Whatever happened to Quora?
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Whatever happened to Quora?
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#2That's based off search volume on the term isn't it? Meaning that there was a spike of new people hearing about the service. Just because the initial media attention has come off doesn't mean those attracted in the spike aren't still around.
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#3Generally, this is how most sites work. For each successive wave of popularity, they'll experience a spike followed by a decline, but the decline is to a higher level than it was pre-spike.
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#4Trends for Websites is much better for actual site traffic estimates.
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#5The spike probably had a lot to do with the release of Tron: Legacy on December 17 who had a character named Quorra which could easily be misspelled as Quora. The trend for Quorra largely follows this spike as seen at http://www.google.com/trends?q=quorra&ctab=0&geo=all...
Nothing happend to Quora.com.
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#6The spike probably had a lot to do with the release of Tron: Legacy on December 17 who had a character named Quorra which could easily be misspelled as Quora. The trend for Quorra largely follows this spike as seen at http://www.google.com/trends?q=quorra&ctab=0&geo=all... Nothing happend to Quora.com.
Hmmm. Is this an established practice for choosing product names? (regardless of whether it was intentional in this case)
Excuse me while I look up the cast list of the next James Cameron movie.
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#7I guess the hype is wearing off? It was bound to happen when it was evangelized like the second coming of christ by TechCrunch et al. I'm guessing that the vast majority of users is realizing that it's not much more than a new Q&A-site that was fortunate/skilled enough to get a lot of Silicon Valley elite on board as users at an early stage.
It will be interesting to watch Quora in the coming times, they're facing some of the same troubles as HN is facing: it gained popularity because the quality of content was high due to the contributors often being well-connected SV-elite. Now they're facing the backlash of popularity; low-quality content on both the Q and A side of the equation.
EDIT: Not to say that SV-elite means guaranteed quality content, but "they" provided(provides?) a lot of interesting insight on Quora.
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#8Google Trends monitors search terms, not traffic. The Google Trends graph is relative to the total search volume for the keyword Quora.
Web traffic is a very different thing. It's how many people actually visit a site. Here's an estimate of Quora's traffic: http://www.quantcast.com/Quora.com
You can see that while they've experienced a significant peak in traffic that has resulted in a recent decrease, they're doing very well.
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#9The spike probably had a lot to do with the release of Tron: Legacy on December 17 who had a character named Quorra which could easily be misspelled as Quora. The trend for Quorra largely follows this spike as seen at http://www.google.com/trends?q=quorra&ctab=0&geo=all... Nothing happend to Quora.com.
Hmmm. Is this an established practice for choosing product names? (regardless of whether it was intentional in this case) Excuse me while I look up the cast list of the next James Cameron movie.
The rate of people who would visit your new product and then immediately leave would be high. Generally, this is called bounce rate.
A few people might see your product and stick around, but I think that the brand confusion (and potential law suit) might be strong enough con's to negate these few users.
Re: Whatever happened to Quora?
#10The spike probably had a lot to do with the release of Tron: Legacy on December 17 who had a character named Quorra which could easily be misspelled as Quora. The trend for Quorra largely follows this spike as seen at http://www.google.com/trends?q=quorra&ctab=0&geo=all... Nothing happend to Quora.com.
That explains it. I actually like quora, so got worried. Now i 'm off to buy WimpyKidRodrickRules.com