ChaCha | 1,681 followers on LinkedIn. ChaCha Search Inc., the human-powered search engine started by tech guru Scott Jones, shut down operations in 2016. | ChaCha (www.chacha.com) is the leading free, real-time answers service and has emerged as the #1 way for advertisers to engage with the audience of their choice. Through its unique “ask-a-smart-friend” platform, ChaCha has answered more than a billion questions since launch from more than 32 million unique users per month via online (www.chacha.com), mobile SMS text (242-242), iPhone app, and voice (1-800-2-ChaCha™). Working with major brands such as Paramount, AT&T, Sony, Johnson & Johnson, P&G, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and hundreds of others, ChaCha is one of the fastest growing mobile publishers according to Nielsen and is ranked in the Top 100 websites according to comScore and Quantcast.