We never said that there were no good uses for the tool. We even said people could double-click on a single word and that overall it worked well. Our suggestion was to make it better by allowing multi-word selections.

Multi-word selection would allow for context. Even in your examples, LOL and EPS could mean a multitude of things to different people in different instances.

Yes, you are correct about Google Search linking to Answers.com for definitions. But, you failed to read the post thoroughly. We never questioned the validity of the information provided by AnswerTips. We only pointed out its limitations by only allowing single word selections.

As for revolutionary, this technology and concept has been around for years. The reason it has never taken off is partly because of timing and the things we have pointed out.

IMO You had some stupid comments in you writing here. Personally I think that the tool is great! Do you actually understand that some visitors don’t always understand every single word on some website crammed with terminologies or that some visitors may not speak English as their first language? Let say for instance that I don’t understand what LOL means or maybe EPS (do you know what does the second one means) if you have AnswerTips enabled on you website I could instantly double-clicked the words and get the information I need, peaty cool don’t you think? AnswerTips is a revolutionary tool.

PS. Google itself uses answers.com for definition words. Go check out yourself. Search anything on Google and look for the definition on the upper left corner and then click on the word

Best regards, AW