Category — Search

As Pete noted last week, our previously BFFs at Blingo have changed their search provider from good, sweet Google to some gawd-awful mashup of Yahoo, Windows Live and Ask.

The net result is that search results are now a mess. Blingo has sponsored results mixed amongst native results (bad) as well as multiple returns for sites because of the co-mingled engines (really bad). As MichaelGuo says, Blingo's now sucko.

Until Blingo changes its ways and brings back the Google engine, I'm afraid it's sayonara, Blingo.

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I wasn't even going to blog this, but… Pete & I won again on Blingo. That is all.

Now… if say… YOU wanted to win on Blingo….

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The Good News: Looks like the have ((finally)) added search functions to Google Reader.

The Bad News: It took like… a year(!!) for Google to add the "google" into Google Reader. Ugh.

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Seems like it's been… what… three months since I talked about Blingo? Umm, yeah. That would be because I haven't won anything on Blingo in three months.

Which means… I'm do to win! And you are too!

What the hell am I talking about? Blingo is snazzy prize contest run by the Publishers Clearing House group. You use their version of Google, and a certain number of searchers win cool prizes every day. How cool? iTunes gift certificates, Amazon gift certificates, plasma TVs and even cars!!

I must confess, I've been a loyal Blingo searcher every day. Since I'm in the midst of the aforementioned Blingo slump, I thought I would sarch for "blingo plasma" to see if anyone was winning. Sure enough - people are winning 42" plasma tvs. Jeremy won one. And so did Rickey. And Ryan.

But me? No 42" plasma - not so much. Which means… I'm due! And you are too!

If you want to sign up with me and win on Blingo, let's do it!

And here's a few tips on how to put Blingo in your browser so you can search straight from the search bar in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, or Camino.

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I very rarely add apps to my OS X dock. If it's not something I'm using every day (or roughly every day), then it's not making it to the dock. Well, a new (to me) app has earned a coveted spot on my dock: Spotlaser.

Spotlaser is a free app (donations suggested!) that adds boolean search operators and custom options in a Spotlight-esque interface. It's instantly usable - exceptionally intuitive.

With Spotlaser, you can search for items that match any terms, all terms, or exact phrases. It also supports searching within specific parts of the file (filename, content, metadata, etc.) or for specific types of files, file sizes, and time-based searches (created, modified, etc).

Who? What? When? Where? Spotlaser finds it all. Pretty sweet.

But the pièce de résistance for Spotlaser is the ability to save searches as Smart Folders. In the words of our Guinness friends - BRILLIANT!!!

If it's on a Mac, Spotlaser will find it - plain and simple.

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For more than a year, I've been trying to tell people about Blingo. Why? Because Blingo is a search interface for Google, that wraps the results in an instant win game. The more you search google through the Blingo website, the more opportunities you have to win.

So, what's to win? Well, it used to be an iTunes gift certificate here, an iPod there, or maybe a Visa gift card. But now that Blingo is part of the Publisher's Clearing House family, they've just gone absolutely nuts with the prizes.

Blingo is now giving away Amazon gift certificates, iTunes gift certificates and movie tickets all the way up to $500 cash, $1,000 cash, a 42" Plasma TV, $5,000 cash, and a brand new Ford Mustang. Are you kidding me? That's nuts!

Do people really win? You bet. I've won 11 times. People who have signed up through my link have one 14 times.

So, what do you do? OK, here's what you do:

1) Register with Blingo.
2) Start searching at Blingo.

That's it!

Want more chances to win? Add Blingo to your Internet Explorer, Firefox, AOL, Safari, or Camino browser.

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Everyone's favorite search and win website, Blingo, has entered a partnership with Publisher's Clearing House. That means bigger prizes, more often. If you use Google, why not switch over to the Blingo interface & win? Duh!

Under the new structure, Blingo will give out 2,022 prizes each month and your first 10 searches each day are eligible to win. For July, Blingo will give out the following:

Instant Win Prizes: 1710 movie tickets valued at or about $10 each; 160 Visa Gift Cards valued at or about $25 each; 80 Visa Gift Cards valued at or about $50 each; 36 Visa Gift Cards valued at or about $100 each; 36 Apple iPod Nano 1GB digital music players valued at or about $150 each.

So, like I said, start using Blingo today & win!

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Eleven of you have joined Blingo with me and won. I bring this up (yet again) because… I won another iTunes gift card. Seriously folks, Blingo = Google + free stuff.

What are you waiting for?! Join Blingo now & start winning.

For more on Blingo, check out my Blingo archives.

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For months I've said people really do win with Blingo. Heck, look at me, I've won nine times in the last year. And now…so has Camille.

See? People do win. So…join Blingo to search & win!!

For more on Blingo, check my past Blingo-related archives.

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I hate to beat a dead horse here, but I won again on Blingo. To be more precise, Angela & I won together. Woo Hoo! iTunes gift card!! This is the sixth time I've won on Blingo and the second time Angela & I have teamed up for iTunes gift certificates. Thanks, Angela!

If you want to start winning on Blingo, sign up here and then start using Blingo for your searches.

For those that aren't familiar, Blingo basically searches Google for you, but lets you win prizes for using their service. (What's in it for them? Maybe you click one of the 1-3 text ads on the page.)

So how do win yourself some cash or iPods or whatever?

1) Just sign up at Blingo and tell 'em I sent you. (That way, if you win - I win, too!)
2) Search using Blingo. They've got a search bar of your browser or plugins for Firefox, etc. There are Camino tools to install Blingo, Safari plugins for Blingo, you name it.

So, go sign up for Blingo and start winning. What are you waiting for?!

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I know you're tired of me talking about Blingo - but I have to tell you I won again. This time it was a $10 iTunes gift card. So…why aren't you signed up to use Blingo?

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Admit it - you Google stuff. You need to find stuff on the internet and you search for it. It's OK - I do it all the time, too. But I don't Google - I use Blingo to Google.

For those that aren't familiar, Blingo basically searches Google for you, but lets you win prizes for using their service. (What's in it for them? Maybe you click one of the 1-3 text ads on the page.)

Does it work? Hell yeah it works. I've won four times since I signed up. I've won cash, movie tickets, iTunes songs and even an iPod. Not too shabby. All that for doing nothing but typing my searches at Blingo instead of the Goog. EASY!

So how do win yourself some cash or iPods or whatever?

1) Just sign up at Blingo and tell 'em I sent you. (That way, if you win - I win, too!)
2) Search using Blingo. They've got a search bar of your browser or plugins for Firefox, etc. There are Camino tools to install Blingo, Safari plugins for Blingo, you name it.

So, go sign up for Blingo and start winning. What are you waiting for?!

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So apparently this winning with Blingo keeps getting better and better. Today Pete searched for…well, you don't want to know…but he won - since I'm his buddy - I won an iPod Shuffle, too! W00T! That brings my total pull to a free movie pass, an iTunes gift card and an iPod! SWEET!!

Sign up for Blingo - it's just like Google - and win when you search!!

SAFARI BROWSWER USERS: Safari users can fall in love with Blingo, too. The Saft plugin allows you to tweak just about everything in Safari, including setting your default search engine (that box up there on!) to search with Blingo!

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Angela searched for something on Blingo and won movie tickets! I won movie tickets from Blingo too since I introduced her to Blingo! Don't you want to win? Start using Blingo search now!

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OK, so Pete (who all of a sudden has a favicon?!?!), Angela and Sloane are in on Blingo. Awesome. ProcheinAmy (?) & MrChonks (?) are signed up to (but I don't really know who you are so I can't link ya.)

If you're ready to get some free stuff (search & win!), then you need to sign up for Blingo.

Here's a couple tips on how to add Blingo search your browser (IE, Firefox, Safari) as well, that way the searches are super simple. C'mon y'all, search & win!

Answer to an email question:
No, I'm not getting paid one red cent to blog about Blingo. I like free stuff & I like Google results. Blingo does both. I like both.

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