A lot of people say to us, “Hey, I’m already, like, really good at searching the web. Why would I ever want someone else to do it for me?” While ChaCha’s search service is a perfect fit for people that don’t necessarily know all the Boolean search operators or the niche search engines that can provide the best results for a given query, it’s also worked extremely well for even the tech-iest geeks - myself included!
The reason? Because ChaCha isn’t a computer, it’s alive! It’s full of real people with real input who have their own insight into things. And it works out pretty well. Check it out:
Here are a few examples of times when otherwise web-savvy people have been helped out by ChaCha.
This was from a gentleman at a PR firm who was looking for Mikey from the Life Cereal commercials…
…we have been working with Pop Rocks for a couple of years now. This year we are celebrating their 30th anniversary. As part of the media blitz we wanted to locate Mikey from the Life Cereal commercials who according to urban myth had died from exploding as a result of eating Pop Rocks and drinking coke. Our searches throughout the day via google and other methods did find his name and that he was believed to be an ad sales guy for a radio station in NYC now. Beyond that we were at a dead end. We needed to locate him to see if we could get him to appear on some TV shows, eat Pop Rocks and Dring Coke, obviously not explode and thus dispel the urban myth and bring a lot of attention to Pop Rocks as well. Well after some back and forth dialogue and hard work on ChaCha Searcher Andy ’s part he found which radio station Mikey is likely at now! I was thrilled as the Pop Rocks account team and I spent several hours in the office earlier today banging our heads against the wall in an effort to find addition info!
Thought you’d appreciate that I now have a better grip, understanding and APPRECIATION for ChaCha as a result of our conversation today and now approaching my searches in a different manner. ChaCha is sure to be a winner!
Someone planning a roadtrip…
After spending about a half hour on Yahoo and Google trying to find a list of Mobil Travel Guide’s list of five star and four star restaurants and hotels for 2006, I was still unsuccessful. I needed this information as I was planning a trip to Washington DC in the coming month and wanted to make reservations at some of these establishments. Moderately frustrated and knowing that this list had to exist somewhere on the internet, Lisa voices “Wanna ChaCha” so I decided to give ChaCha a try. I was amazed by how quickly the on-line searcher was able to provide me with a link containing this exact information. I merely told her what I was looking for and the first link she sent me contained exactly what I needed, and this was a link that the other search engines were unable to generate based on my query. Ever since that successful result to my query I am hooked on ChaCha
ChaCha “helping” with someone’s homework (ChaCha doesn’t condone this, but it’s pretty great at it!)
Oh my gosh! I just heard about this site and got on to search a thing for my history class. I searched with a guide and he/she led me to exactly where I wanted to go! Thank you so much! I was literally laughing out loud because it worked so well. I’m going to tell my whole class about this!
If you have any stories like this, leave a comment and share them with us!
blog loos great, very impressive. keep it coming.
Those stories are awesome and just the type of reasons that I give people for why they should use THE BEST people operated search! ChaCha is awesome (and not just because they hired me), haha.
I agree with that StaceLyn. People should trust in the ChaCha \’s because we are here to find them the info that they want when they want it. Today is my very first day and already had a training search. I am having a few glitches but I am working them out. I love ChaCha\’s too and am also glad and thrilled they hired me.
I was on another web site and read a story from a guide……..to make it real short, she was in a financial bind and needed quick cash. Her ChaCha account was paid to her in a way that allowed the problem to be corrected right away……..her statement was “ChaCha made me cry”……..because where else are you going to find a company that is that supportive of it’s members? This, to me, is a success story from another angle, but a success story just the same.
Don’t quit what you are doing. You may know this, but just in case you don’t, you are helping in so many ways with every aspect of our lives.
Thankyou and Bless you
Julie
Well I must admit I was very skeptical about using this website and it was only because I was down to the wire with having this paper due taht I gave it a try. I was so impressed with how the guide founfd the information for me and fast she did it. It is so much easier than going to another search website and putting in a topic and million websites come back. I honestly think this is so much better because they find the best reults for you you just sit back and wait. Thank-you so much ChaCha!!
~~~Andrea~~~
Springfield,Ohio
I am so glad I found Cha Cha! For years I have been trying to find something that I could do from home to make some extra cash. I didn’t want to be tied up on the phone, I didn’t want to have to bug my friends with phone calls about tupperware parties, I didn’t want to spend ANY money to put down or go through long training to make money, I needed it now and I wanted to do something that I would enjoy doing! I heard about Cha Cha on Good Morning America, I was so excited I recorded it and showed it to my sister and my husband. Wow! Is this for real?! I went on to search and got connected to a guide, who found what I was looking for very quickly. Everyone always comes to me when they need to find something on the internet because I can find it fast, I do it all the time for free, why not get paid for it?! So now I’m hooked, and I was so excited that I could put gas in my car last week when I literally had no money in my checking account. My husband was too! Get me a Cha Cha T-shirt and some bumper stickers and I will promote the heck out of it because I am just that excited about it! As a stay at home Mom I feel so blessed to have found something that I can do at my convenience, and that will help give me that extra cash to take my kids someplace fun, or to buy some diapers when I’m low on cash! Thank you Cha Cha!
All the Guides are so helpful! You guys really give a good challenge sometimes, and I enjoy every one!
So I just had to challenge one of the guides. I stumped them. I asked to find pics of the bear from “The Great Outdoors”, as I had searched and couldn’t find it. (For 2 hours!) So I knew this would be a challenge for Chacha. We were unable to find exactly what we wanted. Come to find out, that the bear
had to be chased down by his name. His name is Bart. I hit only a few sites of Bart though. It was a
great search. Hope I didn’t bum Chacha out too bad. My day will come. As I am a trainee in the Chacha dance. And I love it!!! Thanks, Chacha! Can’t wait to get it down and go “Pro” or “Elite”. Chacha on!!