You ask: Google Answers
i stumbled across something I have not heard about yet. Maybe by accident maybe on purpose. Maybe this is known all along but I have been sitting in the woods for too long.
http://answers.google.com/answers/
Is a paid webresearch. You ask a question and a certified researcher finds the answer for you. You say how much you want to pay for the research and the researcher figures out if he wants to go for it for the suggested price.
This seems to be a new revenue for google. go have a look. I was able to find the answers to questions without paying (so once its payed for it goes public domain? very cool).