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Microsoft gives stuff away for searching!

Dave Shaw [PersonRank 5]

Wednesday, October 1, 2008
15 years ago4,254 views

Is this just a gimmick? Will anyone do this?

Microsoft is letting users earn up to 25 'tickets' a day, one for every time they search. After April 16th you can redeem your tickets for gifts..e.g 5500 tickets will earn you a free Xbox controller!

Anyone think Live.com will gain market share with this 'stunt'?

http://www.getsearchperks.com

p.s you've got to be using IE to view this properly :(

David Hetfield [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Lame!
BTW, they used to do the same thing a couple of years ago..

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Hmmm...

"The Perk Counter is a helpful tool that will keep track of the number of tickets you earn by searching as well as provide links to important SearchPerks! information, such as prize options, F.A.Q.’s and customer service. The Perk Counter also tracks some online activity, like clicks on banner ads. The Perk Counter does not track what you search for or which websites you visit."

Dave Shaw [PersonRank 5]

15 years ago #

Well spotted. Very sneaky. Not quite as bad as the Google Toolbar though?

WebSonic.nl [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

In the meantine in the Netherlands Microsoft started a initiave with Otto.nl. It's a similiar action as serachperks, www.luckysearch.nl.

Mrrix32 [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Do you think they'd notice if I only used IE to search for variations on "Microsoft Sucks" or "Google Rules" 25 times a day? (You can't search for the same thing twice, I'm hoping this is reset each day)

Worth a try :P

Mrrix32 [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

ah forget that, it's US only

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Blog post: http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/archive/2008/10/01/earning-your-loyalty-one-search-at-a-time.aspx

You can only win up to (31+30+31+31+28+31+15)*25+500=5425 tickets, but there's a prize that requires 5500 tickets.

Mrrix32 [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

[put at-character here]Ionut
"Stay tuned for additional ways to earn tickets once you join the promotion"
http://www.getsearchperks.com/SignUp.aspx?campaignid=perks

Guess that would mean you can get enough via other methods as well

David Mulder [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

[put at-character here]ionut:
You receive 500 points for registration so you can earn at least 5925 tickets

Mrrix32 [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

[put at-character here]David M
He included those (Just before the equals sign)

DPic [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Since our search results aren't as good, use us instead of Google because we might give you a prize!

Ionut Alex. Chitu [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

People will probably go to live.com, type 25 random queries and then use Google for the real searches.

David Hetfield [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

lol.. Yeah.. :P

Zim [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

> "Stay tuned for additional ways to earn tickets once you join the promotion"

Hit a googler ... 25 points
Hit two or more googlers in a row 40 points + 10 points per googler
Hit Sergey Brin or Larry Page ... 500 points
Setting on fire a Google or Yahoo datacenter ... 1200 points

Yeah, there are other ways to earn points!

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