Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers blog

Here at Answers HQ we’re always working on improvements and new features to ensure you, the community, get the most out of Answers. Today is no different.

Starting today and running over the next two months or so, we’re going to be testing an exciting new feature on the UK & Ireland Answers homepage for a lucky few of you. We wanted to let you know, just in case you’d noticed some slight changes.

So who are the “lucky few?”  If you’re a UK & Ireland Answers user who’s Level 2 or above and are signed-in, you might see something different with the questions you see on the Homepage.

Don’t worry, it’s nothing drastic: you should just see the order, that some of the questions on the Homepage appear, slightly change. You might find the questions are more suited to your interests and areas of expertise, rather than those most recently posted.

We wanted to blog about this to allay any fears you might have of the new behaviour on the site and to ensure you were all aware of the feature. We hope you like it: if you see it and would like to send us some feedback, please do so to the official UK & Ireland Answers team account y_answrs_team_uk@yahoo.co.uk.

Many thanks!

– Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers team

We know you are all knowledge savvy. We know you like to be surrounded by masterminds and locate some of the smartest people on Answers. But what about those geniuses you meet in the street, or maybe have known for years?

What could be better than having them on Answers, just a couple of clicks away, answering your questions?

Why don’t you invite them to participate on Answers and join your network? It will take you just a minute and you’ll be sure all your friends, family and colleagues are there to answer your queries… and to have fun as well!

1. Log in to Answers
2. Click on My Profile
3. Click Invite contacts

4. Enter the details (name and email) of the person you want to invite. As you can see, you have room for 3 people, but you can repeat this process as many times as you want.

5. You can also modify the invite message, adding a more personal note.

6. If you want to browse the people from your address book, just click on “Find people on my Contact List”. You’ll see all the people you’ve added to your Yahoo! Address Book. Select all the contacts you want to invite.

7. When you finish, click Invite.

Enjoy!

A little less than a month ago, we gave you the opportunity to enter a Yahoo! Travel competition to win a trip to Turkey.

Today was the draw date and we are very proud to announce that the winner is… part of the Answers community!

Her name is Claire and she’ll be flying to the lovely Turkish coast thanks to Yahoo! Travel and Yahoo! Answers.

We all wish you an amazing trip and we hope you’ll bring back useful Turkish holiday-making tips and hints to share with us!

If you entered and didn’t win, why not try our latest competition to win a VIP tickets to the opening of ‘matter’, a new venue within London O2 arena?