For a few weeks now I’ve been trying out the Winzy search engine [referral]. Thanks to my friend at makeyougohmm.com. It’s a search ’site’ I’ll call it, powered by ask.com. The search is not very powerful, but the site awards you points for searching. The points can earn you an ipod, or a chance at winning money.
This morning on the drive to work I heard the owner of yet another search engine that’s out there.ChaCha Search(Beta). After a few rounds with it, I’d have to say it’s not too shabby. The returned search results are more than what ask would offer with an added side bonus. You can chat with a ’search specialist’ who will help return more relevant results for your search. They’re called ChaCha guides.
According to the ChaCha guide on becoming a guide, you must be invited by a master ChaCha guide. The page also states “Our Guides earn between $5-10 per search hour based on performance.” Wow! They even have a flexible schedule….
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- Get deep access to the ChaCha Underground community to meet other ChaCha Guides like you!
- Get paid to do something you like (help people in areas that interest you).
- Participate whenever you want. Your ChaCha Guide schedule is flexible - it’s 100% up to you.
- Be a celebrity! Share your knowledge with the world and be recognized.
- Climb to the top of the ChaCha Guide rankings and build your ChaCha Network to maximize your success.
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I’m not quite sure of the ‘celebrity’ role. I tried out the chat option while searching for something that returned many possible different results. I chatted with a guide who hung with me while she popped relevant results into my canvas. Along the way she asked me if the results were relevant. Basically she was checking to see if she was warmer or colder. She pretty much got the results I was looking for.
I’m quite pleased with both the results the engine returns on it’s own as well as the chat option. It’s nice when you arent sure what your looking for and can’t get your query just right. Although I must say that I’m pretty savvy myself. I’m a bit curious if I could become a guide and I’m looking more into it.
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