MSN’s Incentivized Search Hacked

It was even faster than I thought, and not random at all. A couple of hours after I posted about the new incentives offered to searchers, Oilman posted:

I viewed the source code of www.msnsearchandwin.com and here’s what you get:

Meta Keywords tag:

house cleaning, William Sonoma, Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, Blockbuster, Home Depot, money, cash, gift certificate, luggage, skin care, makeup, spa, Baby, stroller, toys, golf, gortex, ski, skis, skiis, mountain bike, mountain biking, mountain biker, snowboard, snow board, snow boarder

Wow, that’s a bummer, and I really believed I might start using MSN for a while…

For the entire keyword list.