Agloco: Get Paid To Surf and Spam
I’ve been meaning to write this for over a month but always held it back. While I’ve been pretty much offline for the past couple of weeks it seems more and more and more and more people are starting to push Agloco.
When I first heard of Agloco I immediately thought ‘pyramid scheme’ – which was a little unfair. A pyramid scheme would involve initial 'investment'; Agloco is free (if your time is free, of course).
It reminds me of all those spammy "get paid to surf" programs that were knocking about in 1999. The companies themselves weren't spammers, and what they were trying to achieve in advertising was unique back then, however I seem to remember a hell of a lot of "GET PAID TO SURF" spam emails and posts in forums. grr
I've already had blog spam regarding Agloco and a couple of emails.
I'm presuming Agloco will make money from selling advertising on the Viewbar, which is in limited beta testing at the moment, so for people to make money from Agloco, the people they refer need to be using the Viewbar, and also "You have to surf yourself [with the viewbar] to get the benefit of your referrals' surfing."
I'm pretty sure the majority of people that have signed up thinking they're going to make millions will stop using the Viewbar when they realise the people they have referred aren't using it: significantly lowering any earnings they thought they'd make using the earning calculator. (Will the viewbar work in Firefox btw?)
Don't even get me started on the shares thing.
I don't think it's a scam but I do think a lot of people that have subscribed are going to be disappointed by the amount of money they'll make from it. It'll be interesting to see how widely used this Viewbar will be once it's released and I wish Agloco and it's members the best of luck but I won't be joining you.
Further Reading: Agloco Rant, Scoble Interview with Agloco, First Impressions of Agloco (problogger), Agloco will not make money online ever
I’ve been meaning to write this for over a month but always held it back. While I’ve been pretty much offline for the past couple of weeks it seems more and more and more and more people are starting to push Agloco.
When I first heard of Agloco I immediately thought ‘pyramid scheme’ – which was a little unfair. A pyramid scheme would involve initial 'investment'; Agloco is free (if your time is free, of course).
It reminds me of all those spammy "get paid to surf" programs that were knocking about in 1999. The companies themselves weren't spammers, and what they were trying to achieve in advertising was unique back then, however I seem to remember a hell of a lot of "GET PAID TO SURF" spam emails and posts in forums. grr
I've already had blog spam regarding Agloco and a couple of emails.
I'm presuming Agloco will make money from selling advertising on the Viewbar, which is in limited beta testing at the moment, so for people to make money from Agloco, the people they refer need to be using the Viewbar, and also "You have to surf yourself [with the viewbar] to get the benefit of your referrals' surfing."
I'm pretty sure the majority of people that have signed up thinking they're going to make millions will stop using the Viewbar when they realise the people they have referred aren't using it: significantly lowering any earnings they thought they'd make using the earning calculator. (Will the viewbar work in Firefox btw?)
Don't even get me started on the shares thing.
I don't think it's a scam but I do think a lot of people that have subscribed are going to be disappointed by the amount of money they'll make from it. It'll be interesting to see how widely used this Viewbar will be once it's released and I wish Agloco and it's members the best of luck but I won't be joining you.
Further Reading: Agloco Rant, Scoble Interview with Agloco, First Impressions of Agloco (problogger), Agloco will not make money online ever
February 19th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
I thought the same as you initially, but I decided I'd try and sign up a few people to see how it goes as I've got nothing to lose as I don't have to splash out any cash, and all I have to do is surf like I do everyday.
February 20th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
I think you're right about people being disapointed, but only the people who actually use the viewbar and don't refer anyone else. I can see the people with thousands of referals coming out of this quite happy!
March 1st, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Yeah, I signed up a couple of months ago like the naive person that I am but, over the past couple of weeks, I've seen a lot of, for lack of better words, advertisements for 'getting paid to surf' in random places (like the jobs list for craigslist). I would imagine it will not be like the hard pushers of it are hoping it to be but, like health insurance, "just in case", I gotta have it. When is it going to start making me money anyway?
March 7th, 2007 at 5:55 am
great, Agloco, did you use my referral code (BBBK8274)?
March 8th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
Agloco looks to be a good get paid to surf program and with it being handled by the Alladvantage owners it should turn out good. I can't wait for the viewbar to be released. I have my fingers crossed.
March 20th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
I have a little something to add: not everyone will expect to be come a millionaire.
Click my name at the top (Michael H. Lewis) for an article I wrote on why AGLOCO will succeed.
Good luck,
Michael
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:15 am
Not sure if you know but the owner of the paid to surf in 99 was alladvantage which is the one that is running agloco.
August 16th, 2007 at 2:36 am
I recently looked into Agloco myself and drew fairly similar conclusions, ie, it is not a scam but sure looks flawed to me.
I think the big guns with lots of direct and indirect referrals will prosper but the average user isn't going to make anything worth talking about.