ANSW

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General Info:
Answers Corporation operates an answer-based search service to computer users through its Web site, www.answers.com. Through its Web site, it provides instant information on approximately 2 million topics in various subjects. Answers are drawn from a comprehensive list of reference sources. The company draws traffic directly to its site, as well as partners with companies, such as The NY Public Library, A9.com, Firefox, Opera, and others to provide services to their users. The company was incorporated in 1998. It was formerly known as GuruNet Corporation and changed its name to Answers Corporation in October 2005. Answers Corporation is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel.
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Answers Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2005 Financial Results
Thursday , February 16, 2006 16:07 ET
NEW YORK, February 16, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Answers Corporation (NASDAQ: ANSW), creators of Answers.com(TM), today reported unaudited financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2005.

"In 2005, we launched Answers.com and successfully put it on the Internet map," said Bob Rosenschein, Answers' Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "We integrate a rich combination of high-quality, credible, and easily accessible reference content, which we constantly grow. Through the frequent appearance of our content in search engine results, our distribution partnerships, and Answers.com's usefulness and popularity with end-users of all ages, we continually build our traffic. Through our ad partnerships, we continue to translate that traffic into positive new revenue opportunities."

Q4 2005 Financial Results

- Answers reported revenues of $889,000 for the fourth quarter of 2005, an increase of 58% compared to the third quarter of 2005.
- Answers.com ad revenues, which accounted for the vast majority of the Company's revenues, were $807,000 for the fourth quarter of 2005, compared to $500,000 in the third quarter of 2005, or 61% sequential growth.
- GAAP operating loss in the fourth quarter of 2005 was $1,979,000, an increase of 61% compared to the third quarter of 2005. The increase was due primarily to the amortization of acquired technology and deferred compensation, and write-off of in-process research and development (IPR&D), resulting from the acquisition of Brainboost Technology, LLC, in December 2005.
- Non-GAAP operating loss in the fourth quarter of 2005 was $1,074,000, a decrease of 4% compared to the third quarter of 2005.
- GAAP net loss in the fourth quarter of 2005 was $1,816,000, an increase of 67% compared to the third quarter of 2005. GAAP net loss per share for the fourth quarter of 2005 was $.25 on 7.2 million basic and diluted shares outstanding, compared to $.15 for the third quarter of 2005, on 7.1 million basic and diluted shares outstanding.
- Non-GAAP net loss in the fourth quarter of 2005 was $912,000, a decrease of 7% compared to the third quarter of 2005. Non-GAAP net loss per share was $.13 for the fourth quarter of 2005, compared to $.14 in the third quarter of 2005.

Non-GAAP operating expenses, Non-GAAP operating loss, Non-GAAP net loss, and Non-GAAP loss per share are computed net of certain material items, as follows: (1) stock-based compensation (2) amortization of acquired technology and deferred compensation, and write-off of in-process research and development (IPR&D), resulting from the acquisition of Brainboost Technology, LLC. On December 1, 2005, the Company acquired Brainboost Technology, LLC, creators of the Brainboost Answer Engine, for $4 million in cash and 439,000 shares of restricted stock, including certain price protection rights. Further details regarding this transaction can be found in the Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 7, 2005, Commission File No. 1-32255. The Non-GAAP financial measures are provided to enhance the overall understanding of our current financial performance and prospects for the future. Specifically, we believe the Non-GAAP financial measures provided are useful information to both management and investors by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our core operating results. These measures should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance with GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute for or superior to GAAP results. The Non-GAAP financial measures have been reconciled to the nearest GAAP measure and are included at the end of this release.

Full Year 2005 Financial Results

For the year ended December 31, 2005, Answers reported total revenues of $2,053,000.
GAAP operating loss in 2005 was $6,517,000
GAAP net loss for 2005 was $6,014,000.
As of December 31, 2005, Answers had cash, cash equivalents and investment securities of approximately $14 million.
Answers employed 48 employees as of December 31, 2005, up from 45 as of September 30, 2005 and 28 as of December 31, 2004.
Due to the change in the Company's business model in January 2005, the results in 2005 are not easily comparable to the results in 2004; therefore such comparisons were omitted from this press release. Notwithstanding, as required under SEC rules, the Company's 2005 financial results will be compared to its 2004 financial results in its financial statements that will be included on Form 10-KSB, to be filed no later than March 31, 2006.

Business Outlook - First Quarter 2006

The following business outlook is based on the Company's current information and expectations as of February 16, 2006. Answers' business outlook will not be updated until the release of Answers' next quarterly earnings announcement, notwithstanding subsequent developments; however, Answers may update the outlook or any portion thereof at any time.

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ANSW: Q4 Results Adj (13c) vs (20c); Beats (14c) Est; In-Line Guidance
Thursday , February 16, 2006 16:14 ET
QUARTER RESULTS
Answers Corporation (ANSW) reported Q4 results ended December 2005. Q4 Revenues were $0.89M; +1,012.50% vs yr-ago; BEATING revenue consensus by +3.49%. Q4 EPS was (25c). Adjusted Q4 EPS was (13c); +35.00% vs yr-ago; BEATING earnings consensus by +7.14%.

Q4 RESULTS      Reported      Year-Ago     Y/Y Chg      Estimate    SURPRISE
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Revenues:         $0.89M        $0.08M  +1,012.50%        $0.86M      +3.49%
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EPS:               (25c)           N/A         N/A           N/A         N/A
Adj EPS:           (13c)         (20c)     +35.00%         (14c)      +7.14%
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QUARTERLY GUIDANCE:
Company issues Next-Q Revenue guidance IN-LINE with consensus estimate, expecting: "Revenue of $1M-$1.05M"

Company provided NO EPS guidance for next quarter.

YEAR-END RESULTS
Co. also reported Year-End results ended December 2005. FY Revenues were $2.05M; +978.95% vs yr-ago; BEATING revenue consensus by +1.49%. FY EPS was (88c). Adjusted FY EPS was (60c); +79.31% vs yr-ago; BEATING earnings consensus by +21.05%.


FY RESULTS      Reported      Year-Ago     Y/Y Chg      Estimate    SURPRISE
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Revenues:         $2.05M        $0.19M    +978.95%        $2.02M      +1.49%
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EPS:               (88c)           N/A         N/A           N/A         N/A
Adj EPS:           (60c)       ($2.90)     +79.31%         (76c)     +21.05%

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ANSW: Adams Harkness Starts @ Buy; Sets Tgt @ $20; Analyst Notes
Monday , February 06, 2006 09:13 ET
Issuer: Answers Corporation (NasdaqNM: ANSW)
Analyst Firm:  Adams Harkness & Hill Inc.
Ratings Action: INITIATE
Current Rating: Buy
Target Price Action: INITIATE
Target Price: $20.00
Analyst Comments: The firm sees increased traffic monetization via additional ad elements; increased traffic from new content and expanded partnerships as potential catalysts.
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Answers.Com Celebrates First Birthday, Readies Natural Language Questions and More in 2006
Thursday , January 05, 2006 08:17 ET

NEW YORK, January 5, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Answers Corporation (NASD: ANSW) is celebrating the one-year anniversary of Answers.com(TM), its answer-based search engine. Launched in January 2005, Answers.com provides integrated, editorially-culled information on more than 1.5 million topics.

"Answers.com's differentiation boils down to two words: instant gratification," said Bob Rosenschein, CEO of Answers Corporation. "That's a commitment to one-stop information about your topic on a single page, integrating information from diverse, attributed sources. In 2006, our newly acquired Brainboost technology will enable users to ask English-language questions, saving even more time and receiving smarter answers."

Over the last year, Answers.com has seen steady progress in query traffic, monetization rates and revenues. Rosenschein added, "In the new year, Answers.com looks to dramatically deepen its content, especially in monetizable verticals, and advance our user interface and technology. We are confident about meeting our 2006 goals."

Since its launch, Answers.com has worked towards making the Internet a safer and more reliable destination for students, in particular. In addition to the launch of a free online toolkit for teachers and an online citation tool for students, Answers.com has partnered with the New York Public Library to launch homeworkNYC.org, a site designed to help New York students with their homework.

Other inaugural year milestones:

- Integration in new versions of Firefox and Opera browsers

- Partnership with Shopping.com, an eBay company and one of the leading shopping destinations online

- Launch of Mobile Answers (mobile.answers.com) for cell phones

- Introduced the Find As You Type feature, which determines in real-time the topic you are searching for

- Re-branding founding company GuruNet as Answers Corporation, listed on NASDAQ as ANSW

In its first year, Answers.com has also been acknowledged by media and outside groups for its usability, breadth of content and credibility. Accolades included:

- "The best Internet innovation in years" -- Forbes.com

- "Answers.com is also a start toward a new search paradigm where the object is to provide real instant information, not just links to pages where that information may, or may not, be found." -- Wall Street Journal

- 10 Coolest Web sites of 2005 -- Time magazine

- Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Award, the only award program ever recognized by Disney
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Answers.com Doubles Content Over Previous Six Months

Tuesday , February 28, 2006 08:47 ET

NEW YORK, February 28, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Answers Corporation (NASD: ANSW), creators of Answers.com, reported this week a substantial increase in the number of available topics over the previous six months, to more than three million. The growth was driven by the licensing of new brand-name titles and an expanded focus on the creation of original, topical content.

"This rapid increase to three million topics shows that we are expanding our collection of AnswerPages in order to provide our users with the trusted, reliable, and comprehensive information they are looking for," explained Jeff Cutler, Answers' chief revenue officer. "At the same time, we're continuing to add monetizable elements to our AnswerPages, such as advertising and price comparisons, in order to deliver this compelling, premium content for free. Overall usage has increased significantly over the previous six months, in part due to an increase from search engines that find our content valuable," Cutler said. "We have identified a key scalable technique for increasing traffic and revenues: As we add new content titles, we see traffic and revenues rise as more people find what they are looking for. We have an aggressive plan for 2006 to add quality content at a rapid pace. We're especially looking forward to offering authoritative, name-brand content not typically available on any other free site."

Among the new titles that were recently added are a leading legal encyclopedia, and the Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, both licensed from Thomson Gale, as well as several other titles covering such diverse topics as word origins, gardening, geology, pop performers' biographies, and ornithology. Answers Corporation has also extended its long-term agreements with some of its key content partners, such as Houghton Mifflin Company - the source of more than a dozen titles integrated into Answers.com - and the Computer Language Company, publisher of the Computer Desktop Encyclopedia.

"We are pleased to both extend and expand our strategic partnership with Answers.com," stated David Langevin, vice president and director of electronic markets for Houghton Mifflin's Trade and Reference Division. "Answers' unique business model is a win for both our firms and Internet users everywhere, because users of Answers.com gain access to our authoritative, rich-content titles while we are able to extend our brand to new markets."

The most recently added content from brand-name sources includes the following titles:

- A leading legal encyclopedia, including legal biographies and definitions, published by Thomson Gale

- Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer, published by Thomson Gale

- Pop performers' biographies and album reviews from All Media Guide

- Peterson Field Guide(R) to Western Birds and Peterson Field Guide(R) to Rocks and Minerals, published by Houghton Mifflin

- Taylor's Dictionary for Gardeners, published by Houghton Mifflin

- The World in So Many Words, a dictionary of international word origins, published by Houghton Mifflin

- The Chronology of American Literature, a bank of biographies of American authors, published by Houghton Mifflin

- The Jargon File, a glossary of hacker slang

To supplement this syndicated content, the Answers.com editorial team has stepped up its effort to write original, unique content. In particular, the team has been producing Resource Centers, thought-provoking overviews of the histories and meanings behind popular (as well as unfamiliar) holidays and events, ranging from the Olympics to Kwanzaa to the Academy Awards.



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CBSNews.com Partners With Answers.com to Enhance News With Instant Access to Reference Information
Monday October 23, 11:45 am ET
The New Feature, Called "AnswerTips," Now Available on CBSNews.com

NEW YORK, October 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CBSNews.com and Answers Corporation (NASDAQ: ANSW - News), the creators of Answers.com(TM), announced today the launch of AnswerTips, a new search mechanism that will enhance and enrich the CBSNews.com user experience. This new and easy-to-use feature is a reference tool for users to obtain additional information on select CBSNews.com content. In addition, CBSNews.com will provide headlines as well as breaking and current news stories to the Answers.com website.
This is the first-ever web-based implementation of AnswerTips, which is typically available only through Answers.com's downloadable software, 1-Click Answers(TM). It will be one of many tools on CBSNews.com that allow users to dig deeper, learning more about subjects and topics in the news. AnswerTips joins other CBSNews.com features, including CBS News FYI, a daily fact-sheet that provides background and history for stories covered on the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC. Combined with content rich CBSNews.com interactives, CBS News FYI and AnswerTips are a direct response to viewers' desire for more context and background information on CBS EVENING NEWS stories.

This interactive tool is accessed on CBSNews.com by simply pressing and holding the ALT key while clicking on any word or phrase of interest. A co-branded AnswerTips information window will open instantly, providing definitions, biographies, historical background, maps and countless other relevant information on nearly four million topics. A click on the "More" button in the AnswerTip window delivers even more in-depth content about the topic from Answers.com.

"CBSNews.com is committed to providing our audience with the latest breaking news and the deepest background materials available anywhere," said Betsy Morgan, Senior Vice President, CBS Digital Media. "This partnership with Answers Corporation gives us another tool to reach that goal."

"CBS News has once again raised the bar on their excellent, authoritative coverage of the news, said Jeff Cutler, Chief Revenue Officer of Answers Corporation, "We are very pleased to 'Answers-enable' CBSNews.com, offering visitors at CBSNews.com the ability to learn even more by expanding on the news they read, literally as they read it."

In addition to the CBSNews.com partnership, Answers.com powers the reference search within leading portals and search engines such as Amazon.com's A9, Firefox, Opera, Info.com and HomeWorkNYC.org, the education site of the New York, Brooklyn and Queens Public Libraries.

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Answer Software on Explorer Add-On List
Thursday October 19, 3:40 pm ET
Answer Software Selected to Appear on List of Recommended Add-Ons for Internet Explorer 7

NEW YORK (AP) -- Answers Corp., which operates the Internet reference site Answers.com, on Thursday said Microsoft Corp. chose its 1-Click Answers application to appear on its list of recommended add-ons for the newly released Internet Explorer 7 Web browser.
With 1-Click Answers, computer users can press and hold the "Alt" key while clicking with their mouse on any word or phrase of interest to evoke an AnswerTip information bubble. The bubble contains information relevant to that word or phrase.
Microsoft released Internet Explorer 7 on Wednesday.
Shares of Answers rose $2.07, or 19.1 percent, to $12.93 in afternoon trading on the Nasdaq. Shares of Microsoft fell 33 cents to $28.20 on the Nasdaq.

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ANSW (ANSWERS CORP )  I got in at $10 and it's now over $16.  Lots of talk about a take over from a large portal. It has an alliance with both Yahoo and Wikipedia. 

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"ANSW" Threads have been Merged.
Please use the search before starting new threads on a Stock Pick.
Chances are a thread already exist.
So why not post whatever you have to comment about on that pick to that thread.
"Simplicity" My fellow traders.                                                    
All history on a stock pick in 1 thread is awesome.                                                      
Just trying to get threads together,so we don't have a numerous amount floating around on the same stock.                                               
Thank You....and good luck with all your trades....make some $$$                    


Here is today's closing chart.......

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Just in from the Yahoo Message Board:

What does "critical mass" look like on a stock chart?

1) Accumulation levels spiking
2) Stochastics running in the 90's
3) RSI air brushing 70
4) CMF spike UP
5) CCI just now crossing 100
6) Sustained and noticeable bullish volume
7) OBV at its highest level since May05
Rapidly approaching recent highs
9) The ratio between ANSW float and GOOG equal the ratio of today's respective close... only off by two hundreths of a point. (That's .02 for the non-math folk.)
10) The P&F chart shows a DOUBLE TOP BREAKOUT with a "preliminary" bullish target of 28.50. (Now where have I seen that number before?)