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ChaCha on Fox Business: “Our Guides Help Like People Help on Wikipedia” (w/video)
Allen Stern - January 29th, 2008
ChaCha president and co-founder Brad Bostic appeared on Fox Business today to discuss the human search engine. Check out the video below for an example query on why Brad believes ChaCha is better than computer-driven search. Sounded similar to when Mahalo CEO Calacanis always compares Paris Hotels search on Mahalo to Google.
Here’s what Brad discussed:
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ChaCha’s power is in the mobile service
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He compared why people help on ChaCha to why people help on Wikipedia – it’s because people are passionate about the topic(s)
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ChaCha is an on-demand assistant for anyone with a mobile phone
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ChaCha has raised $16 million in private equity funding along with a $2 million grant from the State of Indiana
Allen – Thanks for covering the recent Fox Business spot. It was a quick segment but I think we covered the most important ground – that you can get any question answered by texting it to ChaCha (’242242′). Have you tried the service yet? Please let me know how you like it. Ask anything from “Do camels have eyelids” to “Who won the World Series in 1972″ to “Is the flight at 7AM to SLC from O’Hare on time”? The beauty is that you can ask in plain English and receive the answer. Really different from Mahalo – which is a web-based content creation and SEO strategy. Great site that serves a much different purpose and really is not applicable in a mobile environment.