Band Together for Blingo

Lately, Mondays have been my primary day off —  the only day I don’t work for any of the 24 hours which make up the day. So my posting on Mondays, of late, has been sporadic. Today, I thought I’d post something simple and fun.

I want to invite you all, my readers, to win with me on Blingo. Perhaps you have seen this graphic on my sidebar, and have wondered what it’s about. Before I lose you, I should tell you this is totally free.

It’s free and its fun. And you really can win. So listen up, here’s the scoop.

Blingo  is a web search engine, powered by Google. Search engines make money from the companies which advertise on their sites. When you search for airplanes, the search engine will display ads tailored toward that search on the sides or top and bottom of the search result page. The ads drive traffic to the advertisers’ sites. All of this is just to say that search engines are free for the users, but actually make money.

Blingo  gives some of that money away. They are now partnered with Publisher’s Clearing House, and they give prizes to the average Joes  (& Janes)  who search using their search engine. This means they have more people searching their site consistently, and can make more money with the ads they sell.

Here’s the bottom line. For 95% of your web searching needs, Blingo  will do the job. And if you sign up (for free) there’s a chance you might win something. The way I look at it, I have nothing to lose, and lots of chances to win. It’s free and there is absolutely NO SPAM!!

I have Blingo  as my homepage, to make it easier to remember to use. I haven’t won yet (although the person who signed me up has won several times). So here’s how you can help. If you sign up for Blingo  from the graphics on this post (or in my sidebar), you not only get to have a chance to win something, I do too. If you win, the person who signs you up wins the same prize. All the people you sign up will help you win.

The prizes range from 10 or 20 thousand dollars, to movie tickets or free song downloads from I-Tunes. They give away 50 dollar prizes and giftcards, and they let you know what prizes were given away recently. And if you think you don’t have a chance to win, since you only search the web once or twice a day, you’re wrong. At most, only 10 25 searches a day count for a prize. They set up the prizes by hours, minutes, and seconds. The first search after the preset time wins it.  

So what have you got to lose? Why don’t you sign up? Like I said, there is no spam, and they only use your address information in the event you win. If any of you have blogs, you can easily add graphics to your blog with links so you get credit if someone signs up. (I’ve already had some sign up that way). And Blingo  also makes it easy to send emails to your friends inviting them to join Blingo  too.  

So go ahead, give it a shot. Let’s band together to win with Blingo!