Users search for the meaning of life on phones

With 'What's the meaning of life' the most popular question from UK and Ireland, mobile answer service AQA 63336 has answered over 3 million questions

London, 9 August 2006 - IssueBits Limited, the number one provider of text question answering services in the UK and Ireland, today announces that its AQA 63336 (Any Question Answered) service has answered over three million paid questions since launching in April 2004. At the top of the most common questions is "What's the meaning of life".

"AQA was the first premium text based question answering service to launch anywhere in the world. With our focus on speed and quality, generating strong word-of-mouth recommendations, AQA has accelerated from taking 19 months to answer its first million to less than four months for its third million paid questions," said Colly Myers, CEO.

IssueBits leadership position in question answering has recently been extended by being the first company to launch a question answering service in the Republic of Ireland. With a continued focus on providing a great customer service, IssueBits continues to see rapid growth in the AQA service with over 10,000 paid questions asked each day.

"AQA provides information, advice and entertainment on any subject in any location at any time . In the last two and a half years we've continually sought to improve the AQA service, and as a result have built up a core base of loyal customers, some of whom have asked over 1,000 questions since launch," continued Colly Myers.

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Available in the UK on 63336 for £1, and the Republic of Ireland on 57275 for €2, AQA has human researchers accessing its database of 3 million questions and answers to provide quick, concise, quality answers to any question texted from your mobile phone

The top 5 most popular questions asked are:

1. What's the meaning of life?
2. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
3. Why is the sky blue?
4. Why do men have nipples?
5. How can get a job working for AQA?

For more information contact:

Donald Parish donald.parish@shinecom.com
Shine Communications Tel: +442071007100