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SmileyTraffic exchange
2007-07-11 00:11:00
I have written about several traffic exchanges before. Now it's time to introduce - and promote :) - Smiley Traffic. It offers many ways to advertise your site, such as manual and auto surfing, paid-to-click links, and text link or banner impressions. SmileyTraffic also has monthly contests with cash prizes and $0.02 bonus for each 100 pages surfed manually. It's a big traffic exchange with over 21.000 members. If there's one thing I miss, it's country targeting, but regrettably, their exchange script from LJScripts.com doesn't have this feature.Of all traffic exchanges I'm a member of, I have the largest downline in SmileyTraffic (which is over 400 members). I also have a big supply of "manual credits", so it's not surprising that I get good results from promoting my splash pages I wrote about earlier. Still, the most effective means of advertising that SmileyTraffic offers is text link and banner impressions. These are displayed on their front page (look for "Feature Link") ...
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My Agloco network update
2007-06-30 22:39:00
It's almost the end of June, and here are my stats for the first month that we had the Viewbar:I have over 400 referrals now, which is a pretty good result for me. Since I was checking my statistics often, I noticed that I barely got any signups in the beginning of the month, but that improved a week or so after Agloco had released the Viewbar. Not exactly a "boom" I was hoping for, though.As for referral earnings, they are alright too. Assuming all active members surf 5 hours a month, about 20.3% of my downline is actively using the Viewbar. To tell you the truth, I was really disappointed with these numbers at first (since they mean only every fifth member in my downline is active), but then I learned that many Agloco recruiters have similar statistics. In fact, John Chow's "NAI" (Network Activity Index) is just 11.4%. I can sleep peacefully at night knowing that.You can calculate your NAI by using the following formula:(referral hours / referral count * 1.25) * 100Which in my c...
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MarketingPond downline builder
2007-06-25 21:48:00
I have seen many Marketing Pond ads on forums and traffic exchanges lately, so I decided to join. Marketing Pond is basically a free downline builder that lets you promote many different programs at once - including Agloco.After you signup at Marketing Pond, you will be able to enter your referral IDs in the programs list. If you are not a member of that particular program, you can join by clicking it's title. The referral IDs you enter will be automatically shown to your Marketing Pond downline in their programs list. If they decide join one, they will be joining under you (provided you entered your referral ID). That's why it's wise to signup for as many listed programs as possible. However, if you find most programs useless to you, then there is no point in joining Marketing Pond - so check their list first.Marketing Pond can help you save time by promoting all your affiliate links at once. It may or may not get you more referrals compared to promoting each program separately...
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Viewbar avalaible for download on Tucows
2007-06-19 01:20:00
In their latest blog update, Agloco announced that Viewbar is avalaible for download on tucows.com, a software distributor website. This should take the load off Agloco's servers (it has been really hard to log on to my account during last week). The Viewbar download on Tucows has it's own rating and a forum thread, so you might want to drop by.Since it's forbidden to distribute the Viewbar by yourself, and Agloco site isn't always working, you can now give the members of your website the alternate download link on Tucows:http://www.tucows.com/get/513386_2 05985
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Promoting Agloco in traffic exchanges
2007-06-12 18:32:00
Using traffic exchanges to promote Agloco might not be very effective, but it's free and easy. You should not, however, promote your Agloco referral URL directly. It sends visitors straight to the registration form, and you will be lucky to get any signups this way. Use a splash page instead, and get the most out of your traffic credits.A splash page is a simple and short page that visitors see before entering your main site, in this case - Agloco referral URL. Splash pages used for traffic exchanges should load fast, have no auto-playing audio, and as few images as possible (many traffic exchange users surf with graphics turned off).It's important to write a catchy, attention-grabbing headline. You should also outline most important reasons to join Agloco, or some interesting facts about it. The visitors will only look at your splash page for a few seconds, but if it gets their attention they will read further, and if they become interested, they will click the signup link.When c...
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JaKelDaily.com review
2007-06-11 22:03:00
Jason Neuman at JaKelDaily.com is offering a link back to my blog if I review his blog. This is the second post of this kind I'm writing - I reviewed John Chow's blog a while ago, and besides a free link, I even got some visitors.JaKelDaily.com was started on February the 10th, 2007. I had to mention that, because in the relatively short time of 5 months, Jason's blog achieved Google PageRank 5 and Technorati authority of nearly 500 (to compare, this blog is PR3, so I win more from the deal). This was accomplished using various aggressive (and effective) link building tactics, including posting so-called "link trains", submitting to directories, and, of course, asking for reviews like this one. Jason even created a blog here at Blogger with sole purpose of linking to JaKelDaily.com - now this part is not very nice :-)Jason writes on various subjects, including cars, family, technology, and making money online. There are only a few short posts on technology and cars though. Person...
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Agloco Viewbar has been released
2007-06-04 15:59:00
I've been using the Viewbar for last 30 minutes or so. It sits at the bottom of my screen and refuses to show any kind of ads. Agloco's blog says that the ad servers were overloaded and ad network people are working on it. Anyway, it's not Agloco's problem, and even if you don't see any advertisements, you are getting paid for surfing already! Besides the white space in the center where they should be, the Viewbar is fully functional.Since Agloco.com seems to be overloaded as well, you might have to retry a few times before you manage to login. Here's a direct download link from Agloco.com (you might actually want to login first and check if there's a newer version):http://viewbar.agloco.com/downlo ad/viewbar.win32.1.00.exeThe funny thing is, a lot of members will probably use up their 5 hours monthly limit without ever seeing a single ad (I did, for one). That makes me think that it's not likely we'll get paid in cash in the next month or two. It was mentioned vaguely in Ag...
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Viewbar will be released tomorrow
2007-06-03 13:26:00
Yes, you read that right! There's a new post titled "Viewbar release this Monday" on Agloco's official blog, and that's exactly what it means. With no news from them for a while, I'm glad I can finally write an Agloco-related post myself.Viewbar will be released on the morning of June 4th (California time). For anyone wondering, that's GMT -7, so it will be evening in Europe (that's where I live) and early Tuesday morning in Asia. I'm not sure yet, but it seems they dropped the idea of releasing the Viewbar in batches and decided to release it for everyone in one go, as their newest post doesn't say anything about download being available only to some members.The supported OS for Viewbar are Windows Vista, WinXP and Win2000. The supported browsers are Firefox and IE. Anyone using Linux OS or a Mac will have to wait till they release an appropriate version.Having invested time and even some money in building my Agloco network, I'm very glad to hear that it's finally startin...
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Make 80x15 buttons easily
2007-05-28 23:01:00
As you probably know, 80x15 buttons, or "badges" are very popular, especially among bloggers. People use them when exchanging links, or to show which CMS their site is running on, or that it has valid code, and so on. There even are some banner exchanges which use this format.If you want to make great looking 80x15 buttons (like this one: ) yourself , there is no need for Photoshop or any other heavyweight image editor. All you need is this online tool from BlogFlux. You can choose text, border and background colors as well as text alignment. The button generated comes in *.gif format. You can also make bigger 88x13 buttons the same way.If you need more functions, try online button maker by LuccaZappa. This one generates *.png files. There are many fonts avalaible, you can set text position precisely, and upload your own images to be used as part of the button.Since these websites don't host the buttons you make, you will need to save them to your PC first. Then you can upload them...
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Integrate FeedBurner with Blogger
2007-05-23 19:48:00
I'm going to show you how to use FeedBurn er with your blog in this short guide. First of all, here are some cool things that FeedBurner can do.FeedBurner takes over your blog's feeds, enhances their functionality and gives you detailed statistics on your subscribers. You can add social bookmarks like Digg! to both your feed and your blog (see the bottom of this post), offer e-mail subscriptions, show subscriber count on your blog and so on. You can even see what kind of feed readers your subscribers use, and what kind of bots (like Technorati search) visit your feed. And this is just a part of what they offer!Once you signup at FeedBurner and configure it to your liking, you can integrate it fully with your blog hosted on Blogger . Let's start by changing AutoDiscovery URL. When you visit a site which has feed information between it's <head> tags, all modern browsers display a little icon to indicate that. You will need to change it to point to your "burned" feed at FeedB...
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Agloco banner
2007-05-22 16:30:00
Here's a new 468x60 animated banner for promoting Agloco. Feel free to use it in banner exchanges. Just click it to get the full size image and save it to your computer:Alternatively, you can get it from my website:http://www.aglocolietuva.com/medi a/1/agloco468_green_ENG.gifBanner advertising still remains a good way to get referrals or interested visitors - do you agree?

Make money with Text-Link-Ads
2007-05-20 08:52:00
Text-Link -Ads is a company which allows you to buy static text links on thousands of categorized websites - or put links on your own blog/website and make money. The most important thing here is the page rank of your site. The higher it is, the more money you can make (the amount of visitors doesn't really matter besides making it more attractive to advertisers). You can check your page rank here.Besides selling text links on your site, you can also make money by referring new members through the affiliate program, putting text links to the bottom of every post you make, or even showing text ads in your RSS feed. These last two options seem to be limited to blogs using WordPress platform though.I tried submitting two PageRank 3 sites when I signed up. First one was this blog, and it was automatically rejected. Second one was my Lithuanian website about Agloco and it was accepted. Since they both have PR3, I guess the reason was that my website has a second level domain. I might try...
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Blizzard announces StarCraft 2
2007-05-19 23:08:00
Blizzard has announced StarCraft 2 at their WWI event in Seoul, South Korea (which is famous for it's StarCraft fans). SC2 is going to be a real-time strategy game like its madly popular predecessor. Terran, Protoss and Zerg are all coming back with new units and abilities! The graphics of the demo look simply stunning, while the interface remains very similar to that of first StarCraft.Cinematic trailer:Game play video... Whoa:Visit the official website for more info.P.S. I know this blog has nothing to do with video games. So what? It's StarCraft.
More About: Blizzard , Starcraft , Starcraft 2 , Anno

Another Agloco directory
2007-05-18 05:34:00
Here's a new Agloco directory with a cool design. What's more, it doesn't require a reciprocal link from your site. That's right, you can just add your site there for free and not link back (that's the way directories are supposed to work anyway).Adding your site to the directory can be useful in several ways. First of all, you might get more traffic (well, not so much from this one since it's new). The second advantage is a link to your site which might help you get a higher ranking in search engines.The URL is aglocodir.com - or perhaps you'd like to go there and vote for my blog on your way? :) Thanks!
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300
2007-05-17 20:15:00
No, it's not the movie - it's my Agloco referrals:That puts me in top 1% of Agloco recruiters - yay! What's even better, my extended referrals are still growing faster than my direct ones. Even if I can't sit back and watch them increase by hundreds each day like some people do, it's still a big help.Again, I miss the feature of contacting my downline. But even without it, if you signup through my referral link (see the sidebar of this blog) and start any sort of Agloco-related website, please forward your Agloco welcome e-mail to listerpunk[at]gmail.com and I'll be glad to review your site. Make sure referral ID is BBBD5122 on the registration form - thanks.P.S. here's a link exchange with a new Agloco blog:http://aglocosviewbar.blogspot.com check it out! :)

Another blog traffic exchange
2007-05-17 06:38:00
About a week ago I wrote about Blog Explosion. This time it's another blog-only traffic exchange, BlogMad.net. You get visitors for your blog by surfing, just like in other traffic exchanges. The nice thing is that it has a 1:1 surfing ratio - that means you get 1 visitor back for 1 site you view. Adding and approving your blog here is really easy. You have to wait for admin to approve your sites in other traffic exchanges - but not in BlogMad! Approvals are done by 'claiming' your blog (similar to the way you claim your blog on Technorati). You just place their code on your blog and activate their 'spider'. After activating your blog, you can start getting traffic. Your blog will also be instantly added to their directory, and there's no need to link back to them. BlogMad also has an integrated text link exchange (you can place text link ads on your blog or buy them on other blogs). This all is done using the same credits you get for surfing. BlogMad is in beta, but don't let...
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John Chow, the #4 Agloco recruiter
2007-05-16 17:06:00
If you have visited Agloco Top Gun site at least once, you probably noticed the #4 Agloco recruiter, John Chow , who has over 15.000 Agloco signups. The amazing thing is that only ~1k of them are direct - that means his referrals are very active. John Chow is also the one who got his hands on the Viewbar early - they even wrote about that on Agloco's blog. Why? The reason: John Chow is a very successful blogger. His blog has nearly 5 thousand subscribers, and he makes thousands of dollars from it monthly. Heck, he probably only had to make a post about Agloco to get those 15k referrals - while some of us struggle to get one hundred *cough cough*. Of course, Agloco isn't the only thing he writes about on his blog. There are many other money makers, posts containing good advice, and posts containing not-so-good paid reviews. JohnChow.com is also one of the first results on google for 'make money online'. This is largely thanks to reviews like this one, because Mr. Chow offers you ...

Viewbar release details
2007-04-04 18:24:00
The official Agloco blog had something interesting today. Apparently the View bar will be released in batches, depending on your registration date. That makes me glad I have BBBD, although there won't be much advantage for getting it early if surfing limit is still a mere 5 hours a month. The initial launch is for Windows OS only. They did say Linux and Mac versions are coming though. That's nice
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Agloco directory
2007-03-30 22:39:00
You might have noticed the AglocoDire ct ory button under "Vote for this blog". Their website has a list of everything Agloco-related. There are separate categories for blogs, websites, Squidoo lenses, etc. and separate lists for each country (if yours isn't there yet, they will add it). Their support is friendly and answered all my questions. I recommend adding your sites to this directory. It's
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Viewbar™ update
2007-03-23 01:36:00
According to the official blog of Agloco, the revised release date for View bar is between April 2nd and April 16th. These news are not surprising because Agloco delayed their launch before (we had been expecting it on February or March). However, now that we have a date set, it should be released on time. On other note, I got my 100th referral today: Compared to stats I posted a little over a
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Agloco's referral system
2007-03-15 15:36:00
As I mentioned in my previous post, I'd like to express my views on Agloco's referral system. I will try to outline it's pros and cons. Agloco's referral system As you probably know, Agloco has 5 referral levels. That means you get rewarded for people you refer - you get a percentage of their surfing hours (of course, they don't loose anything either). You also get rewards for the referrals of
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My new site about Agloco
2007-03-14 22:33:00
I have started a new site about Agloco today. It's in lithuanian so it won't be useful for you english readers, but I just have to brag! We have a news section there, and plenty of information about the company. I also added a link exchange and I'll swap links with Agloco-related sites in any language. It includes a neat little flag near your link as well. Here's the URL for those who are
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Banners for promoting Agloco
2007-03-13 07:45:00
I've made some 468x60 banners for Agloco, and you're welcome to use them freely. I'm not good at design, so these don't look professional, but they're quite original if I might say so :) #1: #2: For more (and better looking) banners of various sizes, visit http://www.aglocobanners.com. Finally, I'd like to invite all Agloco-related Squidoo lenses to my newly created group, called "Own the
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Squidoo - a great place to promote Agloco
2007-03-12 00:47:00
Squidoo is a handbuilt catalog of interesting online stuff. It's made of little cute pages called "lenses", and each one of them describes a single topic. You can build one in minutes with their module system. You can even make money by placing pre-made affiliate modules (for example, Amazon or eBay product links), and everything you make with them will be paid by Squidoo. Nice! There's also the
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Viewbar™ release date announced
2007-03-11 00:05:00
You might already know that Agloco announced the time frame for their View bar release. That's when company will actually start paying you for surfing the web. According to Agloco's blog the date is between March 26th and April 16th. Personally I think they'll delay it until April. I'm waiting eagerly, but I also appreciate the fact that we have another half a month to promote Agloco before people
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Agloco's interview video
2007-03-09 23:35:00
This interview features two of Agloco team members: Ray Everett-Church, Chief Privacy Officer (have you heard about such job before?), and Akshay Mavani, who coordinates strategy. They explain the concept behind Agloco's View bar and how it will work. They also talk about making money from blogs. Now that's a hot topic for us, isn't it?
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Introduction to Agloco
2007-03-09 15:25:00
I would like to start off this blog by posting an introduction to Agloco. It should give you a pretty clear picture about what it's all about. All information is accurate as it's taken from Agloco's official site. You might already know that almost everything you do on the Internet makes money for someone else. And that’s not just when you spend money. Just about every time you view an ad, click
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