What website has earned the title, "Human Search Engine"? Name the top five contenders.
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M$2 Answers
Contenders are:
Mahalo.com, Google.
Jumper 2.0, Sproose,
NiteCo, ChaCha Search, and
Amazon.com, etc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_search_engine
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M$Mashable has an old article (2007) about social search engines.
It divided them to People Powered Search Engines and People Search Engines.
There are about 20 People Powered Search Engines then.. Mahalo is on the list.
I’m not sure how many still survive until today.
In addition, some social bookmarking websites in a way is a “human search engine”.
Another piece of info, Yahoo got the patent on “Method and apparatus for search ranking using human input and automated ranking”
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/yahoo-patents-human-edited-search-results-ranking/13836/
I’m not sure the importance and validity of this patent on “human search engine”. However, like Google has the PageRank patent, Yahoo has this patent.
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Yahoo! Answer does not pay but it gives points, levels, badges.
http://answers.yahoo.com/
Amazon doesn’t have a pure question and answer site but it has Amazon Mechanical Turk that is more for paid tasks.
https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome
However, it can be used as a paid answering site too by turning question into task.
Does Yahoo or Amazon have a paid answering service?
Cha Cha requires the member to provide a phone number. Paid researchers find the information and call the individual and email the data results.
I don't like to be overwhelmed with advertisement, racy ads, and excessive shock morality. I just want relevant and helpful information. Do you think Cha Cha provides that service?
I hear that Cha Cha pays its answers $7 a hour. Would you rather work on a hourly bases answering questions rather than fixed price.
Cons
1. Licentiousness
2. Lasciviousness
3. Lewd topics
4. Internet morality evasion
There is a strong Anti-Christian element in social networks. Do you know of any Christian based social networks? How do you rate the content and Q/A capabilities?
Do you think the Question/Answer market on social networks is nearly impossible to make minimum wage?
http://www.blippitt.com/cha-cha-make-easy-money-answering-questions
How are Social Networks destroying morality and core values of women and men?
You know that Yahoo! Answer does not pay. WebAnswers paying system is very critical and lots of complex. You will not find no fixed value for any question. Best answer is selected by the asker of the question (if the asker of a question, has not come for six months or 2 years, the answer will remain unsettled). There is no voting system and member’s forum. The system is not transparent. If you get a best answer (awarded answer) for your answer, AdSense will post ad with your answer. To get money you need that someone will visit the answer, and also click the ad of AdSense, then you may expect money (if you have an AdSense account, many persons answers question without an AdSense account and finally return to Mahalo, like as me) according to the value of ad. If the visiting person just only see your answer (page impression has no money) and do not click on the ad, you will get nothing. Due to this complex mechanism, I think Mahalo Answers is the best.
Q: Do you think the Question/Answer market on social networks is nearly impossible to make minimum wage?
Yes. I think.
How are Social Networks destroying morality and core values of women and men?
However, everything has its pros and cons but I think Social Networking has more and more cons than pros.
Cha Cha seems to be a powered by "Human Search"?
Tell more about Amazon search. I've heard of Amazon communities and discussion groups, but not Amazon search.
Thank you DAVEPAMN for your vote.