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Microsoft Bing cashback: 'splendid commercial bribery'

Great Google in the sky?you should say, disgusting google in the hell!RE: Microsoft Bing cashback: 'splendid commercial bribery'Yes, I agree its a smart move,it also enables partner sites and affiliattes to offer greater incentives.If he wanted to sound like a child...he may have opted for that route. If he...

Tags: Sales force management, Now Let, Bing, Microsoft Bing cashback, commercial bribery, cashback, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Bing, incentive, bribery

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Bing is live: Nice first impression; Will Bing boost Cashback?

Bing is live: Nice first impression; Will Bing boost Cashback?It's fastI tried and it's damn fast! Too much faster than the dying Live search.Try this query...Enter "Map of New York" or pretty much anywhere.Checkout the sponsored sites ;-)RE: Bing is live: Nice first impression; Will Bing boost Cashback?Bing spices up...

Tags: Channel management, Web site development, SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc., CashBack, Nice first impression

Discussion threads 2009-06-01

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Gadget Gal's daily deals: Philips universal remote, Casio Exilim digital camera, Sharp LCD HDTV

Bing Cashback for the TVIf going for the Sharp LCD TV deal, don't forget to get your Bing cashback!1.) Go to www.bing.com2.) Search for Circuit City.3.) Select the "Bing cashback" next to the Circuit City link that the search brings up. This will bring up the Circuit City page.4.)...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, digital camera, camera, Casio Inc., Philips Electronics N.V., Gadget Gal, HDTV, Bing, Circuit City Stores Inc., Sharp LCD, Sharp Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

News to know: VMWorld; Disney-Marvel; netbooks; Blackberry Storm; mobile banking; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Dan Kusnetzky: Doing the VMworld Dance, Day 1 Jason Perlow: Frugal Tech Show: Speaking with Centrify at VMWorld 2009...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Mobile, Mobile Banking, Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Netbook, BlackBerry Storm, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Wiki, Hardware, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-01

Microsoft Bing cashback: 'splendid commercial bribery'

Microsoft Bing's "decision engine" might aspire to higher things than a simple search, but if you buy a product using its search engine -- such as a digital camera or a running shoe -- the company says you'll get some of that money back. CNET Technically Incorrect...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Bribery, Microsoft Bing, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Blogging, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-08-31

Bing grabs a bigger slice of search market

Bing grabs a bigger slice of search market Why ZDNet stories are unreliable......"In July, Microsoft and Yahoo combined had just 8.77 percent of the global search market, _down_ from 8.45 percent in June." underlines mineTell me how ZDNet math does not stink. Ok let's wait now for ZDNet's own...

Tags: Bing, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-04

Cashback Balance 1.6 (Mobile)

With Cashback Balance user can check cashback balance in Live account without need of browser and need not provide username and password every time.

Tags: Mobile, Username, Smartek21, Web Browsers, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-07-10

My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has said that it's easy to switch search engines so the company really has no power that should upset regulators. Microsoft has introduced Bing, a search engine that has been well received and could take market share. Where does the truth lie? Somewhere...

Tags: Google Inc., Brand, Search Engine, General Motors Corp., Bing, Allentown, Search, Branding, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-09

News to know: Bing, Twitter, Kindle, E3, Red Hat, Istanbul

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Bing is live: Nice first impression; Will Bing boost Cashback? Bing's real return: A catalyst to a...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Red Hat Inc., Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Engineering, Game Players, Sales Strategy, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Hardware, Networking

Blog posts 2009-06-02

Bing is live: Nice first impression; Will Bing boost Cashback?

One of Microsoft's best innovations has been its search Cashback program, which is a rewards system for users of the software giant's search. Bing, which launched a few days early, seems to integrate Cashback everywhere--especially with anything related to shopping.    ...

Tags: Bing, Productivity, Branding, Search, Leadership, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-01

News to know: Windows 7; Swine flu; Facebook; SOA

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Zack Whittaker: Tech-take on the spread of swine flu. Techmeme Ed Bott: What you need to know about the Windows 7 Release Candidate ...

Tags: Facebook, Microsoft Windows 7, SOA, Release Candidate, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-27

Will the Microsoft Live Search turmoil ever end?

Will the Microsoft Live Search turmoil ever end?At least the new guy ...... Qi Lu seems to believe that MS' core algorithms need to be top notch before the company can seriously take on Google. I hope MS gets its Powerset algorithms working at the heart of its search engine...

Tags: Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-12-17

Want a subsidized Acer netbook for $99?

I am pretty pleased with my MSI Wind netbook and use it as my main Windows machine at home and on the road. I found it for US$400, after Live Search Cashback credit, and thought it was a great deal. Engadget is reporting that you soon may be able to...

Tags: Acer Inc., Data Access, Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows, Wireless, Operating Systems, Software, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-12-09

Hitwise: Microsoft's cash for search program working (sort of)

Microsoft made a splash this week by adding new perks to its "hey we'll pay you to use our search" program and may actually be making some progress--sort of--with it. Hitwise has some interesting research on the topic. In a blog post Hitwise director of research Heather...

Tags: Hitwise, MSN, Microsoft Corp., Blogging, Operational Accounting, Internet, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-03

News to know: Google Chrome; WinMobile's future; WiFi's big success; VMware

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look at Google Chrome One day after Google inadvertently discloses the impending release of Chrome, we get to see the browser first-hand. See my gallery tour...

Tags: Google Inc., VMware Inc., Wi-Fi, Virtualization, Web Browsers, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Internet, Sales, Storage, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Google's Tim Armstrong on YouTube; IE 8 and Microsoft Cashback

Google's Tim Armstrong on YouTube; IE 8 and Microsoft CashbackDouble who?Hurt Doubleclick? Oh no! What will we ever do? We must put aside our needs as humans, people, and customers and give up our features so that another company may profit.Is this really what Doubleclick is saying? Screw the user...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., DoubleClick Inc., Microsoft Cashback, Tim Armstrong, IE 8, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Google's Tim Armstrong on YouTube; IE 8 and Microsoft Cashback

Google's Tim Armstrong talked up YouTube's profit potential and dished a bit on Microsoft's cashback program to gin up search market share. Armstrong also declined to chat about IE 8 and the possibility that Google launched the Chrome browser to combat its privacy feature. Armstrong, speaking at...

Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Armstrong, Social Networking Site, Social Networking, Web Browsers, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Icahn says he can't

Add Carl Icahn to the list of parties trying to figure out what to do with Yahoo! who can’t. If he had a solid idea of how to set Yahoo! apart from Google, in particular, or Facebook and MySpace, along the way, he would have been...

Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Icahn, Corporate Governance, Channel Management, Search, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Microsoft's search ambitions are its Vietnam

Updated below: Is Microsoft fighting an unwinnable war with its online business and search obsession? It's a valid question and one that needs to be asked. At some point you have to wonder if Microsoft's Google envy is its Vietnam. As Mary Jo Foley noted Microsoft's answer...

Tags: Business, Microsoft Corp., Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-18

News to know: Microsoft's social bookmarking; Google vs. Viacom; Adventures in Linux; Facebook

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to showcase social bookmarking at TechEd Larry Dignan: Google: Viacom's YouTube lawsuit threatens DMCA. Full complaint. Techmeme Ed Bott: Why is fear-mongering such a popular security sales tactic? ...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mobile, Social Bookmarking, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Viacom Inc., Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Security, Viruses And Worms, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Blog posts 2008-05-27