Anybody here a member of experts-exchange.com?

[Ns1]

Worth the cost or waste of money?

 

[loup garou]

If you have questions to ask, worth it. If you just want to read the answers when they're the first 5 hits when Googling an event ID or something, not worth it.

 

[Mr Pickles]

My work pays for an account. I'd have to say I use it once a month. Never do I just log in and read at random. Its definately a break fix shop, nothing too interesting unless you have a question yourself. But the responses are very detailed and I've never posted a question that didn't get a helpful answer.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: MrLee
My work pays for an account. I'd have to say I use it once a month. Never do I just log in and read at random. Its definately a break fix shop, nothing too interesting unless you have a question yourself. But the responses are very detailed and I've never posted a question that didn't get a helpful answer.

Good to know. I might force my boss to get an account. Tell him it'll save ALOT of man hours on research.

 

[Kelemvor]

I joined years ago when it was free.

 

[yllus]

I wish that website would get deindexed by Google.

 

[Old Hippie]

I'm a limited access member...whatever that means.

It was free and I can read the answers and ask questions, least it offers me to ask a question.

I have no idea what the difference is between pay and free.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: yllus
I wish that website would get deindexed by Google.

You're not scrolling down far enough?

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: Kelemvor
I joined years ago when it was free.

I did also but don't remember my username, password or email address I used.

 

[GeneValgene]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
You're not scrolling down far enough?

QFT

 

[GeekDrew]

I used to be... eventually concluded that it was a waste of money. And I also wish that Google would remove them from the index.

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: yllus
I wish that website would get deindexed by Google.

You're not scrolling down far enough?

Scroll...ing?

Nah, it's just that nowadays the answering posts are all scrambled. Even Google's cache of the pages don't get around this anymore, I believe. I guess it's marginally useful to know that if you really need to, joining could lead to an answer - but that sort of goes against my Internet-communist mindset.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: yllus

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: yllus
I wish that website would get deindexed by Google.

You're not scrolling down far enough?

Scroll...ing?

Nah, it's just that nowadays the answering posts are all scrambled. Even Google's cache of the pages don't get around this anymore, I believe. I guess it's marginally useful to know that if you really need to, joining could lead to an answer - but that sort of goes against my Internet-communist mindset.

Scroll down, dude.

 

[aceO07]

When I use experts-exchange, usually when I google for something and click the link, I just scroll to the bottom. I recall reading somewhere that they can't scramble the content else google won't link to the page, so they just bury it at the bottom.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: aceO07
When I use experts-exchange, usually when I google for something and click the link, I just scroll to the bottom. I recall reading somewhere that they can't scramble the content else google won't link to the page, so they just bury it at the bottom.

FTMFW right here! That should be like, 1 point closer to elite right there lol.

 

[Kyteland]

Yeah, they are trying to have their cake and eat it too. They want all of their answers publicly available for the search engines, but they want everybody else to pay for it.

In case you don't get the "scroll down" comments, they try to trick you into buying their service by putting "hidden" answers at the top of the page followed by a loooooooong footer followed by the actual answers. Most people don't make it past the footer.

 

[nakedfrog]

I miss the days when they didn't have a hyphen in their URL

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: Kyteland
Yeah, they are trying to have their cake and eat it too. They want all of their answers publicly available for the search engines, but they want everybody else to pay for it.

In case you don't get the "scroll down" comments, they try to trick you into buying their service by putting "hidden" answers at the top of the page followed by a loooooooong footer followed by the actual answers. Most people don't make it past the footer.

I inferred it as "scroll down past teh experts-exchange results in google", not scroll down the page. fucking brilliant lol

 

[sdifox]

you can use google cache...

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I miss the days when they didn't have a hyphen in their URL

pen island still represents!

 

[ScottMac]

I had a couple thousand point accumulated, then they changed format and put more push marketing and roll-overs in... I've been to porn sites with better taste. X10.com was more subtle. I got tired of the visual assault and mouse-over land mines and bailed.

I got email from the admin that they've changed and asking me to try it out again. IMO, it still sucked so I haven't been back in probably over a year.