Scour is paying people to search the web. Search results are fetched from Google, Yahoo and MSN. I tried the search engines with many different searches and it returned the results what other search engine returns.

Each registered user earns points for each search, vote and comment they do for each keyword searched. When you've earned enough points you can redeem them for Visa gift cards sent directly to you. There is no limit as to how many votes and comments you can do per search.

All the addition of points are in real time and you can see them accumulating. When you reach 6500 points you can exchange them with $25 gift visa credit card. Or, when you reach 12,500 points, you can exchange them with $50 visa credit card. Similary, 25,000 points for $100 visa card.

Here is a breakdown of how you can earn Scour points money

Revised points schedule for all territories will be as follows:
·Search = 1 point
·Vote = 1 point
·Comment = 1 point
·Max amount of points per search = 3

You can earn up to 4 points per search through any combination of actions and the amount of points a user can earn themselves at 500 per day to protect the network from any malicious or false activity.

Voting is a huge deal; it's the most important facet about Scour. The results are pulled from the top 3 search engines, but thrive on feedback to make the results relevant. After enough votes on results, the search result can rise or fall in ranking which will make listings across all the engines more relevant on Scour. Your feedback will help millions across the net the next time the same keyword is searched for.

Scour describes itself as social search engine and is able to search several search engines at once. Now this concept in itself isn't new but Scour is interesting in that the social aspect, which lets users rate and comment on the search results in hopes of improving accuracy and relevancy through this information. What really makes it interesting is that it pays users for using Scour!

When you enter a search query on Scour, it will automatically search and returns results from Google, Yahoo and MSN Live Search. Results are amalgamated together in order of cumulative ranking and other user's votes. There is support for searching the web, images as well as videos - again, from Google, Yahoo and MSN Live Search. If you wish, you can select to only see results from a single search engine. So if you prefer Google's engine, you can set it to rank Google results first and essentially have the same search engine except you're earning points in the process which can be redeemed for Visa gift cards.

6,500 points earns you a $25 Visa gift card, which can be, used anywhere Visa is accepted - essentially they're offering cash.

The offer is open to residents of US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland and Spain. Join Scour now

Out side the above areas, Scour is a waste of energy, time etc because there will be a modified rewards structure: 50,000 points= $5. It may take years to earn this.

It's free! If you want to reap all the great benefits of using Scour like voting, comments and getting rewarded for everything you do free every day. An account will manage all of this for you and also allow you to connect with other users.

Join Scour now using this link to earn a bonus upon sign-up!

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