Google vs ChaCha

You can call me crazy for bringing out comparison among Tech Giant Google and a start up likeChacha, but there is something Chacha has, that can possibly change the notion.

What is ChaCha

Chacha is a search engine which conceptualized the idea of manual search engine. You can ask or query any possible question. It will answer you in seconds. If the answer is not satisfying , you can re-ask the question, most of the manual work will be done during the re-ask session.

How does ChaCha work

Of course, it is illogical to believe, it gives out answers to each one of the millions queries it receives manually. Chacha has a huge database for pretty common question that fall under Statistics, Current Affairs, Politics, General Knowledge, Arts e.t.c.

Your query will be passed on to the servers and checked if there is a relevant answer for it. Most of the times, answers to such questions will be correct. The questions which are relatively new to the database will be passed on to the manual block, where its employees (paid) will try to solve your query. However, there are certain tools they are equipped with, so they do not need to compose each and every word of the answer.

Chacha as a Mainstream Search Engine

No matter, how advanced Chacha might become, it still doesn’t add up to a mainstream search engine. Not even anywhere close. It can only be ascertained to simple question answer web app.

A search engine like Google has a infinite pool of resource and functions to offer. Do you really think ChaCha could handle billions of queries daily?

Google Vs Chacha : Conclusion

Today, a song i heard on the TV was stuck on to my mind, I couldn’t even remember the lyrics of it. I just had the tune running in my mind like a stuck up tape record. So i tried to find out the name of the song. I have searched with the tune as query keyword. I nearly spend an hour with that, but no luck.

I head on to ChaCha, recorded myself humming the tune and included that record file link in the question. I got the answer in less than a minute. That’s the power of manual work.

I consider ChaCha, more of a fun than a Search Engine, with it’s SMS answer feature, i can even cheat on my exams. Google launched Knowledge Graph which can provide summary of the information we are digging for.