My searches aren't counting on Microsoft Rewards-how do I fix it?

I wish Microsoft would let us know what the rules are now for what will count for searches. Is there a cooldown period between searches? Do I have to open a new browser window for every search? What is going on now? This is ridiculous. I'm about to cancel Game Pass Ultimate, uninstall Edge and change my default search engine to anything else.

Searches are broke, PC and mobile. Plain and simple.

This has become an issue since the integration of Microsoft Copilot into Edge Browser and Bing Search.

Try waiting up to 5 seconds (2-3 seconds if you're lucky) after entering your search terms and before hitting <ENTER> or <CR> - this seems to give the now "built-in" and utterly wretched AI / Copilot the time it needs to sidetrack your searches. and do it's "business" while allowing Rewards to register.

It should never take 24 hours for a simple 3-Rewards-Points-search to be awarded - never.

The root cause seems to be this (vile) imposition of AI, and - the modern equivalent of the obnoxious and patronising 'Paperclip' from earlier versions of Windows - the ultra-obnoxious MICROSOFT Copilot.

Since that time, when carrying out searches in Edge or Bing for Rewards, both AI and/or Copilot cause a lag or delay in the search process in Edge / Bing (on mobile, PC/Laptop and Xbox), as well as frequently causing Edge / Bing search to hang and freeze on searches, and resulting in earned Rewards points not being awarded.

If Rewards points are not recognised or not awarded for an individual search - despite no Rewards points being awarded for that search - that/those exact same search term/s will not attract Rewards points in the current 24 hour Rewards period - i.e. until after Rewards are reset at every 24 hours

I'm sure AI and even Copilot will improve over time but currently, Microsoft AI and it's Copilot within Edge are simply very irritating bloatware causing all searches to route for or through them, resulting in hiccups, lagging behaviour and missed Rewards.

Currently, for simple searches in particular, Copilot resembles a very curious and polite, yet supremely irritating 3 year old which insists on constantly interrupting to ask about every keystroke or search and offering (very slowly typed on screen) some unwanted and unhelpful rambling drivel which barely relates to your search terms and adds absolutely nothing to searches beyond simply being irritating.

Note: Disabling Copilot as much as possible in Edge / Bing does not resolve this issue.

So I just saw this article - I guess this explains a lot . . . so unless you have an XBox I guess you will get very little.

It Looks Like Microsoft Rewards is Going to Get Worse (msn.com)

It Looks Like Microsoft Rewards is Going to Get Worse (msn.com)

Oooooh, wow. Thanks for posting that!

I’ve noticed it’s been getting flakey the past week or whatever. Noticed that edge quit crediting before it disappeared (and it still shows up on the Bing app even though you can’t earn them)

Now everything quit crediting, though weirdly the “desktop” section partly credited today.

I wonder if it’s all going to go away, and wonder if my points are going to disappear 😬

I'm using chrome and it's not working for me either