2.20.2006

MSN search and win


There's been a lot of news that the runners up in the search wars have been researching just what types of bribes they could offer in order to get users to switch over to their engines perminantly. Yahoo has been surveying yahoo mail users on what might be the best incentive - cheaper netflix, cheaper yahoo music, free email upgrades, etc. Now comes MSN, who has set up a special search page that gives you a chance to win prizes every time you search - as long as you scan your first page of search results for the "search and win" link that is randomly seeded. It remains to be seen how good a bribe it has to be to change user habbits, but if it works for you -
MSN Search and Win