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The History
Founded in 2007, Scour was originally named Aftervote.com, a search engine with an AJAX backbone with one mission: to deliver the most relevant results as efficiently as possible. Almost exactly 1 year later, Aftervote was acquired by Internext media, owner and operator of the ABCSearch Network and re-branded to Scour.com.
The Mission
Scour's purpose is to bridge the gap...More»
The History
Founded in 2007, Scour was originally named Aftervote.com, a search engine with an AJAX backbone with one mission: to deliver the most relevant results as efficiently as possible. Almost exactly 1 year later, Aftervote was acquired by Internext media, owner and operator of the ABCSearch Network and re-branded to Scour.com.
The Mission
Scour's purpose is to bridge the gap between searchers and relevant results. By providing a platform for the user to vote and comment on relevancy, searchers connect with one another creating a true social search community, attained through innovative solutions to meet the needs of today's web searchers.
So, login and get active! Play a part in the Scour community and get rewarded for what you already do- Search!«Less
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| Name: | Scour |
| Product URL: | http://scour.com/ |
| Description: | Search While Google, Yahoo, and MSN are incredible search engines, Scour brings all of their greatness together! With Scour, all three engines are searched all at once for you, with the results returned quickly on one page. Every Scour member is able to vote each listing up or down based on its relevance to their keyword as well as comment on their experiences with the site. By blending user feedback with proven search algorithms the Scour community helps shapes the Scour brand of results. Contribute Ever spend time searching only to find that the results you need are buried under irrelevant ones? With the Scour voting and comment system, our goal is to introduce the human element of searching allowing you and all other Scour members to speak up and help shape the results with every search. See a result that doesn't match your search? Vote it down? See a site that is exactly what you wanted? Vote it up and tell us all why you liked it. After enough votes, the listings will move down in rank, placing the relevant ones where they should be, at the top! When using Scour you can read user reviews about websites based on your keyword taking a lot of the guesswork out of searching and getting to you destination quicker. Reward The top search engines make billions of dollars a year in advertising revenue, wouldn't it be cool if the users got a piece of that too? Enter Scour Points! Every member is awarded one point for every search, two for a vote and three for a comment with a maximum of 4 points a search. Once you aggregate at least 6,500 points you can cash them out for a $25 Visa gift card... it's more than you currently make from searching, right? On top of that, we offer referral points for the friends you introduce to Scour where you can earn 25% of the points they make. So if you invited 25 friends that used scour regularly in addition to yourself, that's an easy $125 in your pocket for a year of what you already do! Check out how much you could earn with the Scour Points Calculator. This isn't a pyramid scheme and we're not trying to get you rich quick, we just think it's a good idea to share our success with those who help make it possible. Play a part in the Scour community and get rewarded for what you already do! |
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Do you want to be paid to 'search' ?
- Started by: sandnsurf
- Date: Aug 16, 2008
- Comments: 2
- Last Comment: 2 months ago
Just not sure how wide spread the tool will become or whether people really will change their search engine priorities for the financial remuneration offered ($25 per 6000 search...
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Do you want to be paid to 'search' ?
Aug 16, 2008 - 2 comments
I downloaded the scour toolbar and invited friends to do the same. Have had some fun using the search tool and voting/commenting on the web results the search engine collates form MSN, live, Google.
Just not sure how wide spread the tool will become or whether people really will change their search engine priorities for the financial remuneration offered ($25 per 6000 search...
I don't think I would go through the trouble of installing a toolbar and getting worse results for less than 1/2 a penny per search.
I don't like stuff like that...but worked for Microsoft?
http://seekingalpha.com/article/85750-microsoft-live-cashback-helps-search-jump-15
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