Google launched Prizes.org

Google has launched Prizes.org , a site entirely dedicated to a variety of contests with cash prizes. Anyone can post their competition and offer a prize. For example, choose a name for a startup ( $ 20 ) or develop a detailed route for traveling in Western Europe ( $ 50 ).

The winner is determined by the organizer of the competition, and if he did not do it, then by the number of votes. Money is credited to your PayPal account (minimum $ 50). The author of the answer, who collected the maximum number of votes in a vote, receives a promotional badge. At the moment, the budget for the maximum contest is $ 50, and you can create a new contest only by invite.

It is strange that you can register on the site only through Facebook or Twitter. After logging in, your followers and friends from Facebook and Twitter are imported, so you can follow their contests or comments.
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It is also strange that Google itself did not announce the launch of the site. The reason may be that the site was developed by the Slide team , which they bought relatively recently, and in this way they demonstrate their independence from Google, even refused to support Google Account. Information about the developers of the project is in the ToS .

It is not entirely clear from the FAQ at what stage the author of the competition should transfer money, apparently, at the time of registration of the competition. It is only said that when the time expires, you can extend the contest for another seven days for free. Also in the FAQ it is explained that the answers of the participants of the competition become the intellectual property of the author of the competition.

It should be added that Google once had a similar Google Answers project, but it had to be closed due to its low popularity.

via Geek.com