Scour - The Social Networking Search Engine With A Bonus

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Pxl_Buzzard

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Out of the top 5 most visited websites in the world, three of them are search engines. All of them show results for the same keyword differently though, based on different techniques to show you what they think is the most relevant to your search. But what if you could see the results from those three websites in one place? Scour is the answer. Scour takes the results from the search engines and displays them when you search, giving you the “perfect” search. What separates Scour from other sites like Dogpile are the social networking aspects of it. Scour lets users rate and comment websites, and the ratings are factored into future searches. Scour also gives users points for searching, rating, and commenting. After reaching a certain amount of points (like 6,500), you can get $25 bucks in cash sent to you via Paypal or a prepaid Visa card.

The great thing about Scour is how you can earn money for searching exactly like you used to with Google, and the results are better too. Scour makes money by sponsored links like Google does, but instead of keeping all the money to themselves, they want to say thanks to their loyal users with a little cash present.

For Firefox users: If you would like to make Scour your default search engine in the URL bar, type in “about:config”, search for “keyword” in the filter bar, then change the “keyword.URL” value to “http://scour.com/search/web/” without the quotes. Have fun with Scour!

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8 Comments so far

^DJ_Link^ August 15, 2008 3:45 pm

Nice
I’ll give it a try
Different Pixel Blog August 15, 2008 4:05 pm

Scour - Earn Money while searching…

Out of the top 5 most visited websites in the world, three of them are search engines. All of them show results for the same keyword differently though, based on different techniques to show you what they think is the most relevant to your search. But …
Thomas August 16, 2008 4:29 pm

Great post Pxl! ^_^. I find it really easy, because I have to search for things anyway, and I like the interface as well!
Chris August 18, 2008 12:26 pm

This is an interesting way to get people to use a search engine, although it does come off as a little desperate. I used Scour and wasn’t that impressed with the comments section. It seemed to be a free-for-all with no one censoring the responses. If you want a truly innovative search engine, check out Me.dium social search at http://me.dium.com/search
Thomas August 21, 2008 8:34 pm

The point of scour is to get the money and accurate results in my opinion. It’s not truely a social network, I have facebook for that.
Zombie Money September 21, 2008 2:21 am

My original cashout request was sent to Scour back in middle to late August. I still have not gotten paid yet. They sent out an update email early September saying process of payment verification takes 2-4 weeks. Based on that email in early September, my 4 weeks is coming up shortly and no response yet. Total time has been around 5-6 weeks since my original cash out request. My searches are all valid and I’m listed as #2 right now on top results.

I will keep you updated and hopefully will get paid or at least an email back on status of my cash out as I know they are busy.
Zombie Money September 30, 2008 6:41 pm

I got paid by SCOUR today! They have been getting many request payments so they have been overloaded with requests but be patient it is a good site!
Pxl_Buzzard October 1, 2008 1:11 pm

Thanks for telling us your story Zombie, glad to hear the Scour isn’t a scam site.