Rising video search engine Blinkx will be funneling its media index into the half-humanized ChaCha search results. If you've forgotten about ChaCha (and most of us have, really), this is the engine on which searchers can enlist the aid of a live on-call human for assistance.
In addition to adding some cred to ChaCha, where there has been at least one humorous exchange between searcher and human guide, the agreement brings about 7 million hours of video content for either the algorithm or one of the 30,000 "skilled search experts" to choose from.
“We’re continually looking for ways to ’turbo charge’ our search capabilities,” said Scott Jones, CEO of ChaCha. “We offer users the best of the Web, the benefit of human intelligence and can now offer one of the top video search experiences available on the Web today.”
Under the terms of the agreement, both companies will share revenue generated from search results.
"We are thrilled to be partnering with ChaCha,” said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO of
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