Microsoft’s Bing search engine launched in 2009 and has been a distant number two to mighty Google. One might say that Google is the Microsoft of search engines and Microsoft is the Apple…well, if it’s 1990.
Early on, Microsoft was desperate for market share and launched the Bing Rewards program in 2010, later rebranded as Microsoft Rewards. The program gives you points when you search via Bing. This includes using the search bar in your browser, search on your mobile devices, etc. and does not require installing any software.
And what do you do with these points? You can use them to enter drawings, donate to charity, or redeem them for gift cards from Amazon and other major retailers.
This isn’t going to add up to “side hustle” money or even beer money. But what I’ve found is that since my first redemption on February 10, 2012, I’ve enjoyed a steady stream of Amazon gift certificates. Every 2-3 months or so when I’m checking out on Amazon, I remember Bing and check my points. After a couple button clicks, the Amazon code arrives in my email.
I’ve clocked about $400 in Amazon gift certificates over the last 10 years.
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Gday
No one with an good moral ethical stance , pro freedom , pro truth, right to repair,
patriotic sprite should be using International Corporations such as
Microsoft, Google, DDG, Amazon, cuckflare,etc
They are all onboard with :-
PRISM, 5 Eyes, DRM, Data Surveillance , Agenda 21 , Sustainable development,
Diversity + Inclusion, Woke, Anti Freedom of Speech , etc
If you want an actual search engine you can trust
I recommend self hosting an SearX instance
and filter out google, DDG, Bing,etc from the search feed
Two SearX servers I would recommend
* https://search.joshwho.net/
* https://searx.be/
Instead of XXXX money from a corporation
look into a better moral choice
– Donations
– Superchats
– Merch Stores
– Crowd/Community Funding
etc
SearX is on Git – https://github.com/searx/searx
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Regards
Charliebrownau
Do I get paid to use SearX
No, therefore it is not worth it.
How this work?