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Microsoft To Pay People To Search

Posted by samzenpus on from the have-some-of-our-extra-money dept.

kolicha writes "After the failed Yahoo bid, Microsoft is going to try a new approach to gain market share on their rivals Google. Sponsored links will be pay per purchase rather than pay per click, and search users will be offered 'cash back' on their purchases."

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  1. Re:Things are different than this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    microsoft lovers? this is like the right wing media myth that reeks around here...

    but what can we expect from slashdot? unless you're wearing a t-shirt that says 'micro$oft is teh gay!!!1111!!oneone' with a tux tattoo and taken a vowel of poverty as an it professional you get labeled as a shill and a fucktard. fuck that. it's the most fucked up form of zealotry that i've ever seen.

  2. Re:SLASHDOT SUX0RZ by cp.tar · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wow.

    This is the first time a goatse troll made me laugh.

    Just imagine... how much would MS have to pay you to click on a goatse link?
    How much would you want them to pay you for the goatse links you've already clicked on?

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