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Indiana University Dumps Google for ChaCha

Posted by Zonk on from the forbidden-dance dept.

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."

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  1. Obligatory thedailywtf link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It appears ChaCha is Very Quality

    It reminds me of one of failed DotBomb era projects.

  2. sponsored links by timmarhy · · Score: 5, Interesting
    chacha mixes sponsored links, see ADVERTISMENTS, in with valid matches. they can fuck off and die.

    anyone else notice that the format is exactly like googles?

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  3. Re:Big news ? by irritating+environme · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Um, maybe because public employees are being forced to donate labor toward a private company the university president has glaring conflict-of-interest ties with?

    Other than that...

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