This news surprised me just as much as the launch of Google Buzz. I have used Aardvark, and I cannot imagine why it interests Google. Vark has a completely different concept to that of Google Search.
The idea in both the case is to find an answer to a users query. Google uses its advanced crawling, indexing and fast searching technologies to quickly answer the search query typed by its user. Aardvark on the other hand believes that the best way to get a question answered is by putting it across to real people. See, completely different approach.
In Aardvark, you type in your question (it could be quite lengthy), give it a few tags (just like you would select keywords for a Google search) and submit it. The tags are used to find a suitable user to put the question to. When an user answers the question, you can revert back and engage him in a conversation getting more out of him. But obviously, there is a considerable time lag as you have to wait for someone to answer your query.
Here is a screen shot of a question I asked. I got back replies from three people. If I want, I can ask the Aardvark to get me more answers.And of course, it also has a GTalk bot that you could add and ask questions to.
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