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What ever happened to the Pay-To-Surf companies?

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lancestorm

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I remember one of them being called AllAdvantage. There were MANY others. What ever happened to them all? Are there any still around? Did they not get enough advertisers or did that model not work well because ... ?
 
alladvantage got cheated big time. People were using automated point/click apps that were written just for these purposes. Not that these didn't help them generate revenue regardless... they just weren't profitable enough in the end. Ads can only help so much... look at all the free storage sites... freedrive/xdrive... they all went to pay memberships after the bubble burst.
 
I remember those. alladvantage sounds right. i had an account but never really did anything with it. Im interested to know if anyone made anything from it.
 
Originally posted by: lancestorm
I remember one of them being called AllAdvantage. There were MANY others. What ever happened to them all? Are there any still around? Did they not get enough advertisers or did that model not work well because ... ?
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Yep made almost a thousand from alladvantage. Too bad they shut down 🙁 😀
 
I can't remember the name of the place that I did in my freshman year of college, but I ended up with a Palm Vx, a new CD burner, and about $200 cash out of it.
 
i got a $100 check from all advantage...that shyt was awesome...although i'll admit, everyone cheated.

 
Meh, nowadays they just install spyware/adware and forcefeed you their ads anyway without paying you. But, yeah, I remember there was one site that let you store 3 gigs of music online for free ( forgot their name), and then they went commercial, and deleted my account without notice.
 
haha we cheated the crap out of those i.e. alladvantage
good old mouse automation programs running in the background
or fake browsing

got about ~40 bucks out of it, friends got more

thats what they get with a stupid business model
 
what happend was autosurfers came along...i swear i'd leave that thing on all ngiht logn and rack up a few hundred in alladvantage in no time from the 20 or so accounts i made 😀
 
Qool.com was the easiest of them I think. I didn't do any of those autosurfer things but on my own I was able to earn 5-7 DVDs until I got tired of it. That's for just clicking on a few links.
 
hah, I remember the computers in libraries on campus all had Alladvantage running on them, too bad the idiots (library clerks) didn't bother to check whether it was under their account. Some people would just log them out and put their own account in.
 
Originally posted by: dabuddha
Originally posted by: lancestorm
I remember one of them being called AllAdvantage. There were MANY others. What ever happened to them all? Are there any still around? Did they not get enough advertisers or did that model not work well because ... ?
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Yep made almost a thousand from alladvantage. Too bad they shut down 🙁 😀
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Holy crap! I think I got one check for $15-20.

 
yeah i got a couple of checks from alladvantage. The first month I actually hit it big ($300+), was the month they shut down and my check never came
 
Originally posted by: m4ch0dude
But, yeah, I remember there was one site that let you store 3 gigs of music online for free ( forgot their name), and then they went commercial, and deleted my account without notice.
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I believe you're referring to myplay.com ... they were great... you could also play the songs right off the site.
 
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