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Major Scour Updates Coming Soon

N.G. Woosh — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:57:58 +0000

“Scour is Upgrading Its Reward System to Include All Countries and Increase Payouts!”

This change is taking place September 1, 2009. Read the post on Scour’s blog here!

9/1/2009 – More Scour updates announced! Scour is completely ditching the rewards system. NO PRIZES ARE BEING OFFERED FROM HERE ON OUT. Read my post on this here.

Looking for a SwagCode?

N.G. Woosh — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:25:56 +0000

Looking for an active SwagCode? Feel free to use my SwagBucks Widget to check for one any time. I added a Widgets page to keep up with my widgets from various sites.

Just click the Swag Codes button at the bottom of the widget and then click “Check if there’s a Swag Code” to see if there’s an active one available!

SwagBucks Widget

N.G. Woosh — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:48:19 +0000

The SwagBucks widget is a very handy tool. Looking for a SwagCode? Check the widget. Need to search for something? Search using the widget. Searching on the widget will still allow you to win on SwagBucks! Test it out right here. Not a member of SwagBucks? You should be. Free stuff!

You’ll notice buttons at the bottom of the widget, where you can:
- Search SwagBucks and get great results from Google and Ask, and you might even win some swagbucks!
– See the great prizes that you can trade your swagbucks in for!
– See the official SwagBucks blog updates!
– Check for SwagCodes! You want to see if there’s a code right now? Check and see!
– Sign up for SwagBucks!

Don’t know what SwagBucks is?

SwagBucks is a search engine that gives you search results from Google and Ask.com, where you can win “swagbucks” in your searches to trade in for gift cards, music, movies, books, games, and so much more! Why search Google for nothing when you can search on SwagBucks and win? Get paid for what you already do online! Check it out here.

Major SwagBucks Update

N.G. Woosh — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:45:52 +0000

Hey, are you a SwagBucks member? If not, you should be!

SwagBucks just made some great changes to the site. Go read their blog post about the changes!

The changes are great, and it sounds like there are more changes to come.

Don’t know what SwagBucks is?

Scour – Search & Earn

N.G. Woosh — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:12:00 +0000

Well, Search & Earn isn’t the exact category that this site may fall under, but it’s a fair description of the site. Scour is a social search engine that gives you points for searching and other actions in the system. You can visit profiles, interact with friends (hence the “social”), and more.

I have been looking for some recent payment proof, but I’ve had a hard time finding any. On the plus side, I haven’t found any negative information about Scour yet either. I have found this on the Scour blog (first payment), but nothing more recent than this. Hopefully I’ll have some proof of my own to post soon!

If you’ve been paid by (or have a bad experience with) Scour, please let me know.

From the Scour FAQ:

Countries participating in the following rewards program include: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, U.S., and U.K.:

- 6,500 Rewards Points may be redeemed for a $25.00
- 12,500 Rewards Points may be redeemed for a $50.00
- 25,000 Rewards Points may be redeemed for a $100.00

Countries not listed above are still eligible to participate in the following rewards schedule:

- 50,000 Rewards Points may be redeemed for = $5

Check it out, and hopefully it’ll be worth our while. At the very least, it’s a pretty nice search engine. It combines results from Google, MSN, and Yahoo, and they even give you the option of filtering which search engine you prefer, and giving more weight to your preferred search engine(s).

Scour – Click here to join!

SwagBucks – What’s That?

N.G. Woosh — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:24:21 +0000

What is SwagBucks? Is it a scam? Do they pay?

SwagBucks is a search site (results are by Google and Ask) where you win swagbucks (points/currency) that you can use to buy great items, such as books, amazon cards, shirts, autographed items, and so much more.

I’ve been using SwagBucks since around December of last year and since then I’ve received several Amazon gift cards, and the t-shirt you see in the picture.

Amazon cards and t-shirts don’t impress you? How about being able to search with bands, sports teams, tv channels such as Fox59 (Simpsons, Family Guy, and more), and so many more search sites through SwagBucks so that you can get specific prizes to those bands (etc)? There’s some pretty great stuff. Here’s a link to a post that I wrote a while back called SwagBucks Info that explains the multiple search sites and how it all works together.

The picture of me in a SwagBucks shirt not doing for you for proof? Check out Geek Dad’s Guide to Free Stuff, where you can see proof of one of the Amazon cards I’ve received. You may even find some other great sites that interest you while you’re there!

Is there any secret to winning? The best advice I can give you is to use SwagBucks just like you would a regular search engine. In my case, my regular search engine would be Google, so instead of searching Google directly I use SwagBucks. SwagBucks gives results by Google and Ask, so you still get the information you need!

Here are some other great ways to earn swagbucks:

- Refer your friends (You’ll get 100% of what they win, up to 100 swagbucks)
- Shop through SwagBucks (Shop through them and get 1 swagbuck per $5)
- Trade in your old cell phone! Amounts vary.
- Trade in your old video games and systems! Amounts vary.

SwagBucks is a legitimate search and win site (not a scam) and if you’re not a member, you’re missing out. Why? Think about this: How many times a day do you search the internet? And you’re getting paid nothing for it! So why not get some great stuff for doing what you already do?

SwagBucks – Click here to join!