Bux3 Payment Request

Just requested a payment of $10.28 from Bux3, this being both past the minimum payment threshold of $10, and more than the $6.95 I paid for referrals. According to the ToS, payment could take up to 60 days for standard members.

Yuwie Earnings for March

Here are March's earnings for Yuwie. Quite a substantial increase on February's, although the purchased referrals aren't doing so well yet.

Uquick Payment

Just received another payment of $12 from the Uquick affiliate program. This brings the total received to $103.50.

Kaspersky Internet Security 7 Review

Now, a review of a piece of security software may initially seem an odd thing to have in a blog on making money online, but if you're going to be online, you need to protect your computer.

I've used Norton products for years, but truthfully have never been that happy with them. Admittedly, Norton Internet Security 2008 is better than 2007, and much better than 2006, but I've only really stayed with them because I'm familiar with how they operate.

So, this week I decided to buy Kaspersky Internet Security 7 instead, the three user version, which had been recommended by an advisor PC World (who on their adverts actually always push Norton products, not Kaspersky). Here are my initial impressions.

The product, according to its package blurb has much more features than Norton. It installed pretty easily, and I set it to work.

Now, the scan for viruses, which with Norton you couldn't do if you were trying to do anything else at the same time, because even on my dual core 3MB RAM PC it devoured too much of the systems resources even in background mode, doesn't cause any problems with other applications when I have it running. In addition, the scan is much more thorough. It's discovered over 600 viruses and malware that Norton never spotted, even though they'd been there for years in some cases. Okay, these are (mostly) in places where they won't do any harm - such as in zips - but finding them enabled me to remove some viruses which had infected my server without my knowledge.

The downside of the scan, possibly because of its' thoroughness and the way it doesn't interfere with normal operations, is the length of time it takes. Well over a day by the looks of things. You can, however, resume an interrupted scan even after turning the PC off, a very useful point.

These are my initial impressions, and I'd say that Kaspersky is better than Norton. Some of the difficulties I've had with scans may simply due to unfamiliarity with the program.

Buxit.info

One more of the current Paid to Click programs around is Buxit.info. I've currently got one referral at the moment, courtesy of GetRef, who has been somewhat active.

At the moment, the site is an incredibly slow loader; however, this is apparently being looked into and will hopefully be fixed.

Webmaster Forums

On my main site, I added a list of Internet Marketing Forums. Joining forums can be a useful way to interact with other people running websites, and for promoting your own site. You can add your blog feed to your profile on some sites, your homepage URL to your profile, and various links to your signature. Some will allow you to advertise your site as well.

Don't abuse any of this though, or you'll probably get banned from the forum. Only directly advertise your site where and when you're allowed, don't spam posts just to get your signature links as many places as possible. If you're a good community member, it's more likely people will be interested in what you're offering, or help you if you have problems.

Link Referral

Link Referral is essentially another Traffic Exchange. Therefore, I wouldn't recommend using it on a site where you have AdSense ads displayed, as it's an artificial way of boosting traffic.

This is their explanation of the concept behind Link Referral:

Members directory traffic - By joining, you will be included in our members directory which is visited by our community of over 150,000 members, and thousands of outside visitors on a daily basis. You'll have the opportunity to earn a ranking at the top of your category, absolutely free! Receive valuable feedback from visitors of your website, network with your peers, and give your opinion on other websites in the directory. The more you participate, the more you get in return!

Referral based traffic - You are probably familiar with the concept of network marketing, well this is a free version of that marketing method - by registering and promoting your linkreferral affiliate link, an exponential growth of 5 levels of referrals can be created (ex. you refer 10 people who refer 10 people each who refer 10 each....), potentially 10,000s of visitors/day all viewing your link prominently in the top spot of our 'Featured Sites' section on our home page for your referral ID. It works because its free, fast to register, easy to implement and no risk. People that are referred from your site will have nothing to lose and everything to gain, just like you.

Search engine traffic - By registering, you'll benefit several ways, including,

1) having your webpage listing indexed more quickly - the major search engines continuously spider our site, and the sites listed in our directory.
2) Improved search engine rankings and SEO optimization.
3) Indirect search engine traffic via linkreferral.com. Pages such as your directory listing and your affiliate page listing feature your link and description, are picked up by all the major search engines. Your sign-up description, combined with our strong traffic base (a prime ranking factor for most major search engines) can pull in a significant immediate steady stream of traffic to your listing on linkreferral.com and then on to your web site.

Linkreferral forums traffic - By participating in our forums on a daily basis, you'll build relationships and your reputation within the linkreferral community and improve the odds of successfully converting visitors to your end goal. Promote your listing by asking questions and giving comments, each post you make actively displays your link, category and member profile.

Now, I've got this promoting Yuwie currently, but so far, no sign ups. It could be I've picked the wrong category to list the site in.

bux.to Payment Request

I have today submitted a payment request for bux.to. Total amount outstanding of $17.63 is more than the $16.98 I spent on referrals. I've requested payment for the entire amount. Now to see how good they are at paying.

V7N Payment

Just received another payment of $25 to my PayPal account from the V7N affiliate program. This brings my total earned from that program to $275. That was the last outstanding balance currently owed to me by V7N.

myLot Referrals

I now have a total of four referrals at myLot from GetRef and I've now finally earned some referral income from one of them; a grand total of $0.01. Better than nothing, and they may well prove to be more active now.