ChaCha: The Hottest Innovation in Information Seeking

You are on vacation in Las Vegas. Feeling wild and crazy, you decide to get a tattoo, but where will you go? Just ask ChaCha! This free service can give you the address, phone number, and directions to any place you need right on your cell phone in a matter of minutes. That sounds too good to be true, you say? Not only is this service free, but it benefits both the user as well as the person answering your inquiry.

Text messaging a question to 242242 (chacha) will give you an answer to your question as well as a webpage to prove and further research the information. This service is free because of ChaCha's investors and advertisers. Each answer is searched for and then sent back to you by people called Guides. The Guides are trained professionals who are excellent at searching for information on the Internet and have great customer service and typing skills. This could be anyone from a work-at-home-parent to a college student. You can ask as many questions as you like on any topic you choose. Each time you text in a different Guide receives your question and reviews your history. Then the Guide begins searching. Within three to five minutes you have your answer in a conversational tone and with a website URL to prove the answer.

As a Guide, you are paid per question. You can login to the ChaCha Universe at any time that is convenient for you. Guides encompass many different walks of life and each Guide brings something unique to the job. You can login from your home computer, your laptop while enjoying a coffee at your neighborhood café, or just about anywhere that has high-speed Internet access. As you search for answers you are learning too. There a lot of fun questions and some very interesting answers. Being a ChaCha Guide allows many people to work from home while doing other activities that are important to them.

Before you can begin as a Guide you must pass the required tests. Not just anyone can become a Guide, so you know that the people answering your questions are truly fit for the job. Each Guide is subject to a ninety day training period before been granted the "fully-trained" title.

Next time you are debating a fact with a friend give ChaCha a try and watch your buddy eat his words!