Monday, September 29th, 2008 at
4:39 pm
It is so easy to get caught up in the whole money making process with paid to click sites and overlook safety of your accounts. Many times we become preoccupied with getting referrals, making sure you are active at certain sites to get credit for your referral clicks, paying your refbacks, and so on, that we ignore the possibility that our ptc assets are vulnerable. Let’s take a look at some of the things we should do to make our ptc site accounts safer.
Don’t Use The Same Password At Every PTC Site
Many PTC sites do not encrypt user passwords in their database. A big part of the reason is because they are usually born from the same clone script or something very similar. If one of the sites that you belong to gets hacked, your username and password are in the hands of the hackers. If you have the same credentials at another site, the hackers will have easy access to other accounts. All they have to do is go down the list of usernames from the database they hacked and try them at other ptc sites. For this reason you should use different passwords and usernames if possible at every site that you join. Of course many people sign up under many sites, so at the very least, make sure you have different passwords at the sites you have a fair amount of money invested.
Unique Password For Your Payment Processors
Do not use a password that you used at a ptc site for the same reasons as listed above. This however is even worse since you are giving the hacker access to your real money, personal information and potentially credit card and bank accounts. Payment processor passwords need to be unique and complicated.
Secure Web Browser
While the majority of Internet users browse with Internet Explorer as their web browser, this fact leaves them more vulnerable to hacks. Internet Explorer is far less safe then a browser such as Firefox from Mozilla. Not only is Firefox more secure, it also has some nice features and many add-ons that can be downloaded to make it even more functional. Firefox is much easier to configure as far as security is concerned and also has many exploitable functions turned off by default as opposed to Internet Explorer which is much more complicated to secure and just about everything is on by default. Add to the fact that IE is much more well known and thus a bigger target for those that want to exploit users in general. Firefox on the other hand is based on open-source architecture and anyone who is proficient in its programming code can help to detect and relay information about exploits to the vast community which in turn can get revisions more readily.
Check out this article to learn more about how Firefox can help with PTC sites: Surviving the PTC Click Grind
Avoid Scam PTC Sites
What’s even worse then a ptc site you belong to getting hacked? Joining a ptc site that has no intention of paying its members and will use its own database of users accounts and passwords at other sites. This in hopes that the users are using the same credentials. There are many things to look out for when trying to decide whether a site is legit or not.
Check out this article to learn more: Avoiding Scam PTC Sites
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008 at
11:30 pm
The PTC sites click grind can sometimes get so boring and time consuming that you don’t feel motivated to continue doing it regularly. What you may not realize is that your Internet browser can make a big difference in your efficiency and Firefox from Mozilla is one such browser. Firefox allows you to do several things that will make your life a lot easier not to mention its more secure.
Multiple Sites Open in a Single Window
The first thing is that you can have all your PTC sites open in the same window using different tabs. This makes switching between them a snap and easier to manage. I will usually open 10 sites at once in a single tabbed window and cycle through them clicking on ads. Doing 10 at once this way saves alot of time.
Open Up Multiple Sites With A Single Click
Another thing Firefox allows you to do is to open all the sites in a bookmarked folder all at once. So for instance, I have a folder I call PTC Sites1, which I have the 10 sites I am a member of in this folder. All I have to do is right-click that folder under bookmarks and click “Open All in Tabs”. Presto! all 10 sites open up in single window. Saves you alot of time instead of having to open each one. The only prep you need to do is create bookmark folders and add sites to these folders.
Cache Passwords
The third thing that firefox does is to cache your passwords for sites. This makes the whole logging in thing a breeze.
The Process Step by Step:
- Open Firefox
- Under Bookmarks right click PTC Sites1 folder or whatever name you used and click “Open All in Tabs”
- After all your sites have opened, select the first tab
- The login and password should already be filled out if you enable password caching, just click the login button and begin surfing ads
- Go to the next tab and continue the process until you have completed clicks at all sites in that folder
- If you have more folders with PTC sites to click, open them and continue until all sites are done
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008 at
12:29 pm
The Internet is saturated with so many paid to click sites to join nowadays, and for every legit site there exists a scam site. Sometimes it is not an easy task to discern a legit site from a scam site, so you really need to take the time and research before you join a site. The last thing you want to do is invest time and money into a site only to have it all disappear. There are some simple rules you can follow to help avoid scam sites.
Read the TOS
Look at how much they are paying per click and per a referral’s click. If it the amount sounds too good to be true it probably is. Don’t be drawn in by the big numbers with promise of making quick money. Any site that is paying too much will not be able to survive on its own advertising and will eventually go down taking whatever cash they have made with them.
Overall Site Impression
Second, take a look at the site as a whole. Does it look professional or does it look like someone downloaded the clone Bux.to script and just slapped a site together by changing a few things. Legit sites have a more original feel, even if they have a modified clone script to develop their website. You can also easily tell that a legit site has invested the time and money to develop it.
Read Paid to Click Forums
Check the forums to see what kind of feedback other members have about the site. Forums have a wealth of knowledge about almost every PTC site out there. Posts by happy members are a good indicator of a legit site and a good gauge of how successful it is. If a site is not so good or really bad, you will definitely see posts about it. Sometimes there are conflicting posts of good and bad experiences, in which case you should use the other factors to help you decide. Also many forums have blacklisted or scam sites section showing you which ones to avoid which makes the research alot easier.
How Active is the Admin of the Site
Good sites have very active admins. He/She is usually very busy fielding trouble tickets, complaints, answering PMs and running the site. If the admin doesn’t respond to any of these in a timely fashion, it’s usually an indicator of a poorly run site or a site that should definitely be avoided. The forums of the site will tell you how active the admin is and the impression members have of him/her.
Search Google
Another easy way to check is to just do a search in Google or Yahoo for the name of the ptc site in question. You can cross reference the search results with some of the research you did earlier to see if it checks out or not.
Ultimately its up to you to decide which ptc sites to join. There are many resources to help you decide. Do your research and don’t take any shortcuts or you may end up wasting your time and money if you invested any.
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 at
8:57 pm
NeoBux has made several changes to its Terms of Service that have impacted its referral policy in four ways. The first is regarding the amount you earn from your referral clicks. The old policy stated that in order for you to receive credit for your referrals clicks, you must have clicked ads the previous day. The formula was that you would get credit for the number of ads you clicked on the previous day multiplied by two, i.e. if you clicked on two ads the previous day, you would get maximum credit of four ad clicks per referral. So if one referral happened to click five ads that day, you would only get credit for four. The new policy now states that you must still be active and click on ads the previous day, however you now must click at least four ads if you are a standard member and nine ads if you are a premium member to get full credit for all your referral ad clicks. If you click less then the required clicks you only get credit for the amount of ad clicks you made the previous day versus twice that amount in the old policy.
The second change is an increase in the price of recycling referrals from $0.05 to $0.10 effectively doubling the cost. This seems like an extreme measure, however NeoBux insists that it needs to be done because the recycling activity is so great that it consumes 50% of the referral pool.
The third change is an increase in the renting referral price based on how many referrals you have. The table below sums up the changes:
From 0 to 250 referrals: Current price
From 251 to 500 referrals: Current price + $0.01
From 501 to 750 referrals: Current price + $0.02
From 751 to 1000 referrals: Current price + $0.03
From 1001 to 1250 referrals: Current price + $0.04
From 1251 to 1500 referrals: Current price + $0.05
From 1501 to 1750 referrals: Current price + $0.06
After 1751 referrals (inclusive): Current price + $0.07
This change also affects the autopay price. The change was put into effect because of the high demand of rented referrals.
Lastly is the change related to giving users with little to no referrals with extra days to be able to get them. There will be three extra days on top of current times for members who have less then 501 referrals. The table below sums up the changes:
Day 1: Only users without rented referrals can try to rent on this day
Day 2: Only users with less than 201 referrals can try to rent on this day
Day 3: Only users with less than 501 referrals can try to rent on this day
The rest of the week: Everyone (including the mentioned above) can try to rent referrals
All these changes are meant to have a positive impact via more active members. It is yet to be seen whether this will help or hinder what already is a great site with active members. The success of NeoBux has already caused many sites to mimic its features. The question is now whether NeoBux will dictate the future of all paid to click or PTC sites with its policy changes.
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008 at
5:43 am
It has only been a few weeks since Buxout kicked off its official launch and already it has increased the price to become a premium member. The initial price was $59.00 and even then it seemed a little pricey compared to other sites who are very popular like CrewBux and ThinkBux. Both those sites have premium membership prices below $30.00. According to Buxout, the demand is so great that they decided it was time to increase the price to its premium membership to $85.00. Quite a hefty increase when you consider NeoBux charges $90.00 to upgrade from standard.
When you consider the payout options at Buxout with standard members receiving $0.01 per click and $0.005 per referral clicks compared to premium members $0.0125 per click and $0.0125 per referral clicks, you are practically forced to upgrade. That breaks down to a loss of $7.50 per 1000 referral clicks if you don’t upgrade.
To those that got on board early congratulations and to those that didn’t, it’s a bigger hill to climb before breaking even. Another thing to think about is that there is also a chance that they could raise the price again later.
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