A simple-to-use web search engine, Blingo is based on Google. Sponsored ads pay for the prizes. Latest prize winners are displayed in colorful real-time tickers.

Hundreds of prizes

Blingo is using good marketing techniques to keep people coming back for more. They claim to give away thousands of prizes. It isn't a scam, because I guess they do give away something. Just look at the banner!



However, victory is invariably yours in the form of an entry to a cinema. A pass to a movie, smashing.

Others have received an iTunes cerificate

Blingo Blog

The blog is a good source of info on the Blingo paid-to-search web phenomenon. For instance, the "your name needs" meme was quite a successful way of proving that you can get proper results out of a Blingo search.

We input Ed needs and the answer was: Ed needs a Hummer! Well, I can say I would be too embarrassed to drive one of those monstrosities, but at least it is an idea of what to ask for Christmas. And as for the Ed, he has a long wait till Hummer day.