Comments on: ChaCha lets you, literally, ask a question

ChaCha launches voice input feature on human-powered search site for people who don't want to send a text message.

[mrc77]

Neat

I just tried this. I called it up and asked "What is the capital of Texas?". I got a text messsage that told me it was "Austin". Not bad! I will store this number in my cell phone now. It kind of reminds me of Google's 1-800-GOOG-411, which I love.

[JJH422]

Wow

I just called the new number and asked "What was the big deal with LeBron being on the cover of Vogue?" and I got back "The big deal is the way LeBron is standing in a King Kong pose, grasping Gisele Bundchen in an overpowering way." I got that in about 3 minutes, that's pretty handy.

Also 2 corrections to the article:
- ChaCha has answered over 600,000 not 6,000 queries since January 2008.
- ChaCha's CEO is Scott Jones, not Scott James as the article referred to him.

[ChipWhitley]

Nice work

Please check your facts before you post. It's Scott Jones.

[vagarob]

link is wrong

the link to ChaCha takes you to a yahoo news article on IBM.

& you got the CEO's name wrong.

[AirChina23]

sweet

i just tracked down a dhl package with this, and it told me the hours and location of the local dhl store. this is like 411 on steroids!

[epicinorange]

AWESOME

Who needs OnStar anymore? I think 800-2242-242 just became the new 411 ladies and gentleman

[Sea of Cortez]

Check out Anoox for the real people powered search engine

Chacha is hardly the people powered search engine.
If you want the real people powered search engine there is only one, it is Anoox (www.anoox.com)
Since Anoox results are totally powered by the knowledge of the people and not given by few low paid hourly employees as is the case with
Chacha.

[jozian]

Hmmm...

What kind of people is Anoox using to power it's search?

I searched for "what is the cause of flatulance" and the top results, after the ads, were 1) "what is the best cell phone service" and 2) "What is the capital city of.com: The Capital City of World"...

[AirChina23]

About Anoox

I don't see how exactly it is comparable to ChaCha. It is not assisted with immediate human help, and its results are worse than any other generic search engines.

I asked: "What is the capital of Hunan?"
Results:
General & Voted Listings
Did you mean this: what is the capital of human ?

1. What is the capital city of.com: The Capital City of World
http://www.what-is-the-capital-city-of.com [+ Vote for this Listing]
2. what is the best cell phone service
http://what-is-the-best-cell-phone-service.longdistancetelephonecards.com [+ Vote for this Listing]
3. Hell - where is it? What does hell look like? Who is in Hell?
What does Hell look like? Who is there? The Hell of the Bible is one of these two pictures.
Do you know which one? You might be surprised which one is a picture of hell today.
http://what-the-hell-is-hell.com