July 2010
1 post
A Closer Look at PeerRank
At PeerPong, we are focused on a few things: making it possible to find the best person to answer any question and offering a service that is fun and easy to use.
The key to PeerPong’s ability to find the best person for any question is based on our PeerRank technology. Making the process fun and easy is a whole other question I can answer in another post :)
When we launched the PeerPong beta...
June 2010
4 posts
Featured PeerPong Expert: Spenser Jones -...
PeerPong expert SpenserJ is heating up the technology answer space with some quality answers to all your tech quandaries covering an extensive breadth of everything between iPhone jailbreaking, online music, PHP, laptops, and a ton in-between (steel cut rolled oats for instance!). I highly recommend following Spencer if you’re interested in technology or have a tech question that needs an...
Follow Some Futbol: Top Twitter World Cup Experts
World Cup fever has reached America and with it spreads the insatiable desire to stay connected with the most recent news WITHOUT having to awake at disturbing hours of the day and stumble to the nearest bar broadcasting your game (Ahem…). There’s a better way!
Using our PeerRank index we’ve found the most qualified Twitter users for you to follow.
1. @World_Cup_News
2. @fifacom
3....
Featured PeerPong Expert: Daren - Relationships
Where should you take someone on a first date? Is online dating easier than offline dating? What do you do when a mother gives you her daughter’s number?
Another qualified expert has graced the PeerPong ranks with numerous insightful answers to relationship quandaries like the ones above. PeerPong user Daren has been sharing his thoughts on dating and relationship questions and has a lot of...
We're launching our Beta!
We’re announcing the launch of the PeerPong beta service today! Instead of just delivering answers, we’ve created a service which intelligently finds the best people to answer any question. Sometimes, we find that best person is you.
What’s unique about PeerPong is how we find experts for your questions. Whether they’re an active member of the site or just an active user of the web, PeerPong...
May 2010
7 posts
Featured PeerPong Expert: Ian Manton - Gadget Guru
It’s fascinating to see which categories of questions are naturally levitating to the top on PeerPong. We’ve always had our theories (electronics!, local!, food!) but now there’s evidence. A leading category getting a lot of attention is Electronics. The leading expert on PeerPong for this category is Ian Manton.
Ian has managed to earn 60 recommendations across categories like Handheld...
Reaching people who really know the answer
One of the unique things we do at Peerpong is try and find expertise not only within our own community but across the entire web. We’ve built a patent-pending indexing platform that is able to look at what people talk about openly online, refine it to the most important key terms and then draw inferences about what a person has an interest in or keen knowledge on.
Yesterday one of our...
We've Got Bieber Fever: Top Justin Bieber Experts
In a recent change Twitter updated their trending topic algorithm to show trending topics that are the most current talked about topics, instead of consistent popular topics, like Justin Bieber. This change knocked Bieber from the “Top Trending” spot for the first time in weeks and enraged fans. Bieber’s loyal fans retaliated by spelling his name in different ways like:...
Have questions about video games?
Want to know how good Red Dead Redemption is or when the next hottest console game is coming out? Ian Torney, one of Peerpong’s games experts, has the answers. Take a look at his response to “What’s the next big PS3 or Xbox console game that players are waiting for?” Check out his blog at http://blog.iantornay.com/.
- Ro
The debate rages on...what to get Mom for Mother's...
…well not a debate exactly, I’m being a bit dramatic. A slew of great answers are filing into our recent “What are you getting your mom for Mother’s Day” question. Here’s a list of the most recommended answers in case you’re still scrambling to find the perfect gift for Mom:
“Taking her to a steak dinner. Flowers are for suckers.”
-Matt
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Everyone's an expert at something
Here at PeerPong we believe everyone’s an expert at something and that enabling people to share their knowledge will help get great answers to questions that may not be easy to find on a normal web page. Questions like: “What is the best place for Chicago styled pizza in San Francisco?” or “Who is a good artist to listen to if you like Jack Johnson?”
You probably know more than you...
Peerpong Q&A widget for your blog
Just launched our Peerpong Q&A widget for Blogger, Wordpress, tumblr and Posterous users! You can see it on the Peerpong blog on the right. Users can sign in to the widget using Twitter or FB without ever leaving your blog, which helps control the quality of anonymous questions and we manage the sign-up, auto-tagging, categorization, notification process and question/answer flows. Try it...
April 2010
4 posts
Man do I hate allergies...
Every year allergies seem to hit me worse than ever. Dr Tom, one of PeerPong’s first experts in Health and Medicine, has several suggestions in dealing with them.
“Avoid dairy foods, especially milk and cheese (unless grass-fed sources) as they can cause increased mucus production.
“Take an antiinflammatory supplement that contains any/all of the following: ginger, bromelain,...
Ever wonder where to get Polish beer in SF?
Tx to Matthieu and Jana for dropping some knowledge.
I’ve never had polish beer. Any clue how good polish beer is?
- Ro
Have questions about San Francisco?
At PeerPong, we’re trying to find the best people to answer any question. One of our experts, SharonChoe, really knows about San Francisco and Fine Dining! Check out one of her recent answers to “Which are the best wineries/tasting rooms to visit in Napa?”.
Here’s a snippet: “#1) My favorite tasting room is Round Pond Winery, hands-down!! The architecture and...
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Welcome to PeerPong!
We believe everyone’s an expert at something. So we’re trying to do something really simple – showcase what you know and connect you to experts who can give you great answers.
Connect us to your Facebook or Twitter and we’ll figure out what you’re truly interested in, the topics that intrigue you, and the questions we think you’re the best person to answer.
If you have a question for an...