Microsoft pays UK users to dump Google in favour of Bing

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Microsoft bosses have launched a cunning plan to pay British users to switch from Google to Bing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Microsoft Rewards Programme grants points for every Bing search made&comma; which can then be cashed in for different rewards including PC accessories&comma; Skype credits and digital Xbox gift cards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The points can also be donated to a number of partnered charities for users who prefer to forgo the rewards on offer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>How does it work&quest;<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There are two tiers to the Microsoft Rewards Scheme&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>New subscribers start at tier 1&comma; where they can earn a maximum haul of 30 points per day or 60 points if they are using the Microsoft browser Edge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Those racking up 500 points or more in a month would then have the option to gain level 2 access&comma; which means users can then collect as many as 150 points in a day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kevin Stagg&comma; head of consumer marketing at Microsoft&comma; said&colon; <i>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Unlike other reward schemes&comma; where you have to spend money to get points&comma; all you have to do with ours is run your searches through Bing and points will automatically register in your account as long as you’re logged in&period;”<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>How many points do you have to collect to exchange them&quest;<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Depending on what you’re hoping to get&comma; rewards on offer vary in how &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;expensive” they are for a user’s points balance&comma; but many items don’t come cheap&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A month-long Xbox Live Gold Membership costs 6&comma;000 points&comma; while a £5 XBox gift card costs 5&comma;300 points – or around 177 days’ worth of searches for level 1 users collecting the maximum amount of points available per day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>How do I sign up&quest;<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ast; Anyone with a Microsoft account can join the scheme&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Those wishing to sign up need to visit the Microsoft Rewards website&comma; where they can register for free&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ast; Users are then able to start collecting points every time they log into their accounts and conduct searches on Bing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><b>Why has Microsoft launched the scheme&quest;<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Google currently dominates more than 80&percnt; of the search engine market&comma; and Microsoft is keen to increase its share compared with its rivals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Incentives such as the Microsoft Rewards Scheme encourage users to fundamentally change their internet behaviour&comma; and may offer the software giant a foothold in an otherwise aggressively competitive market environment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68eccb72d7cd2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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