Win Prizes For Searching?
What a novel idea! To compete with established search giant Google, Microsoft has added a prizing application to its search service, LiveSearch. Although they have given no indication that they are going to offer levels, power-ups or microgames, the idea of incenting people with simple prizes and easy-to-play sweepstakes is nothing new. It will be interesting to see if they leverage the skills inherent in their Game Group to make this experience even more fun!
TechCrunch has its coverage of the service here.