Loopholes and inefficiencies abound in the Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) 'points economy' of Internet search leading to free service questions such as "Is the sky blue?"
A points economy is like a regular economy, with currency being points, not actual currency. Although you can't exchange these points for real-world goods, according to this WallStreetJournal.com article, you can accumulate them in a race to be the top point-getters.
This concept is being taken advantage of by Web sites setting up points systems to draw in users to help create "content" for them.
Read the full article to learn more about the points system and economy.
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