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Adorama Camera & Bing Cashback

At the moment, responding to queries about Bing cash back seems to be taking up more of my time than almost anything else. So, what exactly is Bing, and why is it generating so much interest? Bing is the name of Microsoft's new search engine, launched about 6 months ago, replacing its Live Search / Windows Live Search / MSN Search services. There's an excellent description of it here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing So far, so good; but what is Bing cash back; how does the consumer get it - who pays it, when and how? Bing cash back is part of Microsoft's strategy to encourage us to use the Bing search engine, instead of Google, and replacing Yahoo. It's a program which gives you money back when you buy goods from Bing shopping. Adorama currently pays Microsoft 3% for bing cash back purchases as a referral fee, ie, advertising (although this is subject to change at any time). Microsoft made a strategic decision to return the referral fee to consumers in the form of a