AnswersReviews 189

The site is practically unusable. It has so many ads, cross-scripting and probably viruses that it takes forever for the page to load. When you try to ask a question, it takes up to 5 minutes to type it because the site is so busy with ads and who knows what else that only half of the characters that are typed actually make it onto the screen. Very frustrating. So frustrating that I wont use the site or click on any link that leads to the site. A waste of web space.

... horrible! They have some interesting headline on Yahoo to lore its visitors to this advertising platform and then the site loads at a snail's speed a making it useless and worse it often locks the browser window and freezes the computer screen. One of the worst advertising link farms on the internet! Avoid it!

-100 stars. This could have been a GREAT site. Very interesting "hooks" to get you to click on the links. Some of them I would really like to read and see, HOWEVER, whoever programed the site should be fired. Between the incessant ads and the time it takes to load each page it is one of the most frustrating sites on the internet. What I don't get, is with all these negative reviews, why hasn't it been improved. If I was an advertiser, I would have pulled out already. The idea to get you to a page it great, but with all this frustration, people just wont go there anymore. Every time I see an interesting title, if it is from Answers.com, I feel sorry because I would have clicked but then I avoid it as I know the site will make me crazy. The real question and answer should be, Why haven't they fixed it yet?

This site provides links to interesting topics on yahoo.com. When you click on it, you are taken to a list of 10 or so things, that would normally take 2 minutes, but it takes closer to 2 hours to get through the list, IF YOU HAVE THE PATIENCE. It is doubtful anyone has ever made it through an entire list. It is understandable that since the site provides its content free of charge that it needs to advertise, but the content actually takes a back seat to the advertisements. You might enjoy this site if you are a very patient person with a high tolerance for B. S. and you watch TV for the commercials. I only give it one star because that is the minimum that I can give.

I wish I could give this site negative stars. Just the worst of the worst. They sucker you in with interesting topics. Once in the slide, it is almost impossible to click on the next slide. They place the advertisements as close as possible to the non functioning next button so you always end up accidently clicking on the ad. The scumbag designers of this page should have their digits chopped off so they can never burden society with similar formats again.

I might rate answers.com as high as a 4 if I were actually able to view their content - they have may lists that are interesting enough to attract my attention. However, after repeatedly getting sucked in by headlines such as "13 actors who are box office poison" and being unable to get past the first slide without the site locking up, I now avoid this site. It is very unresponsive and burdened by advertisements - a total waste of time! Worst site I have ever visited!

Interesting stuff. Lots of 1-star ratings. Then there are the folks at the bottom of the list who obviously work for answers.com.

In addition to being the slowest site I've ever seen, there's also the fact that, in my experience, not many of their answers survive the scrutiny of subject matter experts. As far as I can tell, it seems that a lot of their stuff is just made up.

I also agree with a couple of the other reviewers in that if their advertisers were reading these reviews (or otherwise paying attention), they'd soon realize that their advertising dollars are lining the pockets of some truly inept people.

Informational website? Not likely. Terrible platform for bad ads, delivered in a completely ineffective way? Bingo!