MSN Bribe-for-Search Campaign
 

Interesting.

http://www.clickz.com/news/article.php/3584886

Is "incentivizing" even a word? Come on, now.

fuck that...

Yes, cool to hear something new!

So change from google with shit results to msn withh the same shit results, but I might win somehting? Ok.

It is not an exactly novel model. It's been tried before by iwon.com Probably will share the same issues iwon.com faced. IMHO, the BEST "incentive" are actually relevant search results. (A bit off-topic:) Although it may seem clunky, the About.Com comprehensive result model holds the most promise re packaging search services. It COULD use additional tech and process flow upgrades though.

How about you pay me the $100 you owe me for years? :disgust

Well we all knew MSN was gonna put money behind it as soon as they were ready and with the Yahoo contract of theirs expiring this month, be prepared to see the marketing dollars flow big time.

Lets hope the relevancy follows suit.

As a matter of fact, yes it is.

So, if you had a new search engine, and you wanted people to try it, you would not offer incentives for people?

I would

I like the idea.. this is what free market should be. We all know that there are natural and paid search results that both companies partake in to certain extent. Its a business as much as Google and everyone wants us to believe its only a service. I am not touting Google or Microsoft stock so no vested interest either way but I would love to see the games begin and its about damn time.

Go figure. It sounds like "truthiness."

90% of the engines do this nowdays anyway. Even if the engine itself doesn't chances are a large majority of affiliates using the engines feeds are up to no good.

I just don't see it beeing succesfull somehow

Just like any other contest, I bet this one is only good for Americans! Won't catch me using MSN search -- I'd probably win a prize only to be told that I don't qualify as a winner because I don't live in the states.

Perhaps some people need to open their own search engine...

We think alike:thumbsup Cheap labor + open research + PPC = new search engine :thumbsup

:1orglaugh I swear I almost choked while laughing at the idea that Google was merely a service.

I can't comment on that.

There is nothing wrong IMHO with this...

I mean when affiliate programs comeup with promotions/bonus you don't complain, is it really that different what MSN is doing just because its owned by Microsoft?