Aardvark (search engine) | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-07-06

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardvark_(search_engine)


00:00:53 1 History
00:01:44 2 Interaction model
00:04:17 3 Funding and economic strategies
00:04:49 4 See also



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SUMMARY
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Aardvark was a social search service that connected users live with friends or friends-of-friends who were able to answer their questions, also known as a knowledge market. Users submitted questions via the Aardvark website, email or instant messenger and Aardvark identified and facilitated a live chat or email conversation with one or more topic experts in the 'askers' extended social network. Aardvark was  used for asking subjective questions for which human judgment or recommendation was desired. It was also used extensively for technical support questions.  Users could also review  question and answer history and other settings on the Aardvark website.  Google acquired Aardvark for $50 million on February 11, 2010. 
In September 2011, Google announced it would discontinue a number of its products, including Aardvark.