GuruNet Corporation today announced that it will no longer charge subscription fees for its Web site-and-software combination reference service, Answers.com. GuruNet will sell ad placements and sponsored links alongside topic entries rather than charge subscription fees. Answers.com claims to include information on more than a million topics, drawn from a database of more than 100 reference sources.

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Bob is a lawyer, veteran legal journalist, and award-winning blogger and podcaster. In 2011, he was named to the inaugural Fastcase 50, honoring “the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders.” Earlier in his career, he was editor-in-chief of several legal publications, including The National Law Journal, and editorial director of ALM’s Litigation Services Division.