October 29, 2025, 09:24:14 AM

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Phlinx II : Drop 580 purple stones this week!
Tri-Peaks Solitaire HD : Open 24 chests this week!
Wheel of Fortune : Guess 170 consonants correctly in classic round this week!


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Posted by C~M
 - July 24, 2025, 10:37:08 PM
That is what I used to do, but I've been clicking results and waiting for them to load. I've been restricted for a few months and the last redeemed card was set to automatically redeem and it went thru. And I had to reset the auto redeem each time and when I checked it was blank so I tried to redeem but can't. Also, the free entries into drawings gave me the same errors.
Posted by Mayhem
 - July 24, 2025, 08:23:10 PM
I see in their statement:

"Use Bing correctly for regular searches. If you do so, your account can be restored automatically."

I'm assuming you are doing a search on Bing, but not clicking on any of the search results?
Posted by C~M
 - July 24, 2025, 07:49:51 PM
Quote from: Mayhem on July 24, 2025, 06:06:33 PMI thought they nerfed the program a long time ago to the point where it wasn't even worth it anymore?

Nope, I was still getting my $10 a month for my 1 account until today when I tried to redeem it again.
Posted by Mayhem
 - July 24, 2025, 06:06:33 PM
I thought they nerfed the program a long time ago to the point where it wasn't even worth it anymore?
Posted by C~M
 - July 24, 2025, 04:48:41 PM
Seems like I am thru with Bing.  I've been temp restricted for months now and had to do 4 searches at a time, wait about 30 minutes and do 4 more.  I just tried redeeming points and get the following:

Microsoft Rewards account is temporarily restricted
This account is temporarily restricted because recent account activity may be in breach of the Microsoft Rewards Terms of Service.
Use Bing correctly for regular searches. If you do so, your account can be restored automatically.
Please read how to get the most out of the Microsoft Rewards program.
If you believe your account has been restricted in error, contact customer support.


When I contact them all I ever get is sign out of all of your accounts/browsers and log back in with your main account, then contact us again.
Posted by snowflower
 - February 22, 2024, 09:25:17 AM
WOW
Posted by Squid
 - February 20, 2024, 07:59:46 AM
It's in the global psyche!  
Posted by Mayhem
 - February 20, 2024, 07:57:37 AM
In January 2024, the online search engine Bing accounted for 3.43 percent of the global search market across all devices, while market leader Google held a search traffic share of around 91.47 percent. Meanwhile, Yandex's market share was 1.78 percent, while Yahoo! represented around 1.1 percent.

This is how much Google has dominated the past 9 years.

Posted by Squid
 - February 20, 2024, 05:07:53 AM
Quote from: Mayhem on January 29, 2024, 12:07:31 AMGoogle makes billions every year, so now is the time for them to start a rewards program while everyone is unhappy with Bing's.
I recently read that Google has 82% of the desktop searches and 94% of the mobile searches.
Posted by Squid
 - February 20, 2024, 05:05:11 AM
Quote from: C~M on February 19, 2024, 10:33:02 PMThey also brought back the 30 points for reading news articles.
Scroll up.  I said that but I never lost the reading points.
Posted by C~M
 - February 19, 2024, 10:33:02 PM
They also brought back the 30 points for reading news articles.
Posted by Squid
 - January 30, 2024, 10:38:13 AM
Wow - now that's entrenched!
Posted by Mayhem
 - January 30, 2024, 12:07:56 AM
I stumbled upon this tidbit on Google earlier today : In 2021 alone, Google paid $26 billion to other companies to ensure its search engine was the default on web browsers and mobile phones.

It must be nice to have that kind of disposable income.
Posted by C~M
 - January 29, 2024, 06:30:55 PM
I'm still able to do all of the searches at once.
Posted by Squid
 - January 29, 2024, 03:58:33 AM
Quote from: Mayhem on January 29, 2024, 12:07:31 AMGoogle makes billions every year, so now is the time for them to start a rewards program while everyone is unhappy with Bing's.
That would be so nice.  It's my guess, though, that Google is so entrenched in the search world and in the mind of searchers around the globe that they don't feel a need to do this.  Bing did it to cut into Google's business.  Google is now a verb in the vernacular, Bing is not.