Get Paid to Search

Below is a list of the best search engines that you can get paid to search on.

CashForAction 
Description: Launched March 2002. Paid to read/search/signup. Revenues from Banners, Popups, Non Paid Emails are shared with Members. Minimum Payment Limit 1 cent via Cheque, Paypal and E-gold. Earn From 5 Referral Levels: 10%, 5%, 5%, 5%, 10%. Earn 5% on Every Order Placed by Referred Advertisers. International Members are welcome. Premier Membership available.

CaspersHiddenGem 
Description: Launched July 2003. Changed owners in December 2003. Now owned by the "ole country feller". Get paid to read emails. No points, just cash. Paid 50-cents when direct referrals upgrade. See an error in spelling on this site win 5-cents. International members are welcome (must be able to read English). $10.00 Payout via PayPal or Money Order ($1.00 fee). Upgraded members will have the choice of eGold (funds permitting) for cashout too. 5 referral levels: 35%/15%/10%/5%/2%. Runs on CashCrusader scripts. CashCrusader script license has been verified as being registered. Must login every 30 days and be at least 25% as active as your downline to get commission from downline clicks.

DollarForAction 
Description: Launched January 2004 from the owners of NetsReward and CashForAction. 1-cent minimum payout via PayPal. You earn 40% of their profits. 5 levels of referrals: 10%, 5%, 5%, 5%, 10%. Earn 5% on every order placed by referred advertisers. International members are welcome but site mainly sends out search emails. Free to join with optional Premier membership available. US members can earn up to $500 for signup offers. 

PTRCommunity 
Description: Launched April 2007.  Free to join.  Basic and upgraded account types available. The upgrade is free of charge but you have to request it.  Welcomes members from:  Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States.  No emails - you have to read advertisements in the site inbox.  Get paid to search.  Advertisements are for seach portals and are worth points.  Points convert weekly.  An estimate of the cash value per point (E.P.V.) is available on site. This value varies with users performance and is updated regularly.  50-cent minimum payout via PayPal only.  1 level of referrals:  7%.  0% activity required to get commission from downline clicks.  Runs on custom scripts. At time of review, program has a financially sustainable ad pricing structure in place. Support forum available for members' queries. 

Winzy Available in: US, UK, Canada
Every time you search at Winzy, you could win a prize like an iPod or an Amazon.com gift certificate. Winners are notified immediately after the search and there are several winners every day.

You also earn a Winzy point for every search (up to 30 daily) and 250 Winzy points for every friend you refer. At the end of every month, your Winzy points are entered into a sweepstakes where prizes worth thousands of dollars are given away, including more iPods, an Xbox 360, and $1000 cash.

Here's a great bonus: if a friend you referred to Winzy wins an instant prize, you win the same prize!

iWon Available in: US
The iWon search engine is powered by Ask.com.

Every time you do a search at iWon, you can instantly win cash or prizes. You'll also receive 30 coins per search. Every 100 coins gives you a chance to win the iWon Daily ($100), Weekly ($500), Monthly ($1000), and Annual ($1,000,000) sweepstakes. You can also get entries by doing other things at the iWon site. Please read their rules for full details.

You get credited up to 200 searches each day.

Scour Available in: US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, SpainScour displays Google, Yahoo, and MSN search results.

You'll earn 1 point for every search you make, up to 100 searches a day. If you rate a result or comment on it, you'll earn another point (for a maximum of 3 points per search). Once you accumulate 6500 points, you can cash them in for a $25 Visa gift card (those outside the US will get a $25 payment through PayPal).

To earn even more points, refer your friends! Scour adds 25% of the points they earn to your account.

SwagBucks
An online portal dedicated to helping you earn digital dollars called "Swag Bucks", which can be redeemed for exclusive swagbucks.com merchandise. Click on the Swag Store shopping bag to see the many prizes you can win.

Big Devil
Big Devil is the best paid search engine. You can win cash or get entered into sweepstakes to earn cash. You can search the web, images, video, and news. All of which qualify you to win prizes.

Ways To Make Money:
Search The Web, Search Images, Search News, Search Video, Refer Friends, Win Sweepstakes

Big Devil rewards members with prizes for members who use their search engine. Rewards consists of gift certificates, dvd players, movies, gaming systems, and video games.

Lucky Search
Lucky Search is a great search engine where you can get paid to search. They were one of the first search engines to pay users for searching the internet.

Ways To Make Money:
Search The Web, Search Images, Refer Friends

Each time you search you have the opportunity to win a prize or points that can be redeemed for cash or prizes at the site store. You are allowed 25 searches per day with the opportunity to win something. After that you can still search but you will not be eligible for cash and prizes.

Prizes are of high quality. They usually consist of gift cards to expensive restaurants, dvd players, plasma televisions, video game consoles, remote control toys, cooking accessories, vehicles in rare cases, ipods, digital cameras, video cameras, and much more.