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Brit search engine offers cash for clicks
BRITISH ENTREPRENEUR DANIL JUPP is claiming that his new search engine Oparla will "flip convention on its head" by paying users between £10 and £1,000 to use the Internet.
"I had a vision to create a search engine which utilises the ability to say thank you to its customers with cool hard cash," says Jupp. "The economic situation it rather grim, but online media is certainly the way forward for companies seeking to survive the recession and encourage new custom.”
The new search engine differs from most in that it encourages interaction between users and allows rankings based on punter satisfaction rather than arcane algorithms.
There's no information available on exactly how you get your hands on the cash, but this isn't the first time search outfits have offered incentives, most often with limited success.
We like the clean design and interface, but we'll reserve judgement on whether Oparla is capable of making a dent in Google's dominance until the engine is out of beta. µ
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Agreed, default List View gives you a horrendous wall of text. Try switching it to Classic View and it looks much better. Don't like the red, though.
And google's results are easier to read. I think Oparla's results need to be over 2 lines, not 1 line. It's hard to read, too much text, not enough space.
Oparla is a dumb name. It's hard to remember and it's not short enough.
The money incentive is good, they should have used that for selling insurance/energy/loans or any other commission sale.
A website that splits the commission with the user is a good idea, I'm surprised no one is doing this. It'd be the place I'd go to, wouldn't you?
"There's no information available on exactly how you get your hands on the cash, "
from the website:
"Create a free user account and you'll be entered into our daily draw to win anything from £10 to £1,000."
... a free ISP using 0800.
hmmm.
looks like I'm gonna have to dig out my auto-mouse clicking software thingy and macro scripts.
Yeah, this is about 10 years old, folks. Now let's see someone dump several million dollars of VC into the company, and then they can promote how you can bring your pets to work, they provide free food, and in a year they'll file for bankruptcy due to a lack of revenue stream. Been there, done that.