Why am I not getting rewards points for searches?

Anonymous
2023-12-13T03:48:31+00:00

I was searching for my daily rewards points on my phone and computer. For my computer I was rewarded for 9 searches, and it stopped granting points after that and on mobile only 2 searches granted points to my account. I tried multiple browsers and devices and searched a variety of searches. I would like to know if this is a bug or if I need to fix something on my end.

Microsoft Edge | Browser extensions | Windows 11

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Anonymous
2023-12-16T17:22:44+00:00

They changed everything lately. No more bonus as everyone has mentioned. Now, I just read on MSN that they are requiring a 3-search/15minutes capacity... they are calling it a "cooldown". So, you can only get 15 points per 15 mintues.... so much for Bing... I'll go back to Google Search for all my research... Bing isn't worth it anymore. It'll take forever to get any rewards so it's not worth it for a sub-par search engine. As of October, you could possibly max everything out in searches and activities and MAYBE get a $10 gift card in a month's time... now it'll take about twice that time... and you have to work on it throughout the day instead of an intense hour or two. I don't sit on a computer all day... only for a couple hours with work while I do product research... I'll search hundreds of websites in a couple hours... so all I could get from Microsoft Rewards is maybe 100 points... the rest of the 50 allowed per day in searches is unachievable as I'm not on all day.... so, forget it Bing, sorry, you lost a customer with this.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-12-19T01:01:07+00:00

    They changed everything lately. No more bonus as everyone has mentioned. Now, I just read on MSN that they are requiring a 3-search/15minutes capacity... they are calling it a "cooldown". So, you can only get 15 points per 15 mintues.... so much for Bing... I'll go back to Google Search for all my research... Bing isn't worth it anymore. It'll take forever to get any rewards so it's not worth it for a sub-par search engine. As of October, you could possibly max everything out in searches and activities and MAYBE get a $10 gift card in a month's time... now it'll take about twice that time... and you have to work on it throughout the day instead of an intense hour or two. I don't sit on a computer all day... only for a couple hours with work while I do product research... I'll search hundreds of websites in a couple hours... so all I could get from Microsoft Rewards is maybe 100 points... the rest of the 50 allowed per day in searches is unachievable as I'm not on all day.... so, forget it Bing, sorry, you lost a customer with this.

    Thanks for the information. So true knocked down a lot of points. It socks do do!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-12-18T09:49:48+00:00

    Update:

    Attn MS Rewards Dept

    These developments (particularly the 150 daily "PC Search" points now having zero response despite the references to "Earning starts with your third search") have prompted me to discontinue using Edge on PC and the MS Start app on mobile.

    To other users considering the same, here's a recommended method to fully remove Edge from your PC:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxkzu-uG1Jk

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-12-17T20:16:35+00:00

    The searches have been nerfed completely and the sweepstakes win ratio have been drastically reduced. They've opened up other countries to the mix as opposed to keeping each region separate.

    Imagine having in on a chance to win the $4,500 Amazon voucher, where there is only one winner. Before you'd compete against one nation and it's population however million to one ratio that is. Now you need to compete against many different nations further reducing your chances to win. At this point just buy a lottery ticket.

    What's the point of you selling your soul to this company where they see all of your data for points that you don't even get anymore.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-17T14:04:00+00:00

    same here already move screw them, and it is harded then ever to cash in iiIii

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