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.

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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
    2024-02-12T11:34:41+00:00

    I only got 9 points then if I search i do not get points

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-02-18T15:57:21+00:00

    I have had the same issue with basic searches and Microsoft Rewards will not help. I've put in multiple complaints and got a few vague responses saying nothings wrong or it should work now. Unfortunately it doesn't and they close the case without lettingme respond. One way I figured away to get the points even though its going to take a very long time, not like the days when you click on an article or type in a search and boom 5 points, not anymore; regardless if you unistall both Microsoft rewards and bing search on your Xbox, then reinstall and do a hard reset, you can do four searches and you have to rinse and repeat until they(Microsoft) help fix our problems. On the mobile, its similar 4 searches and then clear bing history and restart or power down your phone. I know its a real lot of work and it takes time , but hopefully its temporary. I rely on these points but i empathize with your pain and hope your back to getting points normal.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-02-19T15:30:11+00:00

    Bing has gone back to the old way. No more 5 every 15 minutes.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-02-20T23:15:00+00:00

    I agree Microsoft Rewards is a big lie anymore! I think Microsoft should just get rid of the rewards program, fire all the employees there, particular its Senior Management individual. My wife and I that are long term investors in Microsoft have been so insulted by the rewards program we are considering divesting because we don't like being investors in a company has a customer focused rewards program that cheats them from earning, even freezing accounts accusing users of violating its terms of agreement with out explaining how they arrived at that conclusion and after several weeks of denial of using accumulated point, suddenly reinstating again with no explanation. It is like it is a third world company!

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