Microsoft Bing Rewards launched for UK residents

[HEXUS]

And in a feature update Bing can now search for images within images.

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[cheesemp]

So based on:
Xbox digital gift card (£3) - 2,750 points
Windows Store gift card (£5) - 5,850 points
Its roughly 1000 points per pound? That means even at the maximum bonus (6 points for bing and edge) I'd have to make 167 searches to earn a pound... I think i'll pass thanks.

Edit: And its a maximum of 60 points a day - so 3 and half days of searching to make a pound. You'd make more checking parking machines for spare change!

[Saracen]

What's Bing?

[LSG501]

It just doesn't seem like it's worth the effort if I'm honest....If they really wanted to make an dent in marketshare they'd make it so if you use edge no adverts are shown and NOTHING we do is tracked or sold on etc but that's not going to happen..... because it's now perfectly acceptable, it isn't and shouldn't be imo, for companies to use our data as a way to earn money.

[shaithis]

What's Bing?

I think it's the sound most microwaves make when the foods ready...

[Shielder]

Microsoft's Bing Rewards scheme = our search engine sucks, let's bribe users to use it rather than the other 'search engine that shall not be named'.

[rabidmunkee]

I just checked the microwave, still no food. I am sad now.

[Ttaskmaster]

What's Bing?

Google says it's the name of an American singer 1903–1977, who did some cheesy song with David Bowie.
I thought it was a dog who lost his O...

[virtuo]

I thought it was a dog who lost his O...

Ah, Boing. Was a fine animal

[peterb]

What's Bing?

Surname of one of the characters in the popular soap 'Friends' in the late '90s.

(Just thought - that probably doesn't help does it? )

[Output]

What's Bing?

Maybe they meant Google Bing.

[Saracen]

It's good to know nobody here needs their sarcasm detector recalibrated.

[Rubarb]

talk about desperate.
In fairness Bing isn't a bad search engine but its just not as user freindly as say google.

Adding extra point to use Edge is a joke , they could charge me daily for not using it and I'd be happy, it's the worst browser ever !

[iggy]

So based on:
Xbox digital gift card (£3) - 2,750 points
Windows Store gift card (£5) - 5,850 points
Its roughly 1000 points per pound? That means even at the maximum bonus (6 points for bing and edge) I'd have to make 167 searches to earn a pound... I think i'll pass thanks.

Edit: And its a maximum of 60 points a day - so 3 and half days of searching to make a pound. You'd make more checking parking machines for spare change!

Autohotkey to the rescue?