Want to get paid to search the internet?

I thought it was too good to be true. A search engine, powered by Google and Ask.com, that would pay me to do the online searches I would be doing anyway?

I signed up.

I'm happy I did.

The site is Swagbucks and I'm here to sing its praises. It works just like any other search engine; I even added it to my Mozilla toolbar so searching using the site is as easy as searching on Google. But with Swagbucks, when you search on the site it rewards you with bucks that can be redeemed for gift cards, sports collectibles, music, books and more.

It only takes 45 Swagbucks to earn a $5 e-gift card to Amazon.com. I typically earn between $1 and $5 a day. In the two months I've been using the search engine, I have about 100 bucks - that's worth $10 to Amazon.com - just for doing searches I would have been doing anyway.

I'm saving my Amazon gift cards for a things I want but am too, uhm, frugal to spend "real" money on. I introduced it to a friend last night as a way to buy people gifts without having to dip into her household budget (just imagine how much you could save at Christmas if you have a load of Amazon.com gift cards saved up!)

Check it out.

Loving it for less,
Lanita