Win a prize by searching DuckDuckGo
[Old Forum eric.leebow]
Ok, I know this idea is a no go from the start, yet wasn't there a search engine that allowed people to win a prize just by searching? I actually tried this search engine before, yet after I found I wasn't winning anything, kind of gave up. What's your take on this "Cracker Jack" approach to search engines? Is this good or not good for search engines?
I call it the Cracker Jack approach, as it would be similar the snack. However, a prize wouldn't be included with every search.
More on Cracker Jack!
P.S. This may be cool possibly if it were to "win a duck" as a prize.
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I think it was iWon, but generally this hasn't seemingly been a good way to get long term users.
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yegg
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• 8 years and 4 months ago
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True, just wondering what the outcome was. There was another one as well, maybe a few others. Wondering why people don't care to stay for winning a prize.
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[Old Forum eric.leebow]
• 8 years and 4 months ago
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iWon offered $1 million from memory...
Why not take a leaf out of the Zappos book - random kindness. Zappos sometimes just gives extra to customers, seemingly on a whim, and this generates great word of mouth and press.
You could give a DDG tshirt or something more word-of-mouth-worthy, to every nth visitor, BUT don't advertise it. Let the recipients tell their friends.
Rob
SearchEngineZ
Why not take a leaf out of the Zappos book - random kindness. Zappos sometimes just gives extra to customers, seemingly on a whim, and this generates great word of mouth and press.
You could give a DDG tshirt or something more word-of-mouth-worthy, to every nth visitor, BUT don't advertise it. Let the recipients tell their friends.
Rob
SearchEngineZ
I do give out free stickers now when people find the post about them and/or this forum :). I have no idea whether it is helping to spread it or not, but it's fun and I think people enjoy it!