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<title>PCH Search &amp; Win is here!</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p><img alt="johnson-box-pchsearch.jpg" src="/blog/archives/johnson-box-pchsearch.jpg" width="500" height="150" /></p>

<p><strong>Today we launched the new and improved PCH Search & Win!</strong> <a href="http://www.pchsearch.com">PCH Search & Win</a> will bring you everything you love about Blingo … and even more. <strong><u>And your existing Blingo account works on PCH Search & Win, so you're already registered.</u></strong></p>

<p><a href="http://www.pchsearch.com">PCH Search & Win</a> delivers many ways to become a winner just for searching the internet. Starting this <strong>Sunday, June 1st</strong> <a href="http://www.pchsearch.com">PCH Search & Win’s</a> SuperSearch Sunday celebration features an <strong>amazing instant win prize frenzy</strong>. But, that’s not all! <strong>June 1st through June 15th</strong>, your first search of the day gives you not one, but <strong>two chances to win a $10,000,000.00</strong> SuperPrize® from Publishers Clearing House – plus a chance to win an <strong>exclusive $10,000.00 prize</strong>, to be personally <strong>delivered by the Prize Patrol on June 19th</strong>. To make things more thrilling, the $10,000.00 winner will even be <strong>announced on CNN</strong>. <a href="http://www.pchsearch.com">PCH Search & Win</a> is making a lot of people winners – wouldn’t you like to join them? Keep on searching … now at <a href="http://www.pchsearch.com">PCH Search & Win</a>!</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 12:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>PCH Search &amp; Win is coming!</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p><img alt="johnson-box-pchsearch.jpg" src="/blog/archives/johnson-box-pchsearch.jpg" width="500" height="150" /><br />
We are excited to announce that <strong>Publishers Clearing House Search & Win</strong> is almost here. You’ll definitely want to give PCH Search & Win a try, because it’s everything you love about Blingo … and more. Sunday, <strong>June 1st</strong> will mark the <strong>PCH Search & Win SuperSearch Sunday Celebration</strong> – it’s going to be an instant win prize frenzy! But, that’s not all. From June 1st through June 15th, your first search of the day at PCH Search & Win will give you not one, but <strong>two entries to win a $10,000,000.00</strong> SuperPrize® from Publishers Clearing House, plus <strong>a chance to win an exclusive $10,000.00 prize</strong> to be personally <strong>delivered by the Prize Patrol on June 19th</strong>. To make things more thrilling, the $10,000.00 <strong>winner will even be announced on CNN</strong>! You won’t want to miss a moment of the fun at PCH Search & Win. Visit <strong>PCHsearch.com</strong> on <strong>June 1st</strong> for the SuperSearch Sunday celebration!</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 12:01:59 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Welcome to the new Blingo - now with bigger prizes.</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Today we've taken a giant leap forward by significantly upping the stakes on Blingo. Now you have the chance to instantly win everything from a new Ford Mustang to $5,000 to a movie ticket -- all just for searching the web on Blingo. As always, there's no spam and no tricks. Just search the web and win prizes -- instantly.</p>

<p>We're not through yet, so look for more big changes over the coming months (and even bigger prizes)!</p>

<p>Best of luck,</p>

<p>The Blingo Team</p>]]></description>
<link>http://www.blingo.com/blog/archives/2006/10/welcome_to_the_2.html</link>
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<category>How Blingo Works</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:35:12 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Blingo&apos;s Future Just Got Brighter!</title>
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<p>Over the last two years you've come to enjoy great search results and fun prizes at Blingo. We've given away over 22,000 gifts since we started, but in an effort to give away <b>more, even bigger prizes</b>, Blingo has partnered with the king of sweepstakes. Yes, you guessed it: <b><a href="http://www.pch.com/">Publishers Clearing House</a></b>, the folks who give away things like <strong>$10 million</strong> at a time. The new PCHBlingo will be the same great site but with a bit more punch.</p>

<p>Watch the site for new features and exciting prizes, and thanks for searching and winning on Blingo!</p>]]></description>
<link>http://www.blingo.com/blog/archives/2006/07/blingos_future_1.html</link>
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<category>In the News</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2006 20:36:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>It&apos;s One of Those Days</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Have you seen the Blingo home page today? It looks like <a href="/blog/archives/2006/06/has_blingo_gone.html">one of those days</a>. Since early this morning we've given away nothing but iPod Nanos and <a href="javascript:openVisa()">Visa Gift Cards</a> worth $100. Every Nano winner gets a choice of receiving the iPod or a $150 Visa Gift Card.</p>

<p><b>And it's still going on!</b></p>

<p>Hey winners, be sure to send us a photo when you get your prize, and maybe we'll post it here in the Blingo Buzz pages. Or add it to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=blingo&m=tags">Blingo photos on Flickr</a>.</p>

<p>Congrats to all of the winners so far. This may go on all day!<br />
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<category>Blingo Frenzy</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:20:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Has Blingo Gone Crazy?</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Have you seen the winner list today? Here's a snapshot:</p>

<p><img alt="winnerlist-200606061623.gif" src="http://www.blingo.com/blog/archives/winnerlist-200606061623.gif" width="187" height="468"></p>

<p>A movie ticket every few minutes? Ninety-three in the last 24 hours alone? What's going on?!</p>

<p>Last month Blingo would, every once in a while, give away a ton of prizes in a very short period of time. We called it a Blingo Frenzy, and you can read all about it <a href="http://www.blingo.com/blog/archives/blingo_frenzy/index.html">here</a> in the Buzz pages.</p>

<p>But <i>this</i> &mdash; a movie ticket every few minutes &mdash; has been going on <b>all day long</b>. And yesterday we gave away iPod Nanos and <a href="javascript:openVisa()">Visa Gift Cards</a> worth $100 <b>all day long</b>.</p>

<p>Is it a Frenzy? Is it a Froonzy? Is it a Fonzie? We don't know, but if you happen to see another big day at Blingo, be sure your friends know about it, especially the ones who use the Internet. Tell them about your new favorite search engine, and maybe they'll help you win one of those prizes. <a href="/aboutfriends">Here's how</a>.</p>

<p><b>Whoa, there went another movie ticket, just now!</b> Congrats Christina in Irvine, whoever you are, and thanks for using Blingo.<br />
</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 16:25:09 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>A Frenzy of $100 Gift Cards</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>To find things on the Internet, everybody uses a search engine. The difference with Blingo is that sometimes doing a search will also give you a little surprise. In the past 24 hours alone, we've given away 55 of those surprises, and 17 of them were <a href="javascript:openVisa()">Visa Gift Cards</a> worth $100 each. Thanks for using Blingo!</p>

<p>Here's what our <a href="/">home page</a> looked like during today's gift card Frenzy:</p>

<p><img alt="frenzy-200605161135.gif" src="http://www.blingo.com/blog/archives/frenzy-200605161135.gif" width="187" height="470"></p>

<p>Most of our winners were just people looking for something on the Internet. They entered a search, took a brief detour to tell us where to send the prize, then went right back to their search results. The other winners were people who invited their friends to use Blingo. <a href="/aboutfriends">How's that work</a>?</p>

<p>The whole thing is easy as pie. You don't need to sign in to use Blingo. Just search. Just get your results. Just go about your business. And sometimes ... just win a prize.<br />
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 13:09:18 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>A Big Mother&apos;s Day Frenzy</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Happy Mother's Day, Blingo Moms! At about 1:50 this afternoon, Pacific Time, we gave away a Frenzy of $200 <a href="javascript:openVisa()">Visa Gift Cards</a> to people who were searching on Blingo. We hope at least some of the <b>15 prizes</b> went to moms, and maybe the other winners should treat mom to a fancy dinner.</p>

<p>What's a Blingo Frenzy? It's when Blingo stops giving away prizes in a calm, cool manner and instead <b>goes nuts</b> giving away a bunch of prizes all at once. The best reason to make Blingo your regular search engine is that one day it could happen to you.</p>

<p>Here's what our winner list looked like during the Frenzy:</p>

<p><img alt="Frenzy Snapshot" src="http://www.blingo.com/blog/archives/frenzy-200605141404.gif" width="185" height="481"></p>

<p>If you'd like to make Blingo your regular search engine, just take a look at <a href="/howto">this page</a> for simple instructions. Blingo is free, easy, useful, fun, and occasionally frenzerrific.<br />
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 May 2006 14:20:46 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Add Blingo to IE7 Search Box</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Windows users who are trying Microsoft's new <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx">Internet Explorer 7 beta</a> will be glad to know that <b>you can now add Blingo to the search box</b> at the top of every window. And you don't need to install any toolbars, either, thanks to a nice new search feature in IE7.</p>

<p><a href="/howto#openSearchIE"><img style="border: 1px solid #555" src="http://www.blingo.com/images/screenshots/searchIE7.gif"></a></p>

<p>To add Blingo to your search box, just visit our <a href="/howto#openSearchIE">Toolbars & Plugins</a> page. There you'll find three simple steps, and in about 60 seconds tops, you'll have Blingo at your fingertips.</p>

<p>If you want to add "Step 4: do a little jig" we will understand completely.<br />
</p>]]></description>
<link>http://www.blingo.com/blog/archives/2006/05/add_blingo_to_i.html</link>
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<category>Cool Tools &amp; Browser Hacks</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 00:36:31 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Tuesday Night Frenzy: One Big Prize Every Minute</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Wow, and we thought the last Frenzy was crazy. Tonight at about 8:40pm Pacific Time, Blingo suddenly started giving away <a href="javascript:openVisa()">Visa Gift Cards</a> worth $200, $100, and $25 ... even a few iPod Nanos. And the Frenzy didn't stop until <b>19 big prizes</b> had been given away in the course of 20 minutes. That's almost one every minute!</p>

<p>Here's the screenshot:</p>

<p><img alt="frenzy-200605092056.gif" src="http://www.blingo.com/blog/archives/frenzy-200605092056.gif" width="191" height="495"></p>

<p>Congratulations to our winners from California, Nebraska, Nevada, Utah, Arkansas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Texas, Massachusetts, and New Jersey.</p>

<p>You never know when Blingo will suddenly spit out a chunk of prizes. Use Blingo as your regular search engine for your best chance to win. And if you want some more winning tips, <a href="/tips">take a look at our suggestions</a>.<br />
</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2006 21:09:09 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>A Prize Every 20 Seconds?</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Whoa, we haven't mentioned a Blingo Frenzy here in the Buzz pages lately, but we had to tell you about the one we had this afternoon (or evening, for our East Coast Blingo-ers). Today we gave away <b>57 prizes in a very fast 20 minutes</b>. That's about one prize every 20 seconds! The winners were flying by pretty fast but we managed to get this screen shot:</p>

<p><img alt="frenzy-200605081541.gif" src="/blog/archives/frenzy-200605081541.gif" width="185" height="483"></p>

<p>Each winner chose either a Blingo Movie Ticket or an iTunes Gift Certificate. You can read more about those prizes <a href="/about">here</a>. Cool, huh? This is our way of thanking people for using Blingo to search the Internet. We also like to thank people for inviting their friends to use Blingo. Each of those "friends" shown in the winner list got the same prize, just because they invited someone who won.</p>

<p>Crazier frenzies are coming soon. What will we give away next time? $50 gift cards? iPods? <b>Get ready for the next one</b> by inviting your friends now. <a href="/aboutfriends">Click here</a> to find out how.<br />
</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2006 15:51:04 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>An iPod Nano Every Two Minutes</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>After almost a week without a Frenzy, a big one hit today. This morning for half an hour we gave away an iPod Nano every two minutes on average. Take a look at this snapshot of our winner list during the frenzy:</p>

<p><img alt="Frenzy-200604261037.gif" src="/blog/archives/Frenzy-200604261037.gif" width="191" height="496"></p>

<p>We had winners from all over the country, but especially the heartland: Tennessee, California, New Jersey, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Texas, and Oklahoma.</p>

<p><b>Want to see if anyone near you has won on Blingo?</b> If you're a Blingo Friends member, just go to <a href="/profile">your Friends page</a> and enter a zip code to find nearby winners. For those who haven't joined, it only takes a minute, and it's free. (Joining also lets you invite friends to use Blingo, if you want to.) <a href="/signup">Join here</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:42:01 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>&quot;I thought it was a joke ...&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>A recent Blingo winner sent us this nice email:</p>

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<p>My friend had told  me about www.Blingo.com and I didn’t believe her until I won. Then I thought it was just a joke until I actually received a $25 dollar Visa card from www.Blingo.com! It works!</p>

<p>Thanks Blingo!</p>

<p><img style="border:1px solid" alt="winner-20060424.jpg" src="/blog/archives/winner-20060424.jpg" width="300" height="225"></p>

</blockquote>

<p>Congrats, Abninder! We hope you enjoy your <a href="javascript:openVisa()">Visa Gift Card</a>.</p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:22:02 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Blingo Goes Mobile</title>
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<p>Do you have a mobile phone with web browsing capability? <b>Now you can use Blingo even when you're on the go</b>. Need to look up an address? Want to check the weather? Wondering whether your local malt shop is open for a quick after-dinner dessert? Find their web site using Blingo!</p>

<p>Just point your phone's web browser at mobile.blingo.com and you'll have the full power of Blingo Web Search in the palm of your hand.</p>

<p>We know what you're wondering, and the answer is <b>yes</b>, you can win a prize even when you use Blingo from your phone.</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:49:54 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Evening Frenzy of $25 Gift Cards</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Did you happen to use Blingo last night? If so, you may have seen our Frenzy of <a href="javascript:openVisa()">Visa Gift Cards</a>. We gave away one every couple of minutes for half an hour. Each one was worth $25, and we're sending them out to winners in Michigan, Florida, New Jersey, California, New York, Missouri, Utah, Virginia, and Massachusetts.</p>

<p>If you missed the Frenzy, don't worry. First of all, we give away <b>tons of prizes every day</b>, all day long. Second of all, more Frenzies are on the way. They might show up on a weekend, in the middle of the night ...  you just never know.<br />
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:09:38 -0800</pubDate>
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