Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Bingggggo?


     Whats your search engine? ...or decision engine or something along those lines. Microsoft has come out with a brand new one and they have called it Bing. Catchy, easy to remember, and hard to misspell are probably a few main reasons they decided on calling itself Bing. I have no arguments against it, either. So today, and yesterday I decided (without the help of Bing) to explore this new web engine and see how it's runs. To my surprise, I liked it. A lot, even considering I'm not sure how exactly things work to the T. Especially a feature they have similar to Google's shopping, except this is different. This has cashback which pays you back money used for a purchase from an eligible retailer. Cash pay outs are limited to a five dollar minimum payout and a 2,500 payout maximum payout a year. The most important paragraph that was listed in the Terms and Conditions was the following:

     You will not earn cashback savings on purchases where (a) you close your browser or open the store's web site in a different web browser or tab; (b) you click away from the store after clicking on an eligible advertisement; (c) your browser is not configured to accept cookies; (d) the purchase is not completed in the same web browsing session in which you click on the eligible advertisement or listing; (e) the order is later cancelled or the goods or services are later returned; (f) the store does not report the purchase to us; (g) the goods or services are acquired for resale or other business purposes; (h) you use a separate discount or coupon with your order; (i) you exceed the annual monetary cap on cashback savings; (j): you purchase gift cards or gift certificates; or (k) you make a purchase from yourself or from entities that you control or otherwise in collusion with other people.

     Hopefully you took special note of the use of tabbed browsing and eligible advertisers.

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