2007-07-25 20:49:22 · 7 answers · asked by yahoosearch 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Because sometimes they are not just asking for answers (or the facts alone) but opinions, or other people's personal experiences. And sometimes if your request/query is very specific, it can be hard to find exactly what your looking for on the Net.
2007-07-25 20:55:15 · answer #1 · answered by Barb Outhere 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is a good question for yahoo answers as, even though it is simple question, you won't find the answer by doing a search.
Some questions are really easy to answer by doing a search, it seems really pointless to ask questions like that given that the best answers tend to be cut & pasted from a search and it takes much longer to get the answer.
I guess people who ask this type of question really aren't interested in finding the answer and probably won't read the replies anyway.
2007-07-26 04:46:54 · answer #2 · answered by Ben O 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes if you search 'Yahoo' or 'Google' you can get lucky, but there are a few 'tricks' and methods you can use to search and find better answers.
For example, many people do not know you can use quotation marks around a phrase to search for that exact phrase and they do not know that you can use a '+' sign to add extra search specifics.
I also believe that there are people out there who still have never heard of Wikipedia. It is a convenient source, but Answers.com often directly copies Wiki articles (and probably vice versa)
There is also the possibility that some people are also too lazy to search themselves :-)
2007-07-26 03:58:33 · answer #3 · answered by Jeff S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Searching Yahoo doesn't offer personalized answers.
2007-07-26 03:56:50 · answer #4 · answered by Tammy Z 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's more fun this way.
And did you search yahoo for this answer?
I don't think sooo
2007-07-26 03:52:40 · answer #5 · answered by Elle 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This way you get a variety of responses and some interesting perspectives.
2007-07-26 03:56:06 · answer #6 · answered by Brandy B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo is great and my choice too.
2007-07-26 03:57:52 · answer #7 · answered by nimesh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋