Arrington, don’t be a shmuck.

To #46 Good point! But still understandably fired. D’oh!

True, but any company that didn’t want the news to get out wouldn’t send their “internal memos” to 20,000 people

You know, I’ve another simple philosophy: “Enough failures will lead to success once you succeed in failing to give up.”

For all its worth I can see clearly enough the business model that ChaCha is predicated and I don’t think that the founders, the investors or many of its Guides are as myopic as what is sometime alleged here.

Sure, in any start-up there are going to be hits and misses. There are many documented cases to prove this point.

So, for those who think ChaCha a joke or a prank let time be the judge.

Oh, speaking of time - another simple philosophy of mine: “Time needn’t be anything more than those special moments cherished for all of eternity.”

One more thing and I am not being sarcastic but what is “Digg?”

The reason that the desktop guided search feature is disabled because it is a part of the business plan all along. The majority of the traffic has been consisted of SMS users anyway. Of course those who are short-sighted and narrow-minded cannot see it. That’s why Scott Jones and other investors are filthy rich, and understandably so you are not.

The CEO had the nerve to tell us they added 15,000 USERS at Sundance. Handing out 15,000 stickers does not 15,000 users make.

I’d be happy to share our presentation, as we precisely examined how they’re getting killed, and what they should do (other than closing up shop). No $1,500 for us, no final presentation… just ignored.

Yet these sleezebags 6 weeks later are redefining their strategy based on our recommendations.

Pathetic. Disgusting. Joke.

This change in direction is typical of the company: short attention span. Just like Mr James.

His post was about ChaCha “ditching” their Guided Search Model. Not only is that factually incorrect, it’s lazy journalism. ChaCha’s intentions end goal was never guided desktop search. It’s well document that mobile has always been the platform ChaCha was targetting.

His strongest piece of evidence is the “digg image” which he doesn’t mention was taken when ChaCha’s desktop search was barely in its infancy. There were no guide tools and training on the level of what there is now, and the guides had little experience at the time. Well over a year later that is the only piece of evidence that he can wave around. For someone spending so much time bashing them, you think he would have the time to find another point to harp on. Oh wait he did…..one promotional message that he describes as flagrant spam.

So instead of mentioning some of ChaCha’s noteworthy accomplishments, such as over 600,000 messages to over 40,000 registered users, or the launch of its brand new Voice service that is being launched at the CTIA mobile tech conference in Vegas.

Or the fact that it just won first place for the “My Search is Better than Your Search” competition at the Search Engine Strategies conference held in Manhattan in March.

Or that it ranked the No. 1 Alternative Search Engine in February — beating out hundreds of companies — by Charles Knight of ReadWriteWeb -

Or that ChaCha was also named “Top Ten” by Dow Jones’ VentureWire out of 70 presenters at “Web Ventures” Congratulations to the entire ChaCha team!

I guess he’s too busy with his witchhunt, or maybe that’s just not noteworthy enough to mention.

What did you expect? Any rational company would have a problem with you sending out their internal memos, duh.

Maybe Michael will offer you a job? Oh, no, wait: He has already used you up!

BTW: Maybe it was your spelling that took you out?

me: a tech blog

chacha: ok. searching… do you mean Nestle?
me: uh no

chacha: ok searching again… we found tech crotch, is this what you’re looking for?
me: you’re getting warmer, but not quite

chacha: is it hockey the super crunchers?
me: nope

chacha: what about the breakfast cereal?
me: im sure mr arrington has this for breakfast everyday, but no.

chacha: i give up
me: so do i

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