Can You Really Make Money with Surf for
Cash Programs?
By Ed Zivkovic -
http://www.ezau.com
This article will focus on the Spedia Surf for Cash Program
I first came across spedia.net from my Alexa Toolbar as a result
of visiting another non related site. I was looking for programs
to promote and spedia sounded good on the outside and I almost
signed up in order to refer others into the program.
It all sounded too good to be true. The 5 level deep payout
structure would ensure a decent income after some heavy
promoting but my intuition told me to do a quick search for the
term spedia scam and see if there was any negative spedia
information around. The results speak for themselves:
http://tinyurl.com/yvx9u
An abundance of warnings and people's negative experiences with
spedia. The most common complaints seem to be that they don't
pay. Other complains include system crashes and spam if you
cancel your account.
The Spedia Terms of Service
The Spedia Terms of Service can be found at
http://www.spedia.net/sp_h_p_terms_of_service.htm.
You must agree to these terms in order to
participate in the Spedia Surf for Cash Program. It is a very
interesting page. Especially clause #16 whereby you agree not to
participate in a Class Action Law Suit against Spedia but you
are "allowed" to make a claim as an individual.
Personally, I cannot see any one person taking Spedia to court
for 30 bucks which they did not pay. If you cannot participate
in a Class Action whereby thousands of individuals can make a
claim with one court case and with one attorney, what chance
have you got to get your money?
Spedia and Surf+ Scumware
It seems that by downloading and installing the spediabar, you
are also installing a Scumware program called Surf+. This is not
a good thing. The Surf+ Scumware has the ability to change plain
text words on any web page into hyperlinks. These hyperlinks are
inserted without the permission of the webmaster in order to
hijack you onto another site. More about how Surf+ works here:
http://www.scumware.com/wm2a.html.
Certain Spyware and Scumware programs will require special
attention to be removed from your system because they cannot be
removed by the regular add/remove programs method. If your
computer has been infected with the Surf+ virus, you will need
instructions to remove all invisible components from your
system:
http://www.whirlywiryweb.com/removesurfplus.htm
A Better Way to Make Money Online
It seems that even IF you find a legitimate Surf for Cash
program, it will take ages to get even a $30 payout. I still
think it is much easier to sell either your own products or
other people's products and services via an affiliate program.
To do this you will need your own website, register your own
domain name, select a web hosting company and learn how to get
search engine traffic to your site.
Wasting Time
It's time to ask yourself, "Am I wasting time on the Internet?"
and "Does it really serve me to do what I am doing?".
If we are doing the same old things and not getting the desired
results, it may be time to shift our thinking and open up to new
ideas, or do some of the stuff we know we "should" do but have
been to lazy to do it.
The author, Ed Zivkovic is a self-taught webmaster. His website
(http://www.ezau.com) contains
articles with all sorts of tips for work at home webmasters.
Contact Ed here:
http://www.ezau.com/zcontact.html
|
