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ANSW could be worth $1.9 BILLION to GOOG!
If you annualize that number and give ANSW the same P/S ratio as GOOG you will get a $43.50 share price.

However, we believe ANSW will grow both their traffic and especially their revenue per thousand visitors much faster than this.

GOOG, for example, currently has revenue of $90 per thousand visitors. ANSW is only at the $6.32 level because their direct advertising business is at the ground-floor.

During the past quarter, ANSW has submitted proposals to the U.S. Army, Air Force, Ameritrade, Scottrade, Fidelity, Wachovia, GlaxoSmithKline, Schering-Plough, Disney, Kodak, Reebok, and dozens more.

ANSW is also hiring 11 new employees this quarter and building a strong advertising sales force.

Circuit City just signed a one-year advertising contract with ANSW after their advertising campaign on Answers.com was the most effective out of everywhere they advertise.

Therefore, we believe ANSW can realistically double their revenue per thousand visitors to $12-$13 within the next twelve months.

But keep in mind, if GOOG was to acquire ANSW, GOOG already has the advertising infrastructure in place to generate $90 per thousand visitors.

This means... at even today's daily hits of 4,860,000... GOOG would be generating $39.4 million in quarterly revenues from Answers.com if they were to acquire ANSW.

So for GOOG, an acquisition of ANSW could potentially add $1.9 billion to their market cap. So even paying $500 million+ for ANSW would be a huge bargain.

Remember, GOOG is now linking to Answers.com in every single search with their definition link. Why are they giving away all this traffic to ANSW for free?

What we believe would make even more sense for GOOG... is if they acquired ANSW and then integrated the Answers.com content into Google search results instead of using just a definition link. Imagine how much their quality of service would be improved!

ANSW is COMPLETELY UNDISCOVERED right now but won't be for long! There are only 7 million shares in the float! ANSW could EXPLODE very quickly!
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Sharpeyed.com Staff
http://sharpeyed.com

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Strong Buy Alert --- ANSW (Save this email and check back to see where ANSW is trading)
ANSW continues to show strength. ANSW just broke $16 and hit a high of $16.47! Next stop, the 52-week high of $17.87! This is just the beginning! You have seen NOTHING yet!

We are very confident that ANSW will go much higher!


Sharpeyed.com is not being compensated for covering ANSW. Sharpeyed.com profile ANSW dut to our study and research. Please do your own DD.

http://www.answers.com/

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Answers.com Named a Finalist in the Webware 100 Awards by CNET Webware Editors and the Web 2.0 User Community
Thursday May 31, 11:09 am ET

Online Voting Poll Open to Public to Select the Top 100 Winners

NEW YORK, May 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Answers Corporation (NASDAQ: ANSW - News), creators of Answers.com(TM), today announced that the site has been selected by the editors at CNET Webware as a finalist in the Reference category in the first-ever Webware 100 Awards. Answers.com was chosen from more than 4,000 user-submitted nominations. Winners will be announced on Monday, June 18, and posted on Webware.com, a CNET site.

Answers.com fans can vote at
http://www.webware.com/html/ww/100/2007/reference.html

Since its launch in January 2005, Answers.com has become one of the leading information portals on the Internet. Answers.com's collection of over four million answers is drawn from 180 titles from brand-name publishers, as well as original content created by Answers.com's own editorial team, community-contributed articles from Wikipedia, and user-generated questions & answers from Answers.com's industry-leading WikiAnswers(TM) (wiki.answers.com). The site offers useful answers in categories like business, health, travel, technology, science, entertainment, arts, history and many more.

The Webware 100 Awards recognize the best Web 2.0 sites, services and applications that are leading the next wave of innovation. Voting is open to the public from May 23 through June 11. More information about the award program can be found at www.webware.com/100.

About Answers.com

Answers Corporation (NASDAQ: ANSW - News) operates the award-winning Answers.com(TM) information portal, delivering comprehensive content on over four million topics spanning health, finance, entertainment, business and more. Content includes over 180 licensed titles from leading publishers such as Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep Group PLC, Barron's, Encyclopedia Britannica, Oxford University Press, All Media Guide and others; original articles written by Answers.com's editorial team; community-contributed articles from Wikipedia; and user-generated questions & answers from Answers.com's industry-leading WikiAnswers(TM) (wiki.answers.com). Founded in 1999 by CEO Bob Rosenschein, Answers.com can be launched directly from within Internet Explorer 7, Firefox and Opera browsers, and its service is integrated into sites like The New York Public Libraries' homeworkNYC.org, The New York Times, CBSNews.com and others. Answers.com is also available for mobile devices at mobile.answers.com. For investment information, visit ir.answers.com.


Investor Contact:
Bruce D. Smith, CFA
VP of Strategic Development
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Jay Bailey
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Source: Answers Corporation

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070531/ukth048.html?.v=1&printer…

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SeekingAlpha

Searching For Answers Corporation
Tuesday May 29, 4:00 pm ET

Zack Miller submits: Web 2.0 is awash with advertising-driven revenue models. Answers.com (NasdaqGM: ANSW - News) has grown quickly on the back of numerous trends: meta-dictionaries, blogging, aggregation and what I like to refer to as the Google (NasdaqGS: GOOG - News) Effect: stand back in awe and watch the after-effect of some good Google love. For the uninitiated, Answers receives much of its traffic from the ‘definition’ link where Google currently links (in an informal, non-contractual way) to Answers’ pages for definitions based on a list of trigger words.
Looking at average daily queries growth (the average of how many searches are conducted on Answers.com), we see impressive numbers. Traffic has grown 88% when comparing Q1 of 2007 over Q1 of 2006.

Web publishers tend to use the RPM metric (Revenues per thousand web pages served) as a measure of success in monetization effort and Answers is making good strides: 35% growth in RPM this quarter versus first quarter 2006. Things are looking good. While RPM growth is strong, it’s clearly lagging query growth. I’d like to see this catch up.

And that’s the rub.

The interesting thing here though is that while Answers.com’s content model is very much Web 2.0, its revenue model isn’t. Ad sales models are built on old-school principles: buy low, sell high. Admittedly, Answers needs to ramp up its sales efforts and execute. Managing a sales team is good for the business but is definitely not sexy. It costs money to hire good talent and takes even more time to manage them efficiently.

I won’t even get into the reliance on Google for traffic and monetization efforts. Google has Answers by the proverbial short-hairs and perhaps may eventually take them out. Until then, I’m nervous that Google plays such a crucial role in bringing the eyeballs and then monetizing them.

I love Answers’ service. My kids and I use it for book reports, science experiments (my daughter wanted to put an iPod in Coca Cola), and just good research. From my perch, Answers is now a show-me stock dependent on the good graces of Google and the execution of a sales team.

http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070529/36668_id.html?.v=2&…

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WallStreet Direct, Inc. Announces the Launch of New Interactive Tools to Enhance User Experience and Expand Content Distribution Channels

Thursday June 7, 7:00 am ET

NEW YORK, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- WallStreet Direct, Inc., the owner and operator of http://www.wallst.net, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Financial Media Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: FNGP - News) today announced the implementation of several new interactive tools designed to enhance user interaction with select content on the Web site.
On May 21, the Company announced a partnership with leading Web search solutions provider, Answers Corp. (Nadsaq: ANSW) to provide WallSt.net users access to AnswerTips, an interactive search mechanism that enables users to view reference information by double-clicking on any word or phrase of interest on the Web site. Once a word or phrase of interest is double-clicked, a co-branded AnswerTips information window appears, providing expanded financial data, definitions, biographies, company profiles and other relevant information on more than four million topics.

"AnswerTips is a perfect complement to our content," said Nick Iyer, President of WallStreet Direct, Inc. "We believe that the reference information available through the AnswerTips platform, coupled with its user-friendliness will keep our users on our site for a longer duration and provide a new depth to our content offering."

In addition to AnswerTips, WallSt.net users will now have the ability to post articles from WallSt.net to social bookmarking Web sites including Google Bookmarks, Digg(TM), Del.icio.us, Technorati, and Facebook® by clicking a "share" link positioned with the print tool.

"Social bookmarking provides a significant opportunity for us to expand our content distribution channels," said Iyer. "Our users are computer-savvy, educated, active investors. This new capability extends the Web-based dialog and leverages our existing users to share our content with online communities and their readers."

About WallStreet Direct, Inc.

WallStreet Direct, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Financial Media Group, Inc., owns and operates http://www.wallst.net . The Web site is a leading provider of financial news, media, tools and community-driven applications for informed investors. WallSt.net offers visitors free access to its in-depth executive interviews, exclusive editorial content, breaking news, and several proprietary applications. In addition to its Web site, WallStreet Direct, Inc. publishes a newspaper, and provides multimedia advertising solutions to small and mid-sized publicly traded companies.

About Financial Media Group, Inc.

Financial Media Group, Inc. is a diversified media and advertising company that owns and operates http://www.wallst.net , a branded financial consumer gateway that provides in-depth, original, multimedia editorial content, up-to-the-minute business news, and comprehensive financial tools and data for investors. In addition to WallSt.net, Financial Media Group, Inc. owns and operates http://www.mywallst.net , the Web's first multimedia social network for the global financial community, and "The Wealth Expo," (http://www.thewealthexpo.com ), a leading producer of educational investor expositions that are held across the United States. For more information, visit http://www.financialmediagroupinc.com .

Forward-Looking Statements:

This press release includes forward-looking statements concerning the future performance of our business, its operations and its financial performance and condition, and also includes selected operating results presented without the context of accompanying financial results. These forward-looking statements include, among others, statements with respect to our objectives and strategies to achieve those objectives, as well as statements with respect to our beliefs, plans, expectations, anticipations, estimates or intentions. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations. We caution that all forward-looking information is inherently uncertain and actual results may differ materially from the assumptions, estimates or expectations reflected or contained in the forward-looking information, and that actual future performance will be affected by a number of factors, including economic conditions, technological change, regulatory change and competitive factors, many of which are beyond our control. Therefore, future events and results may vary significantly from what we currently foresee. We are under no obligation (and we expressly disclaim any such obligation) to update or alter the forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Source: WallStreet Direct, Inc.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070607/lath007.html?.v=96&printe…

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ANSW mentioned on this weekend's Barron's as one of the top takeover targets:
Key Query for Internet Dealmakers: Author, Author?
By ERIC J. SAVITZ

IT ALL SEEMS SO LOGICAL.

In recent weeks, the Internet sector has been picked nearly clean of independent online advertising and marketing firms. Google (ticker: GOOG) triggered the shopping spree in mid-April with its $3.1 billion deal to buy DoubleClick. Two weeks after that, Yahoo! (YHOO) agreed to buy the 80% of Right Media it didn't already own for $680 million. In mid-May, the advertising giant WPP Group (WPPGY) inked a $649 million agreement to buy 24/7 Real Media (TFSM). And that was followed almost immediately by Microsoft's (MSFT) announcement of its biggest deal ever, a $6 billion acquisition of aQuantive (AQNT).

More than $10 billion later, with just one decent-sized independent online ad player left -- ValueClick (VCLK), which I'll come back to in a bit -- the stock market in its infinite wisdom has decided that the obvious next move would be consolidation of the Internet content business. Seems logical. If the Internet advertising sector is going to be big enough to create a feeding frenzy among the companies serving up the ads, then you'd think it should be boom times for the content players.

Ergo, time to shop for content stocks...right? Well, not necessarily.

Certainly, it isn't hard to come with a list of potential targets. CNET (CNET), a subject of recurring takeover rumors, is the company to buy for tech news and reviews. WebMD (WBMD) offers one of the few sources of premium content on health-related topics. BankRate (RATE) offers info on mortgages and other loans. There's TheStreet.com (TSCM), for stock information. The Knot (KNOT), for wedding-related information. Answers.com (ANSW), for, well, answers to your every question. For the ultra speculative crowd, you can bet on micro-caps like PlanetOut (LGBT) and Quepasa (QPSA).

What I've been wondering is: Why haven't any of these companies been bought so far?

There's no single reason, but I have a general theory. Problem No. 1: None of the key buyers in the recent ad-firm consolidation -- Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft -- appear all that interested in owning companies that pay people to create content.
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Tech Tenacity: Technology stocks absorbed a less severe beating last week than rate-sensitive names, but the Nasdaq's 1.5% loss was its fourth decline over the past five weeks.

And that leads us to Problem No. 2. What those companies -- and their counterparts in the mainstream media -- actually are interested in is user-generated content. They're enamored of social networks, places where users will return over and over again to entertain and socialize with each other. We have met the content, and it is us.

Ergo, Google paid $1.65 billion for YouTube. Just a few days ago, rumors resurfaced that Yahoo! might make a run at the social networking site FaceBook. News Corp. (NWS) -- which may or may not end up owning Dow Jones, publisher of this magazine -- two years ago spent $580 million for MySpace, in what was almost certainly one of the bargains of the century; its value likely has gone up 10-fold or more. More recently, it bought photo-sharing site Photobucket. CBS in recent weeks has acquired the cutesy stock-market Web video site WallStrip, as well as the Internet radio provider Last.fm; those two provide more traditional content, video and music, but they do it the Internet way: on the cheap.

Meanwhile, we get to Problem No. 3. The barriers to creating compelling content on the Web are falling rapidly. CNET, for instance, faces challenges from a host of all-purpose gadget blogs, like Engadget and Gizmodo, and more specialized sites like Digital Photography Review, which by the way was recently acquired by Amazon.com (AMZN). Content is spreading into the long tail; the niche markets aren't that niche-y any more.

What buyers want, in other words, is not paid-content creators (i.e., people like me); they want content-creation tools that consumers (i.e., people like you) can use to produce their own content. It's about photo-sharing and networking and video creation, and blogs and podcasts and wikis. Paid writers and editors creating content? How Web 1.0.

I'm not actually convinced that very many of those Web content companies I mentioned earlier are going to be acquired anytime soon. WebMD has a nice niche, but trades for 100-times 2007 earnings estimates; hard to imagine how much higher a bidder could go. I've never believed in the CNET rumors; I think there is simply too much competition for the tech advertising dollar for it to maintain an advantage over more niche-oriented tech sites. The Street.com does good journalism, but remains so closely tied to Jim Cramer that it is hard to know what it might really be worth. PlanetOut is in financial crisis and could end up insolvent. Quepasa is a micro-cap turnaround story. Answers.com has been trading wildly and generates scant revenue. My colleague Tiernan Ray makes the case for BankRate and The Knot in a story posted last week on Barrons.com ("Tasty Internet Acquisition Targets," June 6); but even there I am skeptical that the shares are cheap enough to lure a buyer.

Speaking at a conference in Santa Clara, California last week, Cisco Systems' (CSCO) Dan Scheinman, vice president and general manager of the company's media solutions group, asserted that "community" over the next few years will become a better source of information for many people than search engines. And therein lies the problem for the Web content companies: Professionally produced content is yesterday's story. The growth is in social networks and community.

In a report Thursday, Spencer Wang, an analyst at Bear Stearns, noted that traffic to just six sites with user-generated content -- Myspace.com, Facebook.com, Youtube.com, Wikipedia.org, Blogger.com and Digg.com -- accounted for 13% of U.S. Internet traffic in April, up from 7% a year earlier, and a mere 0%-1% as recently as 2004. That's where the action is.

A final point. Stock activity doesn't necessarily mean an actual takeover bid is coming. ValueClick shares gyrated wildly after Microsoft announced its deal with aQuantive, as investors more or less ignored a potentially highly damaging FTC investigation into the company's lead-generation business. Last week, there was speculation about the possible sale of Monster.com (MNST), which has gone through a complete management overhaul, and Netflix.com (NFLX), which was rumored a potential target for Amazon. Again, I'm not sure that any of those companies is going to actually be acquired at current prices. What you really want to buy are sites like FaceBook and Digg and MySpace; alas, you can't.

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