New Search Engine Offers Prizes for Searching

December 7, 2004

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New Search Engine Offers Prizes for Searching

Blingo,a brand new Internet search engine, is offering users a chance to win a prize every time they search. Visitors to the Thousands of Prizes Every Month Currently in Beta testing, the Blingo site is offering hundreds of prizes in December and will begin offering thousands every month when Beta testing is complete. Prizes will change frequently and will include popular consumer electronics, gift certificates, movies, music, and more. Blingo was founded by two successful Internet entrepreneurs and colleagues, Frank Anderson and Rob Davis. Together they helped launch iAmaze, an Internet company acquired by AOL in 2000. Blingo, backed by venture capital investor Athlon Ventures (whose investors include prominent athletes such as NBA All-Star Tim Duncan and NFL All-Pro Brian Urlacher), is pursuing a similar business model to other leading search providers. The company receives revenue from advertiser-sponsored links correlated to specific search queries, and then gives a portion of the revenue back to users in the form of prizes. "Blingo does not need to re-invent the search wheel because we can provide a great search experience via partnerships," said Rob Davis, Blingo co-founder and Vice President of Engineering. "Our search quality is very similar to other search engines. Our challenge is to deliver rewards in the most consumer-friendly manner possible. Now users can choose to 'search and find' with other search engines -- or 'search, find, and possibly win' with Blingo. And there's no better way to search for holiday gift ideas this month -- search on Blingo and you may win a gift of your own." Murdok | Breaking eBusiness News Your source for investigative ebusiness reporting and breaking news.

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