Got Questions?

ChaCha has answers. It doesn’t matter where you are or what type of question you have, ChaCha can help. It’s a free text messaging service that provides a quick, one-sentence answer to your most pressing questions. According to CNN, here’s how it works. “Users text message ChaCha (242242) on their mobile phone or call 1-800-2ChaCha. The question can be on anything — from local weather forecasts to who starred in the 1960 suspense classic “Psycho” to how many children Angelina Jolie has now.

Questions are sent to a worker, or “guide,” who searches the Internet using sites preapproved by ChaCha. When the guide finds the answer, he or she text messages the user back in less than 160 characters — all for free.”

What makes ChaCha unique when compared to other computer-automated answer services like Google SMS is that it doesn’t rely on technology alone. It uses people to search the web, find the most appropriate response and provide the answer — a method that has won the company several awards.

ChaCha has about 25,000 guides who respond to questions. Most of them are college students or stay-at-home moms who want to earn extra spending money. ChaCha offers the ultimate flexible working environment. Guides can work whenever they want, and no minimum hours are required. They simply log in, answer questions, and get paid per question. On average, they make $3 to $9 per hour. It sounds like a neat gig for anyone wanting to earn a few extra bucks. You can learn more about how it works here.

So, the next time you’re playing Trivial Pursuit or you have to settle a dispute with a friend who insists he’s right (but you know he’s wrong), send a text to ChaCha. They have all the answers.