ChaCha's Mobile Text Search Service
ChaCha has been and continues to be the fastest growing text search/answer service around. The way ChaCha works is you send a question of any kind to 242242 and you receive an answer to your question via your cell phone usually within minutes. ChaCha is a human powered search engine so all of your questions are answered by a live person known as a ChaCha guide.
Mobile search is a segment that has solid growth, and will continue to grow for some time. To date ChaCha has answered over has answered over 300 million questions mostly from teens and young adults. ChaCha reaches over 14 million users each month. ChaCha experienced a 191% growth rate in 2009.
ChaCha is headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis. Founded in 2006 by serial entrepreneurs Scott A. Jones and Brad Bostic, ChaCha launched its mobile answers service in January 2008 with a major promotion at the Sundance Film Festival.
Wondering where the quirky name came from? “ChaCha” was selected as the name of the company for three reasons: 1. “Cha” means “search” in Chinese. 2. Cha Cha is also a fast-paced ballroom dance, and our Guides can be thought of as dance partners who will lead you to the best answers quickly and smoothly. 3. ChaCha just sounds cool and is a lot of fun to say.
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