SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Jun 01 (MARKET WIRE) —
PeerPong, the largest index of expertise on the Web, today launched the
beta version of its service, aiming to let anyone with a question find
the right person to answer it. The company, which has been developing its
PeerRank technology for more than a year, is taking a new approach to
answering questions, focused on finding the best person to answer any
question by going beyond social networks and community walls to tap
anyone with a public profile on the Web. The consumer service is free and
anyone can register to use it.
“Until now, there hasn’t been a great way for someone to find the best
person to ask questions that require personal experience for a satisfying
answer,” says Ro Choy, CEO of PeerPong. “PeerPong was created to access
the expertise that we all have but don’t always express. We want to make
it incredible easy for anyone to show what they’re knowledgeable about
and match it to people looking for an expert across any subject. We make
it fun and easy to find an expert or be an expert.”
PeerPong takes a sophisticated, multi-faceted approach to find the best
person to answer any question promptly. With its patent-pending
technology, PeerPong analyzes available information online to discover
what people are really knowledgeable about and match them with relevant
questions. The service also makes it easy for anyone to weigh in on
whether knowledgeable people are experts. PeerPong doesn’t rely on
friends of friends or feel-good motivations to deliver a fast answer, or
crowd-sourcing to find a “best” answer. Instead, PeerPong looks for the
best person for a specific question and empowers and incentivizes
knowledgeable people in a variety of ways to encourage them to share
their expertise.
PeerPong believes it’s all about the people behind the expert knowledge
– and that the bigger and broader the pool of experts, the more useful
PeerPong is to everyone. With its fast-growing PeerRank, a “page rank for
people” currently several million strong, PeerPong takes care of all the
tricky stuff to make it easy for anyone with a question to find the right
person to answer it. Whether amateur (a mother who knows the latest
toddler trends) or professional (a sports trainer that specializes in
rehabilitating elite athletes), anyone can be an expert on PeerPong.
Currently, PeerPong features experts across 14 major categories,
including shopping, health, business, technology, autos, and beauty, as
well as dozens of subcategories. The service uses public Twitter updates
and users can privately tap into their Facebook network so that PeerPong
can match questions with the right people.
With PeerPong, anyone looking for an expert answer can:
– Ask questions on any topic
– Access millions of knowledgeable people
– Find top recommended experts and pose questions directly
– Ask friends and family through existing social networks
PeerPong lets experts:
– Raise their profile and share their expertise more broadly
– Be recognized for their expertise through recommendations and badges
– Add a personalized widget to their blog so readers can ask questions
directly (and anonymously, if desired)
About
PeerPong is the world’s largest index of expertise. The free
service makes it fun and easy to find the right person to answer any
question. PeerPong’s PeerRank is constantly improving and growing,
indexing people based on their publicly demonstrated interest.
Learn more about PeerPong and its approach to providing expert answers on
the PeerPong blog at http://blog.peerpong.com/
Contact:
press@peerpong.com
415-625-8555
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