Microsoft to Pay Users to Use Their Search instead of Google

As first suggested here on Bitpad.com on June 22nd, 2005

CNBC this morning reported that Microsoft is to pay end-users a share of the revenues they generate via usage of the Microsoft search engine.  My original suggestion to Microsoft (or Yahoo, etc.) in June was an idea for Microsoft to kill Google's cash cow search business.

The permalink for the June 22nd article can be found at How Microsoft can kill Google.

This was apparently shared by Gates during his recent trip to India.  Until I can gather more facts on how the methodology would work, I suggest readers check-in at John Battelle's Infoworld article at his SearchBlog.

Great to see Microsoft steal an idea, even if it took them six months!