<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743926463204718257</id><updated>2009-10-12T20:14:54.968-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Are These Results Sufficient??</title><subtitle type='html'>ChaCha the "new" human search engine. What can you say? It is a joke and the pranksters keep the company running, but for how long when they are terminating thier guides for stupid shit?</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bashchacha.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3743926463204718257/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bashchacha.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>witchywoman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04219352915919139694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743926463204718257.post-618373030484246497</id><published>2007-03-12T05:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-12T06:18:09.213-07:00</updated><title type='text'>And this is what you get.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PMA_2-svyYA/RfVN_ggN9fI/AAAAAAAAAAU/Moh_AQtIVVo/s1600-h/Kool-AidMan.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041021111363302898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PMA_2-svyYA/RfVN_ggN9fI/AAAAAAAAAAU/Moh_AQtIVVo/s320/Kool-AidMan.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PMA_2-svyYA/RfVNhQgN9eI/AAAAAAAAAAM/ji-AV9bpKLQ/s1600-h/chacha.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041020591672260066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PMA_2-svyYA/RfVNhQgN9eI/AAAAAAAAAAM/ji-AV9bpKLQ/s320/chacha.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;So you really think that this is a JOB for you?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Got to hand it to some of these guides they are&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Truly DUMBASSES!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;I have edited the name of a guide I used for a search. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Here comes the Koolaide idiots!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Guide Session Status: Connecting ...Status: Looking for a guide ...Ring: ...Ring: ...Ring: ...Ring: ...Ring: ...Status: Guide not located.Status: No connection.Status: Looking for a guide ...Ring: ...Ring: ...Ring: ...Ring: ...Ring: ...Status: Connected to guide: R(guide)R(guide): Welcome to ChaCha!You: HelloR(guide): Please be more specific as to what you're looking for on this topic.You: Working from home on computersR(guide): Welcome to ChaCha! Please wait a moment while I search for your results.You: You already told me welcomeYou: And be careful you may get deactivated.R(guide): I'm not too woried.You: I wouldn't be either.You: How long you been working?R(guide): Are you serioulsy searching or just playing?You: SearchingYou: for work at home jobs on computerR(guide): Since October of last year.You: WOW, well I know one that got deactivated and she started in September..hmmYou: Are you finding anything?R(guide): I wonder what she did???You: Nothing, she didnt even get a e-mail or nothing from themYou: I havent recieved any results yet.You: Can you find anything?You: Ok thereR(guide): Let me see if I can find a more direct link for you.You: ThanksYou: Haven't we been on here longer than 6 minutes??R(guide): No, just under.You: kYou: Well I dont want you working for freeYou: Thanks for the sites, Look cool.You: Have a good night now .R(guide): I really don't do it for the money.R(guide): ThanksR(guide): Have a good nightYou: What do you do it for?R(guide): I could work a McDonalds for more.You: Isn't that the truth.You: lolR(guide): I think it is kind of fun.You: Oh well I am sure it can be.R(guide): Have a good night.R(guide): Please RATE ME. Thanks for using ChaCha.Status: Session ended. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Wow and He works for the fun of it. I smell a prankster. HAHA. So Scott Jones doesn't even have a clue as to who works for him, you can just get a invite from anyone and sign up. It is funny and sad at the same time. There are plenty of women and men, of all ages that could use work, some are disabled, or they cannot find other work, maybe they live in a poor geographical area of the state or county and this is something for them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;maybe they just had a baby and would like to buy diapers or formula. BUT you have to have a invite, and all these pranksters or people that just do it for fun, are taking up slots.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;I laughed as I did this search, for one at first he wouldn't talk, probably scared to get deactivated, no matter what he claims, then at 7 minutes he sends my first results. They were ok, but I could have found much more sufficient results in seconds by using GOOGLE, or for that matter Yahoo! Search engines. He finally let his hair down and spoke. But at around 9 minutes, he decided to end it quickly. Asking if I was seriously searching or playing, well that is rude to ask a infoseeker, I was doing both. But that is not good business sense now is it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;It is funny how after maybe 5-10 training sessions you become a professional guide with ChaCha. I should sign up my kids, I am sure they can do a much better job than some of these "professional" guides can. After all they can search for anything within seconds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;I rate ChaCha very low, in the dirt with worms, along with the "mastermind" behind this, Scott Jones. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;They, meaning Head quarters, (sounds like you are in a "Get smart" show) are really a joke. It takes them 2-5 days when you e-mail them or call for them to get back with you most of the time, and when they call you they seem to forget WHY they did. They work out of Scotty's home, must need to, to save money on electrical bills. And then you have the ChaCha cheerleaders waving the pom poms in your face accross the interent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;I would strongly agree if you want to play a joke, and you have plenty of wasteful time on your hands to try it. But if you are seriously searching for something DO NOT USE IT!  If some guides suspect that you are a prankster, they will repost you as abuse. HINT: click the backspace button and your back in business! I suggest Google or Yahoo search engines, they have a top rating with internet users, and they don't seem to steal money out of hard working hands.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Also to add to this nice blog, Just last week on the radio I heard a dj saying that Google is #7 in the nation for a good company, and that they recieve 10,000 applications for jobs a WEEK!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;THAT alone should tell you who the top dogs are!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;CHACHA sucks!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3743926463204718257-618373030484246497?l=bashchacha.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bashchacha.blogspot.com/feeds/618373030484246497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3743926463204718257&amp;postID=618373030484246497' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3743926463204718257/posts/default/618373030484246497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3743926463204718257/posts/default/618373030484246497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bashchacha.blogspot.com/2007/03/and-this-is-what-you-get.html' title='And this is what you get.'/><author><name>witchywoman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04219352915919139694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11123283144207767022'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PMA_2-svyYA/RfVN_ggN9fI/AAAAAAAAAAU/Moh_AQtIVVo/s72-c/Kool-AidMan.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743926463204718257.post-7176441417934687093</id><published>2007-03-11T18:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-11T18:20:42.849-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ChaCha and the mighty powers that be</title><content type='html'>So you want to be a ChaCha guide? Ready for changes daily, getting suspended or deactivated without cause? Go for it!. Want to work from home, sounds great doesn't it? I thought so!&lt;br /&gt;But then I didn't realize I would be working for free!&lt;br /&gt;Yes Scott Jones and his mighty chacha cheerleaders are out in full force, watching what guides post in forums and bolgs, and profiles. Seems like 1 negative remark and your canned, and the biggest piece of shit of the deal?&lt;br /&gt;WHATEVER is in your ChaCha profile account? IS not yours anymore, recently a guide got deactivated and had over $400.00 in her account, she never transferred them to the bank (FIB), so when they deactivated her boom she worked all that time for free, never saw it. SUCKS doesn't it. I was deactivated without a e-mail, she recieved one and a phone call I believe. They didn't get shit outta me though.&lt;br /&gt;Needleess to say she isn't the first nor will she be the last. Lurkers for the all mighty Scott Jones is out in full ChaCha police uniforms signing up for forums accross the net to arrest these guides.&lt;br /&gt;What a lousy way to do business! I mean come on...Everyone talks negativly about thier job regardless if you work online or not. Get a grip!&lt;br /&gt;Sounds to me like Scott Jones is scared shitless that he will be made out to be a fool, too late already happened! Just by broadcasting this search engine before all the kinks were out was a first!&lt;br /&gt;Then to go and have pranksters copy and pasting the chat convo's was hilarious, but then the prankters can do all that, but when guides go and decide to vent, your OUT!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Jones must be desperate for money to take other people's. I can understand someone going against the crazy TOS they have....but I doubt they did that thru out every search session, that is alot of searches!&lt;br /&gt;Also the biggest thing is they are deactivating guides for that, but yet are screwing them out of money...and lately it hasnt been much.&lt;br /&gt;Now it is 6 minutes for .50 cents. after the 6 minutes these guides work for free. If they transfer too much your fired..I would transfer! Hell with working for free!&lt;br /&gt;I read where he estimates 100,000 guides by June. GOOD luck your canning all of them. Idiot I swear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My theory?&lt;br /&gt;He invented this crazy hilarious search engine, get some people in here, steal google and yahoo and numerous other's results from thier search engine, build ours up...then start the deactivation process...ChaCha moves on without guides. After all they just froze or about to freeze invites again...NOW Scotty where are you gonna find 100,000 people by June?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CHACHA SUCKS!&lt;br /&gt;It is a good laugh as a infoseeker/prankster&lt;br /&gt;I searched recently asking for music downloads&lt;br /&gt;took 10 minutes and still wasnt waht I was looking for.&lt;br /&gt;Stupidity knocks here, no results and the guide searched 4 minutes for free, unless she was busy doing her nails and lost track of time. 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