Q&A Categories

1. It Feels Good to Help Others. You get to help others by sharing your knowledge. When your first user sincerely thanks you for helping them, you will see just how good it feels.


2. Generate Qualified Leads for Your Business. By answering people’s questions, you build trust. The next time that person needs to buy your product or service, they will remember you and may decide to buy from you. You are allowed to include a link to your site in your profile and answers.


3. Build Powerful Links Back to Your Site. If you have a website, feel free to include it in your profile and in your answers. Inbound links have the potential to increase your link popularity and cause your own site to rank higher in the search engines.


4. Get Recognition and Prestige. The next time someone searches for a keyword related to your industry in Google or another search engine, one of your expert answers could appear – showing you as the web’s premier authority in the field!


5. There’s No Risk and No Obligation. You can control how many questions you get and when you get them - so no need to worry about getting overloaded. And… you can cancel your account any time.

It's Fast and Simple. Just click on the Apply to Be an Expert link on any page within the site. Choose the specific 3rd-level category you wish to be an expert for and fill out the quick application form. As long as your application indicates knowledge of the topic and is written in good English, your application should be approved within 24 hours. Click Here to Apply to Be an Expert Now

If you want all the prestige and other tangible benefits of being an expert in your field, there are just a few simple requirements:

1. You must have advanced knowledge of the topic
2. You must be able to write clearly using proper English
3. You must respond to all answers within 3 days. If you will not be able to answer questions for a certain time period, you will need to set your status as “Unavailable” from within your Expert Account Center
4. Your responses must always be polite and friendly

You control how many questions you get and how often you get them by editing your settings within your Expert Account Center.

No problem. You can go into your Expert Account Center any time and set your Availability Status to “Unavailable” for as long as you like.

In order to provide a valuable service to the public, all answers must be answered or in some way responded to within 3 days. We will send you reminder emails to remind you when there is a question that is pending for too long. If you do not wish to answer the question for some reason, you will just need to select a reason why so we can notify the person asking the question. As long as you either answer a question, or select a reason why you don’t want to answer it, your expert status will remain Active.

You will be able to check off a reason stating why you don’t wish to answer the question. As long as you either answer a question, or select a reason why you don’t want to answer it, your expert status will remain Active.