Why am I not getting rewards points for searches anymore?

Anonymous
2023-12-01T16:51:37+00:00

Yesterday my searches stopped counting after 90 points and today nothing has counted. Not for PC or mobile. Why aren't searches counting anymore. I'm ready to cancel Game Pass Ultimate, uninstall Edge, and change my default search engine away from Bing.

Bing | Microsoft Rewards
Bing | Microsoft Rewards

A program that grants points for using Bing search, which users can redeem for gift cards, sweepstakes entries, or charitable donations.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-12-15T17:22:07+00:00

    dang apparently they nerfed it and added a time limit between searches. guess i'll have to go back to paying for battle pass now cause no one uses bing for anything but stacking points, and now that they're making it harder to acquire, they can get the boot.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-12-16T04:56:27+00:00

    I've been noticing things breaking with Microsoft Rewards for a while now. They pulled the 1000 bonus points puzzle, before I got to finish it, and replaced it with a prediction game that has never worked for me. I've seen similar complaints here on MS Community, and other places as well.

    I guess with all the tech layoffs, and MS putting all its eggs in the AI basket, whoever was in charge of quality control for Microsoft Rewards was let go.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-12-16T10:23:56+00:00

    This is getting worse.

    I've just done ~10 searches & got 3 points (for the 3rd or 4th one) & the displays of points don't match.

    The dropdown shows 0, the search page shows 3 & my rewards page shows 000s.

    MS support said 'be sure you aren't using an algorithm or sth to cheat' ****? You've changed how it works & I'm cheating? Really?

    I use this as I get something back goog_e is just 100% on the make & is known to skew results for $$, so I'll ditch this if it doesn't improve & duckduckgo will get all the searches...

    At a time when MS stock is apparently at a record high this is disgusting.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-16T11:03:34+00:00

    Same here. I've tried waiting 15 minutes, 15 hours or a whole day; nothing. I even get the pop up that says, "way to go. do two more searches and gain 15 bonus points." Yet I don't get any points for any search. I've tried on edge, firefox, safari, mobile safari and the bing app. So, no, it's not the cookies or the biscuits or the cakes (I jest). It's broken and at this point I'm this close to not using bing or the edge browser.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-12-17T05:27:03+00:00

    The timing is especially strange, with Microsoft badgering us to shop, shop, shop! You'd think they'd roll these changes out in January, and also put a notification up on the Rewards page that the program will be changing.

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