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Amazon Affiliates Prepare for Black Friday

Dean Sherwin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:45:11 +0000

Last week I did a post about how the Internet was getting all decked out in preparation for Black Friday. Well this morning when I checked my e-mail I had a newsletter from Amazon Affiliates who I occasionally use on my blog. They were pretty much telling me that if I wanted to make money now was the time to do it.

They have prepare special banners such as the one to the left and set up a special Black Friday section. What’s more (I’m sure this will please many bloggers reading this) affiliates earn 15% for every sale they refer on Black Friday – not bad.

Their entire new range of banners and widgets is available to view here.

Online sales for the week of Black Friday are set to rise into the millions as big sites such as EBay and Amazon prepare.

Is it really worth standing in line and charging around malls when you could do it all at home?

Trafficspaces: Self-service Ad Management Platform

Guest — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:26:44 +0000

“Oil is to the global economy what advertising is to the web ecosystem. Cut it off and the whole thing shuts down”

That quote came from a renowned scholar at my former university in England.

My name is Niyi and I’m the Founder of Trafficspaces (I’ll get to what Trafficspaces does in a second).

Focus on that quote. It is quite seems particularly poignant in the current economic environment. It seems like no matter what we do, our dependence on oil just seems unassailable, even to our own detriment. It seems to me like we have a love-hate relationship with the “black gold”. Without it, we can’t seem to power anything. In fact, without it, we’ll all probably lose our jobs!

Advertising is pretty similar. Many people dislike ads on websites (especially the annoying banner ads) but unfortunately, the truth is that without ads, most websites, blogs, will go out of business and mass-appeal tools like the Google search engine, Gmail, Facebook, and possibly even Twitter will be unsustainable. I shudder at every “Catch the Monkey” ad like everyone else so I’ve been particularly intrigued to discover if there is a middle ground somewhere – something that gives publishers more control over what appears on their site and doesn’t leave them short-changed by some dodgy, fly-by-night ad network.

My team and I have just created a new ad management platform called Trafficspaces. We’ve solved three common problems:

1. Losing potential advertisers

“If you build it, they’ll come”. So true, but if they come and they are ready to pay, and you are not ready, they’ll leave (and may not come back). Way too many potential advertisers are lost because publishers expect them to fill a form in order to advertise. Where is the automation?

Imagine if you had to call an airline over the phone in order to book a flight, and there was no Expedia, Orbitz, Ebookers etc. It will be a pain and the airlines will make less money.

The solution – provide your own self-service system to process payments, and help them get started at their convenience. Facebook and Myspace have spent millions doing exactly this. Most publishers can’t afford to do and that’s were Trafficspaces steps in. You can get your own white-labelled self-service ad platform from $4.99 a month.

2. Earning way below potential

I once spoke to a very large newspaper firm who relied mostly on Google for ads on their website. They received a $5,000 check every month from Google and they weren’t impressed. It turns out that their site generates about 10 million impressions per month and understandably they felt short-changed. “I wonder how much Google got paid by the advertiser” ranted their Online Editor.

Recently, Michael Arrington of Techcrunch mused about dumping his long term partner Federated Media because his advertisers (who had to go to Federated Media’s site to place ads with Techcrunch) were spending a disproportionate proportion of their budget with other sites on FM’s network. Basically, if Techcrunch had its own self-service system, they’ll keep more of the advertiser’s budget.

The point there is that publishers need more control. The traffic that cannot be filled by your direct sales, or through your self-service system can be sent to Google or any other ad network. This is particularly important for those who get a lot of site-targeted ads. That is the best way to maximize your revenue.

3. Managing ad operations easily

This part is actually quite important because a lot of publishers I know don’t want to get bogged down with the intricacies of monitoring ad campaigns, optimizing the ads, and preparing reports. They don’t want the complexity that comes with OpenX. They just want to approve the ads with one-click and forget about it. “Keep it Short and Simple” as a close friend said to me. If you are one of those publishers, then Trafficspaces is for you.

Conclusion

Our goal was to give publishers more control. More control over what appears on their sites, and more control of their revenue. But most importantly, it had to be done through a system that was easy to use. The response so far has been great.

If you want to try Trafficspaces out, visit www.trafficspaces.com

The Credit Crunch Crisis Visualized

Steven Finch — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:05:43 +0000

The Credit Crunch explained visually.

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

MakeMoneyOnline.com: Money Making Tips Sites Thats Actually Worth Reading

Steven Finch — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:56:55 +0000

I came across a very interesting site the other day. I know its not really a startup so I shouldn’t be reviewing it, but I thought it was worth a mention anyways. The site is MakeStableMoney and it talks about how the average person can make money from home. I realise there are so many poor sites out there that seem to talk about this same issue, but for some reason I think this site actually has some quality.

Previously the site has talked about way to make money through sponsorships, best 3 google adwords books to read, 17 secrets on how to sell ebooks and more. This site can really help people make money online and I think it is a good investment of your time to check it out.

BuySellAds Stats Dont Seem To Show Correct Amounts

Steven Finch — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:45:37 +0000

I have been looking at our advertising page over at BuySellAds and have been wondering why stats over their estimates only 18,000 impressions when my Google Analytics says 51,000? I know with BuySellAds it take sometime to build up the stats, but our ads have been on the site for over a month and they still havent increased up to its real level.

SaySoMobile: Make Money Receiving Text Ads On Your Mobile Phone

Steven Finch — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:43:01 +0000

Are you sick and tired of receiving crappy spam messages in your inbox every single day? Well why only receive spam in your inbox when now you can also receive it on your mobile phone! This all comes from a new startup called SaySoMobile.

SaySoMobile is a new startup in which users can sign up and receive advertisements straight onto their mobile phone and in return the user makes a little money. Its that simple!

The idea is simple. Advertisers want access to people which gets their message across as much as possible for as little as possible. This new startup allows advertisers to target certain people in certain countries with advertisements direct onto their mobile phones via messages. Advertisers know that with this method the high majority of ads will be opened before they can be deleted, thus having a higher possibility of providing them a return on their investment.

Im very interested to hear from people using this service to make a little extra money, mainly to see if the money they are making is worth the intrusiveness of the advertisements.

Top Money Making MMO Games of 2008

Steven Finch — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:49:51 +0000

Over at GigaOM they have put together a great list of the top 10 money making MMO games of 2008.

1. World of Warcraft, launched 2004
Genre/Platform: Western MMORPG; client install with 3D graphics
Revenue sources: Monthly subscription, retails sales, prepaid cards (in Asia)
DFC estimated 2008 revenue: $500 million-plus

2. Fantasy Westward Journey, launched 2004
Genre/Platform: Asian MMORPG, client install with 2.5D graphics
Revenue sources: Prepaid cards
DFC estimated 2008 revenue: $150-$500 million

3. Maple Story, launched 2003
Genre/Platform: Asian MMORPG for kids, client install with 2D graphics
Revenue sources: Microtransactions, prepaid cards, international licensing
DFC estimated 2008 revenue: $150-$500 million

4. Shanda (company, includes Legend of Mir and World of Legend series), launched 2003
Genre/Platform: Asian MMORPG, client install with 2.5 graphics
Revenue sources: Prepaid cards, virtual item sales, freemium subscriptions
DFC estimated 2008 revenue: $150-$500 million

5. Lineage I and Lineage II , launched 1998 and 2003
Genre/Platform: Asian MMORPG, client install with 2.5 graphics (Lineage) and 3D graphics (Lineage II)
Revenue sources: Subscription, prepaid cards
DFC estimated 2008 revenue: $150-$500 million

6. Runescape
Genre/Platform: Western MMORPG for kids, web-based with 2.5D graphics
Revenue sources: Premium subscription, prepaid cards, real-world advertising
DFC estimated 2008 revenue: $50-$150 million

7. Club Penguin, launched 2006
Genre/Platform: Virtual world for kids, web-based 2.5D graphics
Revenue sources: Premium subscriptions, prepaid game cards
DFC estimated 2008 revenue: $50-$150 million

8. Lord of the Ring Online
Genre/Platform: Western MMORPG, client install with 3D graphics
Revenue sources: Subscription, retail sales
DFC estimated 2008 revenue: $50-$150 million

9. Warhammer Online
Genre/Platform: Western MMORPG, client install with 3D graphics
Revenue sources: Subscription, retail sales
DFC estimated 2008 revenue: $50-$150 million

10. Age of Conan
Genre/Platform: Western MMORPG, client install with 3D graphics
Revenue sources: Subscription, retail sales
DFC estimated 2008 revenue: $50-$150 million

Digg Making Huge Changes and Maybe Finally Heading Towards Profit!

Steven Finch — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:19:13 +0000

Digg has finally made some critical changes to the way they are doing business. It has been reported by various sources this morning that Digg has fired about 10% of their staff and are hiring a direct sales team. I know this statement is probably bitter sweat for some of the employees fired, but Digg really needed to change the way they were doing business or eventually everyone there was going to be out of work.

This all comes on the back of BusinessWeek recently disclosing that Digg’s revenue was just $4.8 million in 2007, and through the first three quarters of 2008, $6.4 million. These results meant that they lost about $2.8 million 2007 and $4 million in 2008.

Digg are making these changes for one reason and that is to find a buyer! In my opinion Digg has to make a profit to have any chance of a acquisition. I think the team Digg have really taken the site as far as they can, because they had so many opportunities to implement Digg into a white label solution which would bring in million in license fees, but they were too busy trying for an acquisition based upon heavy loses. Is it just me or does this sound like a stupid business model. I know these days most tech startups don’t have a business model when they first start and they seem to be very reluctant to even add some advertising to at least generate some revenue. In this current climate that kind of business acument really doesn’t boad well for an acquisition!

How To Make My Blog Stand Out From The Crowd?

Steven Finch — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:24:43 +0000

Yesterday I was having a great conversation with Marshall Kirkpatrick (Vice President of Content Development at RWW, not sure what that means) about how to get your blog noticed in the current environment. The discussion started with me posing the basic question “how can I get my blog noticed because we seem to be producing very good content but not getting the rewards”?

It was first mentioned that Problogger is the best source for this information on the web, however I have been reading his site for many years now and most of the content seems to be getting a little reproduced. Additionally, Problogger talks a lot about social media and how to use it to your advantage, but these days everyone has been reading those articles for year and most bloggers use StumbleUpon, Digg, Mixx, Buzz and other very proficiently. If most bloggers are using these tools to their advantage then you still have the same issues, how to stand out from the crowd?

I know that here in Europe a blog that has been on the rise lately is TheNextWeb, but I know these guys have been writing that blog for several years now and they also have one of the best technology conference on the mainland of Europe. Therefore if I want to improve my readership it is a little difficult to just start a conference, or is it worth adding some add-ons to the site such as job board, marketplace or others?

Content is also a major player in this issues, cause most good bloggers say that content is king. However, I think that content is king when you are either a small blog or a large blog, but definitely in the middle content isnt king and it is all about promotion and push.

This is main problem with web 2.0, noise! Currently, there is just simply so much noise in most niche’s, so why instead of writing individual sites and keeping a little revenue, maybe the plan should be to join forces with other blogs and create a larger blog and take a smaller slice of a much larger pie.

I propose this question to you, “how can I get my site to stand out from the rest, especially considering we produce amazing content that is much better than the majority of our competitors”?

Review: Invotrak, Web-Based Invoicing

Luis Sandoval — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:37:53 +0000

Working as a freelancer or running your own business with a fired up entrepreneurial spirit can be difficult when it comes to tracking your time and income on multiple projects. One of two things will happen eventually. You will either limit yourself in terms of projects and make just enough money to keep track of or you’ll end up losing money due to inability to properly and effectively keep track of your invoicing. Neither are suitable outcomes for someone starting out on their own.

To avoid such pitfalls, we have discovered a web application that is user friendly and informative, that application is Invotrak by Draconis Software. As a freelance writer I was able to utilize the software for an experiment in keeping track of my personal invoicing and time tracking needs, and I found this application to stand heads and shoulders above the others that I have used.

The Practical
Getting paid on time is important right? Correct invoicing is vital for the integrity and success of your business, so why complicate things any more than they should. Invotrak is a web-based invoice application that was specifically made with freelancers and small businesses in mind. In their words it’s difficult enough to work with clients and do the actual work that invoicing should be as simple as possible without having to hire someone else to do it.

When you sign up for an account, you are taken through several easy steps to get you started. Once on their home interface, you will notice that the smooth and easy to follow design is intuitive. There is no confusion in the labeling system so tabs are easy to find and easy to click. Again, why should invoicing be so difficult, Invotrak wants to make sure their application is as easy to use as possible.

The application does have a FREE option, but there is also a tiered pay structure ranging from as low as $9/mo to as high as $45/mo, depending on your needs.

The Features
Invotrak is full of features which make this free web application one of the more robust around.

Invoicing – naturally the strong point of this application meant to keep track of all your clients and monies
Client Database – keep track of everyone that you work with and never forget a name
Timesheets – very important to keep track of time spent on projects to accurately invoice your client
Create/Upload Invoices – have an invoice in a different format, no worries, the ability to upload ensures that you don’t have files laying around different programs.
Reports – keep track of how your business does monthy, quarterly and yearly

These are just a few of the features that are made available to you. Here is a more comprehensive list of the features Invotrak offers.

The Analysis
Invotrak is a heavy hitter in the invoicing market. Rarely have I seen a web application so well put together. My only concern is their hierarchy. In the Free category you are only offered the ability to have up to 2 invoices a month and don’t get an unlimited number of invoices until you pay into the $45/mo plan. Seems like they’re selling the FREE aspect a little short for businesses that want to try the application for the first time. I believe the whole hierarchy is a little lopsided, but with over $3 million US dollars being tracked across Invotraks database, what do I know? Apparently freelancers and businsess worldwide are happy with it.

I highly recommend you give Invotrak a try and follow them on their blog.

Top Bloggers: Monthly Income List

Steven Finch — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:53:29 +0000

Tom over at the income diary has been keeping track of all the incomes from some of the worlds top bloggers. These income lists have always interested me, because I just dont understand why people actually believe these stats and think they can emulate them. The blogs dont seem to explain what sites are fully involved to make this income because with some of them it is from their own blogs, but others its from numerous blogs. I also reported about this topic back in December to work out if you thought these figures were fact or fiction. Im still not convinced either way.

The top bloggers by monthly income:

RANK	BLOG NAME	MONTHLY INCOME
1	JohnChow	$32,529.40
2	Shoemoney	$10,000.00
3	Entrepreneurs-Journey	$6,549.52
4	BloggingExperiment	$5,021.00
5	GatherSuccess	$4.080.42
6	ZacJohnson	$2,969.56
7	MixedMarketArts	$2,749.17
8	AffiliateConfession	2,602.64
9	ShaMoneyMaker	$2,100.00
10	TylerCruz	$1,746.14
11	5xMom	$1,500
12	Caroline-Middlebrook	$1,241.84
13	JackBook	$953.00
14	CashJuke	$935.35
15	JonWaraas	$630.00
16	Neotrepreneur	$411.00
17	SavasPlace	$409.10
18	InfectedByBugs	$335.00
19	DuckelDanny	$299.14
20	InspiredMoneyMaker	$279.55
21	ChrisGuthrie	$127.62
22	TeddyMoney	$59.58

Dogpile: Why Are There No Search Ads?

Steven Finch — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:13:09 +0000

For a long time now there has been a search engine that has been totally forgotten about, that search engine is Dogpile. Dogpile is a meta-search engine that is currently owned by Infospace. I was browsing the site this afternoon and suddenly noticed that there werent any search ads in the results. Im so used to seeing search ads on Yahoo, Google, etc, but nothing on Dogpile. Why is this? Why would they have a search engine that is obviously not getting huge amounts of traffic, but is still getting something, so why not at the very least create a partnership with Google and get some money for those search ads?

This is probably not a good example, but im really sick of seeing Silicon Valley companies who get funding or whatever, but havent actually developed a real business model. Prime example lately was Sonific. Sonific was a great idea, but they never really had an affective business model that could go with their high class product. That is the main reason why I like seeing startups like Techmeme do so well, because they are bootstrapped with no money at all, but they have a real aim and a business model that can pull it all together.

Update: There was a misprint which stated that Dogpile was owned by IAC, which its not. Dogpile is owned by Infospace.

Im Off The F****ing List??

Steven Finch — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:43:16 +0000

Every now and then I head across to 45n5’s Top 100 “Make Money Online” blogs and noticed that I have been taken off his list!! Anyways, this doesnt really upset me too much because Crenk is not a “Make Money Online” weblog!! We talk about Tech News, give our opinions and analyse tech companies and products.

However, as a nice guesture I thought i would just add the Top 100 blogs in here anyways. So here you go.

RANK	Blog Name
1	Problogger (widget)	6	17	2799
2	Shoemoney (widget)	6	325	3179
3	John Chow (widget)	4	367	3392
4	Dosh Dosh (widget)	6	281	8340
5	Performancing (widget)	4	62	7544
6	Daily Blog Tips (widget)	5	417	11969
7	Andy Beard – Niche marketing (widget)	4	735	13877
8	Vandelay Design (widget)	5	2136	19630
9	John Cow (widget)	3	1230	13639
10	Courtney Tuttle (widget)	4	1453	19401
11	Entrepreneurs Journey (widget)	3	1536	14772
12	45n5 (widget)	4	3068	18367
13	Blogstorm (widget)	4	3472	22802
14	Emoms At Home (widget)	4	1551	28028
15	Cash Quests (widget)	5	6088	26208
16	Caroline Middlebrook (widget)	4	5786	24268
17	Blogging Tips (widget)	4	3916	29569
18	Affiliate Tip (widget)	5	7946	34739
19	Zac Johnson (widget)	4	7725	24907
20	Strategic Profits (widget)	4	17584	6872
21	5 Star Affiliate Programs (widget)	5	18862	17230
22	ReveNews (widget)	6	11591	46839
23	Self Made Minds (widget)	5	10763	41214
24	Ades Blog (widget)	5	8867	47441
25	Freelance Folder (widget)	4	4885	45409
26	Garry Conn (widget)	5	6638	57673
27	Tyler Cruz (widget)	3	6615	29029
28	Carl Ocab (widget)	3	4219	34969
29	Jim Kukral (widget)	5	7471	58625
30	5xmom (widget)	4	10085	38062
31	James D. Brausch (widget)	5	22904	29572
32	Nate Whitehill (widget)	4	1972	62736
33	Who Is Andrew Wee (widget)	5	14239	61310
34	NetBusinessBlog (widget)	3	6135	42577
35	Super Affiliate Mindset (widget)	4	19032	32897
36	One Mans Goal (widget)	4	9008	57829
37	CPA Affiliates (widget)	6	18706	80532
38	Derek Beau (widget)	4	19110	42868
39	Affiliate Marketing Blog from UK (widget)	4	16055	50099
40	Blog About Your Blog (widget)	3	6687	52493
41	eXtra For Every Publisher (widget)	4	12978	62564
42	Jon Waraas (widget)	3	4873	60410
43	Ian Fernando (widget)	4	19896	59090
44	Buzz Marketing by Dean Hunt (widget)	5	19454	87826
45	Pure Blogging (widget)	5	15037	99374
46	Aojon (widget)	4	22185	57126
47	Gather Success (widget)	3	10736	56906
48	Etienne Teo (widget)	3	10252	58078
49	Blogging Fingers (widget)	3	10601	57399
50	Sabahan (widget)	3	12978	59394
51	Uber Affiliate (widget)	3	27627	26793
52	Earners Blog (widget)	2	13679	28708
53	Newest On The Net (widget)	3	16260	55646
54	Pat B. Doyle (widget)	4	21620	76014
55	Super Blogging Tips (widget)	3	9243	75105
56	Darin.cc (widget)	3	10523	78581
57	Fraser’s Affiliate Marketing Blog (widget)	5	17932	135144
58	Blogtrepreneur (widget)	3	9655	84218
59	Google Lady (widget)	4	44842	40761
60	Derek Semmler (widget)	4	17412	104786
61	Internet Marketing Mind (widget)	4	22063	99084
62	Just Make Money Online (widget)	5	27981	126320
63	Blogging Experiment (widget)	2	9757	53904
64	Memwg (widget)	5	29043	126807
65	Shylock Blogging (widget)	3	15935	82220
66	WebTalks (widget)	5	264	203694
67	Can I Make Big Money Online (widget)	4	17412	123815
68	eMonetized.com (widget)	4	31303	93550
69	Rosalind Gardner’s NetProfits Today (widget)	4	61585	29717
70	Affiliate Watcher (widget)	4	11756	150513
71	Jangro (widget)	6	44842	165272
72	Internet Business Coaching (widget)	4	28762	114311
73	Net Frontier Marketing (widget)	4	43404	92007
74	Itswritenow (widget)	4	18862	155935
75	The Writers Manifesto (widget)	3	32818	74668
76	Blog Clout (widget)	3	12381	122945
77	Big Bucks Blogger (widget)	2	13829	71862
78	Daily Moolah (widget)	3	32115	84087
79	More Merchant (widget)	3	34802	78737
80	Ryan Shamus (widget)	3	8806	142488
81	Online Presence (widget)	4	51019	107405
82	Software Projects (widget)	4	60261	87932
83	CDF Networks (widget)	3	44842	67133
84	World Of Angel (widget)	3	20986	124387
85	Day Job Nuker (widget)	2	26389	54974
86	Ez Online Money (widget)	3	47546	71786
87	Twenty Steps (widget)	3	31704	108414
88	Freedom Ideas (widget)	4	44842	138930
89	Brandon Hopkins (widget)	5	43057	204530
90	Art Of Money (widget)	4	37082	158257
91	PreBlogging (widget)	3	23882	129041
92	Dirty Little Secrets (widget)	4	24000	197174
93	Why Do Work? (widget)	3	65568	40069
94	Slyvisions (widget)	2	15592	92904
95	Small Fuel Marketing (widget)	4	60261	120678
96	Mikes Money Making Mission (widget)	3	27627	132744
97	Marco Richter (widget)	2	23516	93449
98	Thomas Sinfield (widget)	2	19032	107894
99	Site Fever (widget)	3	18001	193571
100	YeePage (widget)	2	27484	94654

The Blog Sale Rush… Are You Next!

Steven Finch — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:57:43 +0000

Over the last few weeks there has been a surge of blog sales at various prices, but will your blog be next and what will your site actually be worth.

We have seen the Bloggy Network sell off their most popular blogs to Splashpress Media (Bloggy now to focus on Blogflux), Blogging Fingers sold for $6000, Ryan Shamus sold for $2500, OneMansGoal sold for $8500, NxE sold for $8200 and Shylock Blogging for $4000.

These sites have had a great mixture of statistics with relevance to visitors, pageviews, subscribers and blog life. At present because of this a lot of bloggers are trying to work out how these blogs have be evaluated, with mixed views. 45n5 divides subscribers by the sale amount and then average the amounts per subscriber, thus averaging about $30 per subscriber. This $30 per subscriber seems to be a great amount to judge if you should place advertising on your site for the little income in the short term compared to the value you will have from subscribers in the long term.

If you site currently has 100 subscribers and has been making $200 per month ad revenue, but your subscriber growth has been slow. Wouldnt it be a better idea to remove the ads if your goals are set beyond 6 months so that you can allow subscriber numbers to grow at its full potential. There is no point monetizing your blog as much as possible in the early days unless you are looking for an income or getting ready to sell.

Additionally, how come there isnt a place online that specifically provides auction space for blogs that are trying to sell?

Crenk – Advertising Network Free!

Steven Finch — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:15:08 +0000

I have long been playing around with the idea of monetizing Crenk but for all the trouble it just doesnt seem worth it at the moment. Ad networks tend to take the majority of the money and dont really give too much back in return. Hence, i thought i would try an experiment, and go Advertising Network Free!

The aim is to provide Advertising on Crenk from an in-house solution and do it cheap. This way i hope that i can provide real value for money and not just give it all to the middleman (ad network). Hence from now until the end of the year the following prices will stand, no matter what my traffic ranking is (and hopefully that should really increase).

125 x 125 Banner Site Wide = $20 per month
Text Ad Link Site Wide = $10 per month

I really want to try to show people that they dont have to use Ad Networks to make a decent amount of money, but we will just have to wait and see if this is viable!

Agloco … Whatever Happened To Them??

Steven Finch — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:17:34 +0000

I remember towards the end of last year there was big hype around new start up Agloco. Agloco was basically a pyramid selling scheme that had a nice twist of bringing back the old pay-to-surf idea. John Chow was one of the main players who was hyping Agloco, he got upto 1000 signups and then suddenly it was never to be heard from again. Does anyone still use Agloco and does it actually make them any money?