I recently jumped onto Aardvark,  a new social media site on Friday as soon as Google Announced that they had just acquired this fantastic new Questions and Answers site. The site is truly amazing considering how quickly one can acquire and answer to a question.

What is Aardvark?

Aardvark is a Q & A site that allows normal everyday people to ask or answer a question related to a topic of their choosing. This social media site connects with Facebook on signup and reads your Facebook Info to see what you are interested in. It then determines what sort of questions you may be able to answer. Eg. If you have fishing in your Interests on Facebook then Aardvark may think you can answer questions on fishing. You may also customise your profile to add or remove topics that you want to ask questions about.

Is it Social Media?

Yes, Aardvark is very much a social media site. Anyone can sign up and a community of people can answer or ask questions. It was very clever of them to link with Facebook as most users use Facebook so there is no use in re-entering all your interests etc (a great time saver)

How can it benefit me or my company?

If you have a question about you industry just ask and Aardvark will display that question to every person that has volunteered to answer questions regarding your industry topic. If the answer is terrible you can simply flag it or say that the person talks rubbish or you can send them a thanks for a great answer.

This site may increase your research time, why search for hours for an answer, get someone else to do the searching for you. Many users will dig to find you an answer…. it makes them look smarter.

Conclusion

Go ahead and try it. You will not be disappointed. You may even become a little addicted.

Please Note: South Africa’s directory Aardvark.co.za is not related to the Aardvark acquired by Google.