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There used to be a search engine in the mid 2000s that was just like this. It was called ChaCha: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChaCha_(search_engine) https://e
by trh0awayman 5y ago
There used to be a search engine in the mid 2000s that was just like this.
It was called ChaCha: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChaCha_(search_engine) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChaCha_(search_engine)
- smlacy 5y agoSee also Aardvark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardvark_(search_engine) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardvark_(search_engine) Acquired by Google in 2010 and ...
- pooper 5y agoFifty million dollars would change my life. I would take a guaranteed fifty million dollars payout over one in ten chance to get a billion dollars. What are the chances that I cumbents will stand by idly as the "next Google" just takes over? Best case I can think of is the incumbent imitates the upstart and becomes better.
- buttersbrian 5y agoYep. That was the idea. 'voice assistants' came along, smart phones took off, and cell speeds became fast enough to make ChaCha untenable. Source: worked at ChaCha.
- sizzle 5y agoWow where did you go after! AskJeeves?