It takes a lot to pull me away from my favored search engines, but this is just really neat.
It’s called Blingo and their business model is to give things away for searching. On top of this, their results are powered by Google, so you don’t lose any of the speed and accuracy which you’ve come to love.
They don’t have all the really advanced features that Google does, like searching for “wifi hotspots near tampa fl” but they do give things away, free.
Of course, I thought, what’s the catch? There’s not one. At least that’s what readers of the Tampa Bay Times think. Like Google, Blingo makes its money on sponsored advertising, and uses these randomly awarded prizes to bring in more traffic. Go take a look, who knows, your next search might bring you an unexpected gift!