Get Paid to Search the Net
I remember the first time I was introduced to a Pay-to-Search site. It seemed like a glorious and flawless idea – an industry where I could make maximum bucks for minimum work. I was wrong.
The first Pay to Search site I signed up with was called Netbux, a seemingly brilliant system that, unfortunately for me and thousands of other “professional” Internet surfers, also happened to be fundamentally flawed and destined for failure: 2 cents a search, and 2 cents for each search that your referrals perform. I spent hours trying to acquire referrals so I could make the disturbingly high $50 payout. I never really stopped to think where they got the money.
The problem with the Pay to Search industry is they have no guaranteed way to get the money. It relies on advertisers and referral purchases, and when those fall through, or the money made from the users exceeds that of the money that is coming in (which eventually happens), that’s when the site dies. Then the administrator panics, raises the payout minimum, or just runs with the money.
But there is a way Pay to Search sites can survive: by rewarding users with shares, instead of a flat rate. By rewarding users with shares, the users earnings can never exceed what the site is making. Of course, when there are lots of shares in the system, this results in the share being worth VERY little ($0.0002).
How to manage a successful Pay to Search site is beyond me, but I guess one of the secrets is advertising, lots and lots of advertising. The site would need popups on each page, banner ads on all four walls of the page, high prices for each referral purchase, and a whole lot of creativity. These tactics combined with using shares could possibly produce a successful Pay to Search site, as long as the user number doesn't spiral out of control and the advertisers drop out. Joining a Pay to Search site is a gamble, but if you work hard enough and with a little luck, you might actually reach payout before the site dies. I’m not cynical (just bitter).
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