Blingo, the search engine that pays you back?
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I just signed up for Blingo on the recommendation of a friend. It is an interesting idea. Basically, it’s a search engine built on top of Google (it provides Google results) that gives away prizes (hence the “Bling” part of their brilliant name). I’m assuming that they use Google to supply the results but put their own ads in there, which is how they make money and can afford to give some away. Doesn’t much matter to me if I see Google’s ads or Blingo’s ads.
The prizes vary somewhat but my friend has won a gift card to the iTunes store, which sounds good to me. Blingo’s made it even easier for me by letting me use the search feature that’s already built into Firefox, so I don’t even have to go to their site to use them. On top of that, if someone you refer to the site wins a prize, so do you (so use my referral link, hint hint!).
In case you can’t tell, I think this is a cool gimmick. I don’t really see a downside: quality search results; ease of use; free stuff. I like it.
Just wanted to update you all and tell you that I’ve won two $10 iTunes gift certificates. Yay free stuff!