Indiana University Dumps Google for ChaCha

theodp writes "Come Monday, no more Indiana University searches will be powered by computer-driven Google. Only by people-powered ChaCha. The move was announced by new IU President Michael McRobbie, who until recently sat on ChaCha's Board of Directors (5-29 SEC filing, PDF). IU will draft hundreds of librarians and IT employees to be ChaCha Guides for the university's websites, although a FAQ accompanying IU's press release tells librarians not to expect any checks for their efforts from ChaCha, which IU notes is backed by Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Compaq founder Rod Canion."

Comments

Come again?

[weak*]

Indiana University Dumps Google for ChaCha You're right, most of Indiana does smell like a dump.

Re:Come again?

[slas6654]

I'll take Indiana over 95% of the rest of the USA. It's a beautiful place to live, especially in the south. Rolling hills, forests, lakes, caves, wildlife, it beats the city any day.

...incredibly sheepish and naive population...

Re:Big news ?

[tsm_sf]

Because no one leaves the Board of a Directors of a company that they think is going to be successful and does a HUGE favor like this, and receives nothing in the end. [SNIP] Even without direct proof[...]

You can't make a blanket statement like that and then back it up with "and I have no proof". It makes you look foolish.