Eng-Tips Forums

Eng-Tips Forums
Type of site
 Collaboration
Available in English
Owner Tecumseh Group
Website eng-tips.com/
Commercial Yes
Registration Optional
Launched November 4, 1997 (1997-11-04)
Current status Active

Eng-Tips Forums is an English-language knowledge market website that allows users to post engineering-related questions to be answered and answer questions asked by other users.[1] The targeted audience of Eng-Tips is engineering professionals.[2]

The website's content is primarily composed of engineering forums.[3] All of the content is generated by the users of the website. The forums' subjects include several areas of engineering, including aerospace, structural, and mechanical.[4] Users of the website have the option of marking a post as helpful, flagging it as inappropriate,[5] or doing nothing with the post. Marking a post as helpful gives stars to the person creating the post. The website is designed for professional engineers and discourages students from posting homework questions.[5]

Members of the website have the option of remaining anonymous. Users who wish to receive e-mail notification of new posts are given the option of adding their e-mail address to the website.[6]

Eng-Tips was started in 1997 by the Tecumseh Group.[7] It earns money by selling advertising on the website and by e-mailing targeted advertisements to its members.[8] It is owned by the Tecumseh Group based in Plymouth, Michigan.[9] Since 2001, it has partnered with PDHOnline.org, an organization that develops education programs for engineers.[10] Eng-Tips has about 761,000 members. 17,000 questions are posted every month.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Voigt, Herbert F. (2000). "BMS Bulletin Vo. 24 No. 2 2000". BMES Bulletin. BMES. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  2. 1 2 Goodwin, Jeff (2003-06-01). "Solving problems through shared knowledge". Test & Measurement World. Reed Business Information. Archived from the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
  3. ↑ Martella, Melanie (2002-01-01). "Engineering tips". Sensors Magazine. Archived from the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
  4. ↑ "About Eng-Tips". Tecumseh Group. Archived from the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  5. 1 2 "Eng-Tips.com Forum Policies". Eng-Tips Forum. 2007-05-29. Archived from the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  6. ↑ Murphy, Jim (2000-04). "Where engineers can turn for help, without the commercial interruptions". Lightwave. PennWell Corporation. Archived from the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 16 January 2009. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ↑ "eng-tips.com Website Information". Who.is. Archived from the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  8. ↑ "Market to our Technical Community". Tecumseh Group. Archived from the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  9. ↑ "Company Info for eng-tips.com". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  10. ↑ "PDHOnline.org newsletter, June 2001, No. 2". PDHOnline.org. June 2001. Archived from the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-01-16.

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