Google secretly replaced the answer.com with its own dictionary; Answer.com has more than 25 million monthly unique users. It was the source of definitions in the “definitions” link in the upper right of Google SERPs.

This will be an attention-grabbing test of Answers.com’s strength. It will undoubtedly loose considerable traffic. But according to Gil Reich VP of Product Management at Answers.com, they have grown up and have their own traffic sources and Google’s definition link was just 55 of the total traffic. Furthermore Answers.com is a public company and we’re likely to see its shares decline, I would imagine, as investors discover this change and sell.

The new Google dictionary is offering a better user experience and some nice features, such as recent searches which are tied into overall Google web search history.

Now what will happens to Answer.com is the question we are waiting to get from time?

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