I have officially given up on Blingo as my primary search engine.  A few months back Blingo switched from the Google search algorithm to a combination of Yahoo, Ask.com, and MSN.  This has resulted in inferior search results.  I was hoping that I would not need to switch because I really enjoyed winning prizes every once in a while for doing my regular web searching.  So without further ado I introduce (drum roll)

SWAGBUCKS

Swagbucks uses Google and Ask.com for its searches.  Having the Google search as its backbone makes it a much more useful service than Blingo.  There is a small difference with the way this program works when it comes to prizes.  Each search you do gives you an opportunity to win Swag Bucks.  I have earned as many as five at a time but usually I get one or two.  These bucks accumulate and allow you to “purchase” prizes.  I have been using this service for a couple of weeks now and am up to 20 swag bucks.  You can get a $5 gift card to Amazon.com for only 45 Swag Bucks.  Depending on which gift cards you choose a swagbuck is worth between eight and eleven cents.  Not a bad deal for just switching to a search engine that gives you the same results as Google

Click Here to sign up with SwagBucks