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Ask HN: Should I build this? Knowlegde base for questions Google couldn't asnwer
3 points by ElbertF on Sept 16, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments
Google often returns only a few unhelpful results when searching for obscure error messages. Sometimes I find the answer myself after some debugging and feel that I should share it in case someone else is looking for the same thing. Answering my own question on a message board seems silly and often so does blogging about it.

Would it be helpful to have website where you can add your query along with the answer so Google can index it? Perhaps in the form of a wiki or a message board? Would you use it?



I feel exactly the same way. I've got a little google notebook going called "Things that should have been on the internets but weren't".

I've pondered the same dilemma about the narcissistic elements of a blog where I just answer my own dumb questions.

But this stuff really should be on the internet dammit! That's what its for, imho.

So yes. Hell yes, I'd use it. I might even go so far as to help you build it.


Cool. Any ideas on how it should work?




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