For most of 2009, SMS-based, human-powered question-and-answer service ChaCha has made surprising leaps up Nielsen Mobile’s rating of mobile search services. ChaCha, which uses inexpensive freelancers ...

In 2006, Scott A. Jones co-founded ChaCha.com, a search engine that uses human guides to answer queries. Now they’re expanding to the mobile space, allowing users to call or text their nuanced ...

Can human aided searches be a differentiator? A lot of search firms--including ChaCha--sure hope so. I discovered ChaCha courtesy of Webware, a sister blog that recently named its 100 best Web ...

A new report finds that mobile search and answers service ChaCha beat Google and Yahoo’s voice search tools in terms of overall accuracy and reliability across a range of query types in a controlled ...

ChaCha's voice search comes out on top when matched against Google and Yahoo's voice-enabled search applications on the iPhone, according to a performance analysis by MSearchGroove. Both the Google ...

ChaCha’s text search for mobile is set to debut on AT&T, and while the kinks definitely need working out its results are superior to Google’s similar service. But it’ll never replace texting your ...

A study published today by Indiana-based Butler University compared the performance of a range of search engines and Q&A sites on mobile devices. It found that “ChaCha delivered the highest quality ...

Earlier we reported that Indiana University has partnered with Internet search service ChaCha, also based in Indiana, to create an alliance for developing research tools and services via the Web.