The MSN Live Cashback program is called “Search Perks” (www.getsearchperks.com) — which is usable only in Internet Explorer (sorry Firefox).

MSN Live’s new promotion rewards visitors that use Live Search with tickets redeemable for various prizes including airline miles, music downloads and even xBox accessories.

Here’s how Search Perks works:

• Get 500 tickets just by signing up and downloading the Perk Counter
• Start searching using Live Search at Live.com and MSN.com, or on Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger
• For every search (up to 25 per day), you’ll earn a ticket towards great prizes
• Stay tuned for additional ways to earn tickets once you join the promotion
• Redeem your tickets for prizes once the promotion ends on April 15, 2009

The deadline to register for MSN Live’s Search Perks is December 31st, 2008. This is just one of the many marketing attempts that are coming out of Redmond, WA. We have all seen the Seinfeld episodes that are targeted towards Apple, now Microsoft is trying to win search engine share by rewarding users with free gifts.

- Nicholas Abramovic

Nicholas has always found MSN Live to give accurate search results and is now excited to get rewarded for using MSN Live.