ChaCha Search: Powered by me (and thousands of others)

Do you know the ChaCha? Not the dance, but the search service. It's available online (www.chacha.com), via text 242242 (chacha) or you can call 1-800-2chacha and say your question which is then answered via text message. So what's so special about ChaCha? Well, there's real humans on the other end of your search request and I'm one of them. That's right, when you text, type, or say your question it is translated into text and sent to one of ChaCha's "guides" who then look up the answer and send you back a message. There are over 10,000 ChaCha guides throughout the US who can log on whenever they want and answer questions. The guides are paid $0.20 for every question they answer.

So I decided to become a ChaCha guide and see what the American public is asking. So far it's been interesting. I've helped people find restaurants around the country and answers questions about everything from NBA stats to nicknames of famous musicians. It's really quite rewarding, it's kinda like being the "go to guy" for millions of people all at once.

So next time you've got a question think about doing the ChaCha, maybe I'll be the one on the other end.

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