- Help (Website)
Infobox Website
name = Help.com
url = http://www.help.com/
type =Social Community Help
registration = Optional (Must register to talk in the site's chatroom)
owner =CBS Interactive
author = Jeff Minard Yousef Ourabi [Cite web
title = About | Yousef Ourabi
accessdate = 2008-09-13
url = http://yousefourabi.com/about]
launch date =August 8 ,2005 [The oldest user on the site is datedAugust 8 ,2005 — cite web | url=http://help.com/user/1-erik | title=Erik Kokkonen's Profile | accessdate=2008-09-13][http://www.help.com Help.com] is a
website based on users helping other users [Cite web
title = About Help.com
accessdate = 2008-09-13
url = http://help.com/about] . The site is currently owned byCNET Networks (NowCBS Interactive ). Help.com is very similar to Yahoo's websiteAnswers.com .Besides having posts to have users reply to there is also a chatroom on the site for users to talk live with other users of the site.
Due to Help.com's current size, it is not yet considered an official brand of
CNET Networks until certain criteria is met.History
The Help.com
domain name was first registered onMay 28 ,1996 [WHOIS report Cite web
title = MarkMonitor
accessdate = 2008-09-13
url = http://www.markmonitor.com/cgi-bin/affsearch.cgi?dn=help.com&partner=yes&return=https%3A%2F%2Fcorp.markmonitor.com%2Findex.ald%3Ftab2name%3Ddomain%26sub2name%3Ddomregistration%26sub%3Dregistration%26sub2name%3Ddomregistration] byCNET Networks and sat as a placeholder toCNET.com until early 2006 when the first beta version of Help.com went live developed byJeff Minard (also the site developer ofBattlefield Heroes and BF2s.com). During the course of 2006 the site went through several redesigns and settled inBeta 2 in late 2006. The design of beta 2 is the same design on the site today.ite Features
Posts
Posts are the main way for users to get help on the site. By posting it will show up on the main page for a short period of time and can be searched for and
tagged for users to reply to. The site also has ananonymous features for users who wish not to reveal themselves when posting or replying on the site. Posts can also contain polls for users to participate in.Chatroom
Another popular feature on the site is the ability to use the chatroom for live help from various users of the site at any time of day. Although it is required to register to talk in the chat, it is not required to register to view it.
Profiles
Users are allowed to create profiles to express some common information that they may choose to show. The profiles also show some statistics about the user and some of their recent posts and replies. Users can also become friends with other users and invite them to discussions on the site that they may find interest in.
Tags
The site also uses a
tags system to categorize posts and to help users find posts in their interest set to reply to. This system makes it easier to help users who post about common topics you know most about.References
External links
* [http://www.help.com/ Help.com]
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