Make Money Simply By Searching

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The new company Scour rewards you by giving you one point for every search you enter.  You can also get more points by voting on the search result or making a comment.  You can accumulate 3 points for every search performed.  Once you reach 6,500 points, you can cash out for a $25.00 Visa gift card.

Scour works by pulling in results from the three major search engines, Google, Yahoo! and MSN.  You can tailor your results by the Web, Images and Video.

This is actually a great idea Scour has come up with.  It shows you where the search result ranks on each engine and gives users the ability to make money for something they already do quite frequently.

Click here to get paid to search.

Free Online Backup Services

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If you have a computer, one of the most important things you must do regularly is backup your important files, music, pictures and movies.  While backing up is an inconvenience to most, it is an absolutely necessary thing we must do in order to protect our precious files from being destroyed in case of computer failure or theft.

Online backup is a great way to backup your important documents.  Listed below are 3 free services you can use, that work quite well.  As a note, it is always recommended to have multiple backups.  Backups can be stored on external hard drives, flash drives, CD’s, DVD’s and NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices.

  1. Windows Live SkyDrive - Includes 5 GB of storage, available from any computer on the Internet.  You can create personal, shared and public folders.
  2. Xdrive - Includes 5 GB of storage that can be used via a software client that has drag and drop functionality.  Easily share permissible files with friends or family.
  3. Mozy - Includes 2 GB of storage with no expiration.  448-bit Blowfish encryption secures your files while in storage.  Ability to schedule automatic backups.

If you need more storage then what is included with the free plans, they offer low cost premium packages for more space.

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