whole network of Aardvark users. You can ask questions and receive answers via IM or the web. The iPhone version is extra-useful, because questions don't always come up when you conveniently happen to be in front of a computer.

You can use the Aardvark iPhone to both ask and answer questions, and select categories to help connect you with the right people. Aardvark claims that most questions are answered in under 5 minutes, after asking 6 people and getting 2 responses. I tested it by asking for a recommendation about banks in Seattle, and I got a useful response after about 15 minutes. GigaOM had better luck asking about cabs in San Francisco, getting an answer in less than 5.

[via GigaOM]


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