Blingo (www.blingo.com), a brand new Internet search engine, announced on December 8 that it is offering users something extra along with their search results. Every time users search on Blingo, they also have a chance to win a prize. Each search is also a chance to instantly win prizes like a Canon digital camera, a one-year subscription to Netflix, an Amazon.com gift certificate, or a music CD. There's no user registration, no spam, no pop-up ads and no catch to win.
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.
Rob Davis, Blingo co-founder and Vice President of Engineering, said that Blingo does not need to re-invent the search wheel because it can provide a great search experience via partnerships, that Blingo’s search quality is very similar to other search engines, that Blingo’s challenge is to deliver rewards in the most consumer-friendly manner possible, and that there's no better way to search for holiday gift ideas this month.
Blingo co-founder and CEO Frank Anderson said that sweepstakes and contests have always been enormously popular with consumers, even though there are typically some strings attached, and that with Blingo there are no strings, no catches, and no hassles, but a great search and thousands of winners.
