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gutefrage.net

gutefrage.net
Type of site
Advice community
Available inGerman
OwnerMarkus Wölflick, Dr. Stephan Roppel
URLwww.gutefrage.net
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired for participation
Usersc. 4.5 million (daily, as of February 2021) [citation needed]
Launched2006; 18 years ago (2006)
Current statusActive

gutefrage.net (commonly known and stylized in its logo as gutefrage; from German gute Frage, which means "good question") is a German question and answer website without topic specialization.

The website is financed by advertisement, but it is possible to pay to use the site without advertisements. The user-generated content is freely available to platform users and cannot necessarily be changed or deleted by content creators at will. Content is only allowed in German, with the exception of quotes, meanings, or specific translations.[1]

History

In 2006, gutefrage.net went online as the first self-initiated startup by Holtzbrinck eLAB, a subsidiary of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.[2] The website has developed into the most-used product of the Gutefrage Group[3] and, regarding its content growth and page views, has become one of the largest forums in the German-speaking world.[4] According to its own reports, the company crossed their profit threshold in 2009.[5]

Towards the end of 2012, a mobile version of the website went online; applications for Android and iOS followed in December 2013.[4]

On December 7, 2016, the logo for gutefrage.net was renewed in honor of the site's tenth birthday. The new logo shows two speech bubbles; the smaller bubble on the left is intended to represent a question, whereas the larger bubble on the right is intended to represent an answer. In conjunction with this change, the added ".net" was removed from the logo.[6]

In June 2020, gutefrage.net entered into a collaboration with Amazon, whereby the virtual assistant Alexa is able to access selected posts from the platform and play back answers to user questions.[7]

In 2020, the majority share of gutefrage.net was purchased by United Vertical Media GmbH, an affiliate of Müller Medien. As of February 2021, the website contains over 24 million questions with more than 94 million answers.[8][9]

Concept

The internet forum allows users to ask and answer questions of other users.[10]

The site is composed primarily of user-generated content. User posts are rewarded with an internal gamification system which is based on ratings given by other users. Users with a significant level of engagement within a given topic are, after individual verification by gutefrage.net employees, distinguished as "experts."[10]

Aside from asking and answering questions, users can communicate with each other via private messages. Askers have the option to select the most helpful answers to each of their questions; the selected answer is then visibly accentuated.[10]

Facts and data

As of 2021, the platform reported around 1.85 million active users, 27 million questions, and over 100 million answers. The website's monthly net reach accounted for 30 million unique users. A given question can expect to receive an average of four answers, with 72% of questions being answered within the first five minutes. Users post a monthly average of 255,000 questions on gutefrage.net.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Richtlinien". www.gutefrage.net. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  2. ^ online, heise (17 January 2007). "Holtzbrinck gründet Ratgeber-Startup "gutefrage.net"". heise online (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  3. ^ a b "Gutefrage: Über uns - gutefrage" (in German). 2019-05-19. Archived from the original on 19 May 2019. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  4. ^ a b "gutefrage gruppe - Wir sind ein auf Ratgeberseiten spezialisiertes Online-Unternehmen. Wir bringen Millionen von Menschen zusammen" (in German). 2015-05-18. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  5. ^ Becker, Alexander (2010-02-09). "Holtzbrincks Gutefrage meldet Break-even | MEEDIA" (in German). Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  6. ^ "Warum hat gutefrage.net das Logo geändert? (gutefrage)" (in German). 2016-12-07. Archived from the original on 7 December 2016. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  7. ^ "Deutschland fragt – gutefrage und Alexa antworten!". www.gutefrage.net (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  8. ^ "Jubiläum: 15 Jahre gutefrage". www.gutefrage.net (in German). Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  9. ^ "Holtzbrinck Digital verkauft gutefrage.net und highfivve". new-business.de. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  10. ^ a b c "Wie funktioniert Gutefrage.net". gutefrage (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-13.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutefrage.net