http://alherbach.com/wordpress/index.php/2009/06/18/follow-up-on-technological-innovations/ Illuminating the Path to Enlightenment Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:43:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://alherbach.com/wordpress/index.php/2009/06/18/follow-up-on-technological-innovations/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Ben Meader Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:50:23 +0000 http://alherbach.com/wordpress/?p=549#comment-427 Bing Cashback is the result of Microsoft's 50 million dollar purchase of a social shopping site known as jellyfish.com a couple years back. Jellyfish not only offered the cashback piece that Bing is using, but they also had some creative ways of selling merchandise through online chatting forums and reverse auctions. All in all, it probably wasn't scaleable in its original form, but Jellyfish WAS extraordinarily addictive and fun... whereas Bing Cashback is nothing more than a shopping site with the cashback impetus. Bing Cashback is the result of Microsoft’s 50 million dollar purchase of a social shopping site known as jellyfish.com a couple years back. Jellyfish not only offered the cashback piece that Bing is using, but they also had some creative ways of selling merchandise through online chatting forums and reverse auctions. All in all, it probably wasn’t scaleable in its original form, but Jellyfish WAS extraordinarily addictive and fun… whereas Bing Cashback is nothing more than a shopping site with the cashback impetus.

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