YAHOO TO SHUT DOWN ANSWERS SITE MAY 4

Yahoo Answers, one of the longestrunning question- and- answer sites on the internet, is shutting down after 16 years. The site will shutter on May 4, according to the Yahoo Answers homepage on Monday. An FAQ page said users won't be able to post any new questions or answers after April 20. Previous questions and answers can be viewed on the site until May 4 when they will be redirected to the Yahoo homepage. Yahoo Answers users can request their old data to download, including previous questions and answers they've posted before a June 30 deadline.