Paid to Search

There are not many PTS sites currently,but I found a few which you might(and most probably will) be interested in joining. Choosing the right PTS is important since you will most probably use only one, so choose wisely for the one that suits your needs.

Homepages Friends ,a privately owned commercial organization registered in England & Wales:Company number 5955358, it was the first PTS site that caught my attention for the following reasons:
-They pay you to search
-They're using Yahoo's search engine!(Seriously!!!)

In other words,you are getting paid to use Yahoo!(Possibly the most popular search engine now!!!)
This gives you absolutely no reason not to sign up! Especially if you're a Yahoo user! HOW CAN YOU GIVE UP THIS OPPORTUNITY!!?
Even if you're not, this is reasoning enough for you to start using!!!

Q1:How much can I earn?!

A1:Well...,Honestly,its only £0.01 per search.You can't really ask for more for just searching.

(However,£0.01 is about $0.03 USD , one of the highest rate offered among PTS sites!!! Their revenue generated on bonafide searches are split with you 50/50. So if their revenue is high,it could reach £0.10 per search!!!)

Don't get disappointed,I know it won't be enough to buy the xbox you always dreamed of or the shoes you wanted, at least not in a few years.....
However, the more friends you invite,the more you earn! And they raise funds in the same way.

For example, if you refer just 10 friends to use a search box for themselves, they will earn funds from their searches as you do from yours.They share the funds raised 50/50 with you and your friends. What is great is they will pay you some of their 50% from your friends searches in return for you referring them! You can refer as many friends, family or colleagues as you want!

It gets even better! As you can imagine, your friends will want to refer their friends, so can you benefit from that? Yes! They will reward you for three 'levels' of friends. The same will apply to your friends. Everyone wins! Remember, the funds you earn from your friends searches do not come from yours or your friends 50%, but from Homepages 50% in reward for your referrals.
(Can't do the math? Don't worry,the site features a fun calculator to help calculate your future earnings!)

So introduce it to all your friends and family!!!
The more the merrier!!!

Q2:How will I receive payments?!

A2:Once you have registered,you can sign into your account and choose from three methods of payments:
-Paypal
-UK Bank
-International Bank Transfer(IBAN)
Payments are made every 30 to 45 days after each month end.For example,searches in January will be paid in mid March. There is a £20 minimum payment, so if you have not reached this amount in any month, payments will be held over to the next month.

Scour is a new search engine supposedly working to evolve search and deliver a much greater value to the User.

Scour gives you search results from the three most popular search engines today!(Google, Yahoo,and MSN)
All three engines are searched all at once every time you search with scour! And results returned quickly on just one page!

Having so many results, how does Scour pick whats relevant?
Here's where Scour stands out.Scour has a unique voting and comment system,their goal is to introduce the human element of searching allowing you and all other Scour members to speak up and help shape the results with every search.
How it works? Here's an example:
See a result that doesn't match your search? Vote it down. See a site that is exactly what you wanted? Vote it up and state the reason why you liked it. After enough votes, the listings will move down in rank, placing the relevant ones where they should be, at the top! When using Scour you can read user reviews about websites based on your keyword taking a lot of the guesswork out of searching and getting to you destination quicker.

Each registered user earns points for each search, vote and comment they do for each keyword searched. When you've earned enough points you can redeem them for Visa gift cards sent directly to you.

You earn the following number of points for each action:
* 1 = Search
* 2 = Vote
* 3 = Comment
(You can earn up to 4 points per search through any combination of actions)
Example of Scour points to Visa:
6,500 points=$25 Visa gift card

Besides that,for every friend that you invite, you will earn 25% of the points they make!So if you invited 25 friends that used scour regularly in addition to yourself, that's an easy $125 in your pocket for a year of what you already do!

GoodSearch is a search engine which donates 50-percent of its revenue to the charities and schools designated by its users.

The concept is simple and compelling.
GoodSearch is powered by Yahoo!,so you use it exactly as you would with any other search engine. The money GoodSearch donates to your cause comes from its advertisers.In other words the users and the organizations do not spend a dime!

Every time you search the Internet with GoodSearch, your charity or school earns money and the more you search, the more they make. Add up the money generated from all your searches and those done by the millions of other people who use GoodSearch,a difference can be made to the people and causes that need funds most.

Each Web search will generate approximately $0.01 for the designated charity or school.It quickly adds up!

Here's an example of how much your organization can earn:

100 Supporters-2 Searches/Day -$730 Revenue/Year
1,000 Supporters-2 Searches/Day -$7,300 Revenue/Year
10,000 Supporters-2 Searches/Day -$73,000 Revenue/Year

The sky is the limit. The more people use GoodSearch, the more money will be directed towards causes. There is no cap on how much money we will direct to charities.

Everyclick enables everyone to access effective and engaging ways to give online to any UK charity. Individuals, businesses, schools and colleges can use Everyclick to fundraise for their favourite charity in the way they want.

For all 200,000 UK charities Everyclick represents an easy way to generate additional income, increase supporter engagement and access innovative online fundraising facilities without any upfront cost.

Funds are generated by Everyclick users in a number of ways; searching, shopping, donation and sponsorship. Where applicable Gift Aid is also collected. Each month Everyclick ensures that funds* are distributed to recipient charities via Charities Trust.

Currently in the UK just 2% of the £8 billion** donated to charity is given online. This compares very poorly with other sectors such as travel, banking and shopping where a significant proportion of transactions have migrated online.

Everyclick is addressing this by providing a one stop shop that enables consumers and charities access to effective and engaging ways to give online.

Everyclick provides all 200,000 UK registered charities with a comprehensive range of ways to fundraise online without any upfront cost.

With Everyclick more of the money donated goes to Charity; every £10 donation turns into £12.20 for the selected charity if Gift Aid can be reclaimed. There is a flat 4.8% fee taken on all credit and debit card transactions.

Currently 4,806 companies use Everyclick as their preferred online fundraising resource. Everyclick helps them build brand values and awareness, enhance Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) credentials and provide a focus for staff fundraising as well as supporting their favourite charity.

Companies may decide to launch an appeal, for instance for a staff challenge or other fundraising event. Their staff can use Everyclick to build a fundraising page, attract sponsors and keep track of their progress.

Schools, colleges and universities can use Everyclick to help with school fundraising. They can launch an online appeal, enabling charity donations as pupils, staff and supporters search the web, shop online, donate cash or organise sponsorship for fundraising events.

If your school or university is a charity in its own right then your pupils, staff and supporters can become fundraisers, generating income from a sustainable source with minimal cost or effort.