Not everyone online is related to webmastering. People majorly come online for searching up new products, information about things and there are many students who browse the internet to learn things. But there are thousands or lacs of resources where people can search and they finally land up in confusion which site has the best information. So here are the most trusted and the best resources for people to refer for any information -
1. Wikipedia - This is a multilingual free-content encyclopedia with over 9 million articles, each of them being unique and having full information about almost everything that is on the web and off the web. It is an open source website, so people can contribute to the content and can read the information for free. Huge editorial integrity, with instant editing of articles and checking by the moderators. A website run by Wikimedia foundation.
The website is available to read in over 250 languages. Has around 1.2 million pages indexed in google. An article about anything contains the history, info, online references and the external links which are worth visiting for more information.
2. About - A complete online guide. You may search for any topic and about anything. Controversial and review type articles written by various authors and journalists are published here. According to them, it is “expert guidance from real people searching the Internet for the information, goods, and services that you need to know related to your passion.” Browse by topic, and not only the static articles, but the latest world news are also shared.
3. Yahoo! Answers - This is one of the best websites with new questions and answers popping up every minute, and active discussions running on every aspect from health to government, travel, web and everything else. Post a question and you will get answers flowing in for you. The most visited online reference and query website. Members get different levels of grades there depending on their activity and answers given there.
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Yahoo Answers is a Good one for me as to get answers quickly for any of our doubts or Questions …
and the others stated are also the top ones to search for any topic and get the best results.
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Definitely they are the top 3 resources.
Wait for the new google encyclopedia
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I always find the layout of about off putting, images, narrow columns and ads. Much prefer wikipedia ;o)
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Wiki got loads of information in them which also let visitor to read, not just read but also have rights to amend it.
While for yahoo… my wife also yahoo for information, with their front page and also by searching some info.
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The upcoming google wiki will be known as “Knols” where it will be revenue sharing platform.
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If google “Knols” released, i am sure it will be a great competitive with the wiki.
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Wikipedia is the bomb. I used to love it in High School, but too bad it can’t be used as a source in college.
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One time I found my test answers there. We had a take home test and apparently someone from my class asked a question and another one solved the problem in the answer. lol
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Yes, Knol will give some competition to Wikipedia, but It will take some time before it really starts to take over.
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Wiki is also a good one but wen google (Knols) will jump as a competitor m sure many will prefer to use Google (Knols)
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I think Wikipedia is the best, although nobody recommends it, because everybody can edit it.
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I too am waiting for the knol project from google as am a writer and would love to write some health section topics and get my name there.
yeah yahoo answers is the best of the lot . . .but wikipedia is also a good refrence site
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Yahoo homepage is more like with more information and news while for the wikipedia, it is another way for translation of dictionary with more reference.
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Haha I had an image of Wikipedia’s giant logo in my head before clicking on this post. All my professors condemn the site, but it’s good for informative overviews.
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