Scour Announces Changes

Scour is growing and as a result they are upgrading their rewards system to include ALL countries and increase payouts. Rather than the monthly prize draw of $1000 they will now be having a daily prize draw of $25. You will earn one entry for every search, vote and comment you make while using Scour. You will also earn 25% of your referrals points. So for every 4 searches a referral does you earn 1 extra entry.

So what does this mean for the current points you've earned? Here is what the scour blog had to say about it.



As a thank you for all your past participation, during our transition to the new $25 daily Cash Giveaway we are offering the following BONUS:

As of September 1, 2009 all point accumulations will stop and Scour users will be awarded with extra daily search entries for the month of September 2009:

Users with:
1 - 1,500 points will receive 25 daily search entries for 30 days
1,501 - 3,000 points will receive 50 daily search entries for 30 days
3,001 - 4,500 points will receive 75 daily search entries for 30 days
4,501 – 6,000 points will receive 100 daily search entries for 30 days
6,001 - 7,500 points will receive 125 daily search entries for 30 days
7,500 + points will receive 150 daily search entries for 30 days
Note: The daily entry cap for the day is still 350.

August 31, 2009 will be the last day to redeem your points at the minimum 6,500 cashout level. As of September 1, 2009 the current point system will stop and you will have a chance at winning $25 every day, simply by searching, voting and commenting.

Bottom line. I don't like the new system. I was much happier earning points towards a Visa gift Card. Not hoping that I would be lucky enough to "win" $25. The other problem I have with this is if you are "growing" why are you seemingly limiting the rewards you offer?

Scour - Get Paid to Search

If you're like me you search the internet pretty frequently. I search on average 5-10times a day depending on the information I am looking up. I've recently started to use Scour. Scour is a really cool search engine that compiles search results from top search engines..like google..yahoo and MSN. Scour also has a social aspect to it, you are able to vote and comment on the results after your search. The best part is..for doing any of those activities you earn points.. which you can later redeem for Visa giftcards!

You'll earn 1 point for every search, comment or vote you perform. You'll also be able to earn 25% of the points your referrals earn. It only takes 6,500 points to earn a $25 gift card definately not hard to reach if you search, vote, and comment on a regular basis and have your friends do the same with Scour.