Microsoft Donates $3 Each Time Bing Is Set as the Default Search Engine

[princeaniket]

Microsoft is offering $3 donations for each time that Bing is set as the default search engine by an end user.

Bing will donate up to $100,000 in $3 donation codes during the promotion. Donation codes may only be used at DonorsChoose.org and expire on August 31, 2010.”

more info here

[leofelix]

How generous is Microsoft, they donate the faboulous prize of 3 US $ for every person who will set Bing as their default engine.

And how do they know when people set Bing search engine intead of google or yahoo for instance?

Seriosuly speaking, I would more apprecciate if a very big company like Microsoft would have donated for charity without asking for nothing in return.
They can afford it.
That should really lived up to Microsoft

[princeaniket]

And how do they know when people set Bing search engine intead of google or yahoo for instance?

Seriously speaking, I would more appreciate if a very big company like Microsoft would have donated for charity without asking for nothing in return.
They can afford it.

actually you have to go to this page

then select choose bing and donate..
magically Bing will be set as your search engine and then follow the steps given in this page


yeah.. Microsoft is capable of giving such donations.. but, sometimes promotion + donations works for capturing market

[leofelix]

well thank you for confirmation.
I already knew MS tracks people

My point is different: true charity is done silently, without asking for anyhing in return.

Per every person who sets Bing as a default engine MS earns much more than 3 piteous US dollars

[sujay]

Per every person who sets Bing as a default engine MS earns much more than 3 piteous US dollars

Very true leo..

[luffy]

Bing is trying very hard to beat Google.

[JayCub]

Hi Leo luffy your right in what your saying but 100,000 that's pocket change to them and they do support charities as it's a tax write off the same as vodaphone do i suppose.. i found Bing ok but i use google as does all my family..
Thanks for the link Prince..
True charity is done silently and not a truer word spoken

[johnshaw1917]

Hey Leo, I'm with you all the way on this one! Microsoft's so called charity is certainly less than inspiring, IMHO.

[Ceyfer √]

Bing is my default search engine. All of my browsers supports Bing.

Seriosuly speaking, I would more apprecciate if a very big company like Microsoft would have donated for charity without asking for nothing in return.

Business as usual. It's part of their promotional effort exposing the Bing brand to the market and as a social responsibility it continues to help more people as it continue to grow. Don't forget MS founder has already shared a lot of his money to charity and has the biggest privately owned charity called Bill-Melinda Gates foundation.

[leofelix]

@ Ceyfer
Thank you for your opinion
I believe that marketing and charity are an oxymoron
Moreover: Bill-Melinda Gates foundation is not Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft can afford it without the need of those sad devices in my humble opinion