Dr. Ravi Singh

WHO IS Quora?

Quora is a question-and-answer social platform.

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WHAT THEY DO?

Quora provides a platform where people ask questions and get answers from the community. Anyone gets the chance to ask and answer questions. The discussions get followed and could be edited by other users.

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HOW THEY WORK?

To sign up for Quora, click the sign-up option where you'll be asked to register using your email or by using your Gmail or Facebook login. Quora requires users to register with their real names. After sign-in, users can engage in the discussions asking or answering questions.

BEST PRACTICE:

Make sure to give the best answers for better ranks. Quora has a proprietary algorithm to rank answers.

By sharing valuable and evidence-based information in the discussions, you stand a chance to be recognized by Quora.

You can use Quora World Meetup as a forum to meet new people, network, and have fun.

HISTORY:

In June 2009, Quora was co-founded by Adam D'Angelo and Charlie Cheever.

In March 2010, Quora, Inc. was valued at $86 million.

On June 21, 2010, Quora became available to the public.

In June 2011, Quora redesigned the navigation and usability of its website.

In January 2013, Quora launched a blogging platform.

In April 2014, Quora raised $80 million from Tiger Global.

In March 2016, Quora acquired the online community website Parlio.

In October 2016, Quora launched a Spanish version of its website.

In early 2017, a beta version of Quora in French was announced.

In April 2017, Quora claimed to have 190 million monthly visitors.

In May 2017, beta Quora versions in German and Italian were introduced.

In September 2017, a beta version in Japanese was launched.

In April 2018, Beta versions in Hindi, Portuguese, and Indonesian were launched.

In September 2018, Quora announced that new versions in Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Dutch would be introduced.

In September 2018, Quora was receiving 300 million monthly visitors.

In December 2018, approximately 100 million user accounts were affected by a data breach.

By May 2019, Quora was valued at $2 billion.

In December 2019, Quora opened its first international engineering office in Vancouver.

TIPS:

Improve your social marketing strategy by creating a separate blog on Quora.

Look for questions with the most followers and fewer or no answers and respond to them.

Remember to use your official details and mention your brand. This will help build your online presence.

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