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July 11, 2008 4:32 PM PDT

Scour pays you to search, improve results

by Josh Lowensohn

Scour is a search tool that blends results from Google, Yahoo, and MSN together in one stream. You can hot-swap between the three, or break out any single result into another search. If you come across a bad result, or one you think should go above the others, you can also vote it up (or down) or leave a comment--something similar to what Wikia did with its hackable search engine.

On top of the basic layer of search interaction there's also a paying element to the site. Every query you make has a certain point value, with interactions like commenting and voting giving you more points. Once you reach a certain point limit you can then convert points you have into a cash gift card. There's also a referral program where you get a small percentage of the points from the searches your friends do.

I've embedded a demo video below. You can also give it spin here.

Josh Lowensohn writes for Webware.com, CNET's blog about Web applications and services. E-mail Josh, or follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/Josh.
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by djhines2cu July 12, 2008 12:52 AM PDT
Just saw this add , I think it's cool ! I would like to know more please if possable ? Thanks. sincerly djhines
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by runswithscissorsXX July 12, 2008 3:38 AM PDT
it's brilliant. maybe the most brilliant part is how much work they're able to wrangle out of a $25 gift card.
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by wklinger July 12, 2008 4:43 AM PDT
I signed up after seeing this post. a little skeptical at first but besides the gift card (which takes quite a bit of legit work to get), the site is really cool. Great idea.
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by webguylive-com July 12, 2008 9:21 PM PDT
Interesting. Basically it's a search engine with digg like voting system. I think we need more alternative search engines better than google.
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by shodanmaster July 14, 2008 7:32 AM PDT
You can sing-up via the invite link here and get additional 50 or 100 points to the start!

http://scour.com/invite/signup
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by igolga July 15, 2008 8:32 PM PDT
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by igolga July 15, 2008 8:32 PM PDT
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by madcow8pi July 18, 2008 7:23 AM PDT
If you use this invite link you start with at least 100 points, someone who used it got 150 I believe.

http://scour.com/invite/madcow8pi
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by social-network August 3, 2008 11:31 PM PDT
It is really difficult to trust, I thing most of the new sites are on trail and error . Because last year AGLOCO was online and many people join this network but now it is not in internet community any more. We just lost our valuable time engaging for nothing. i hope this will do better for all.
http://www.worldwideaffiliateprogram.com
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by balu.lh August 5, 2008 9:38 PM PDT
Read this Success Stories http://cashtreasure.blogspot.com/2008/08/scourcom-new-way-to-make-money-online.html
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by clickcash August 17, 2008 2:10 AM PDT
You can sing-up bonus 150 poin
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by balu.lh October 11, 2008 12:43 AM PDT
Scour is now a very worthless for Asians. because they pay just $5 for 50000points and $10 for 10000 points to europeans and US.

best go go MyHPF (similiar search enginge pays Euros) I'v found it at http://clearcash.blogspot.com
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