It uses Google to search, but your first ten searches on any given day are potential prizewinners. About every hour, a random search wins a prize ranging from movie tickets or song downloads all the way up to iPods and PSPs. No one pays to register or anything like that; they just buy the stuff with the ad revenue they bring in. I think it is an ingenious way to generate more users and a loyalty base. It will be interesting to see if their award structure changes as their user base grows. When there are more users, there is a lower chance of winning. However, that same increase also brings about an increase in funds for more potential prizes. I will be watching to see if the increase the prize rate as the user base increases. Overall, I think it is a good model for the time being. What are your thoughts on this?
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
...and Blingo was it's name-o.
I stumbled across this search engine:

It uses Google to search, but your first ten searches on any given day are potential prizewinners. About every hour, a random search wins a prize ranging from movie tickets or song downloads all the way up to iPods and PSPs. No one pays to register or anything like that; they just buy the stuff with the ad revenue they bring in. I think it is an ingenious way to generate more users and a loyalty base. It will be interesting to see if their award structure changes as their user base grows. When there are more users, there is a lower chance of winning. However, that same increase also brings about an increase in funds for more potential prizes. I will be watching to see if the increase the prize rate as the user base increases. Overall, I think it is a good model for the time being. What are your thoughts on this?
It uses Google to search, but your first ten searches on any given day are potential prizewinners. About every hour, a random search wins a prize ranging from movie tickets or song downloads all the way up to iPods and PSPs. No one pays to register or anything like that; they just buy the stuff with the ad revenue they bring in. I think it is an ingenious way to generate more users and a loyalty base. It will be interesting to see if their award structure changes as their user base grows. When there are more users, there is a lower chance of winning. However, that same increase also brings about an increase in funds for more potential prizes. I will be watching to see if the increase the prize rate as the user base increases. Overall, I think it is a good model for the time being. What are your thoughts on this?
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