Review of webmaster spying tools
Many of the so called internet gurus use very dubious tactics. Their own websites usually contain poor quality content , but they use these tools to find out which websites their competitors own. They then use their black hat methods to get the competitor removed from the SERP - the new form of online sabotage.
Many people equate online money making with scams, but there are a lot of legitimate ways to make money on the internet, without investment. Most of scams offer easy money, and so people end up losing money
Some popular methods are listed in the above article at Times Online, a mainstream newspaper. Most don’t pay well, but no investment is needed.
One of the things I find very unfair is that some websites get a lot of free traffic when a person posts links to that website, but the person posting the link or webmaster of the website where the link is posted earns nothing.
You can earn money for every link you post using Linkbucks . You are paid every time a person clicks on a link you post. The amount you earn is not much ($1 for 2000 clicks) , but if you are providing free backlinks to others, you may as well earn something. I have justed started using it on a few of my websites and not yet received payment.
The minimum withdrawal amount for Linkbucks is low - $5 and payments are processed on request. They seem to have an active forum and members have received payment. There are other programs like Usercash and Ucash.in , but the pay outs are lower. Seems to be a good way of monetising directories which have a low CPM .
Funding and the internet startups
This is precisely the problem why internet usage in India is low - there are very few Indian websites which solve a real need. Most of the internet websites can be categorised into:
1. Extension of the existing offline media business
2. Set up to get funding / sell out to venture capitalists - so these are usually a poor imitation of popular US/UK websites
If they really understand the market, they will not start an online business to sell out.
If you wish to buy cheap domains, you should check the offers at the major forums. At many of the forums, the domains are listed at the prices much lower than the registration fee. Some domain owners also give away the domains free, to avoid receiving reminder emails from the registrar regarding domain expiry and deletion.
Since registering a domain takes only a few minutes, many domain buyers make impulse purchases. However, development and promotion of a domain is a time consuming process and takes some effort, so they usually sell it off at a cheap price when the domain is about to expire. There are a limited number of end users for domains purchased at registration fee, and many domain owners prefer to sell the domains at discounted prices instead of paying renewal fees.
For some TLDs like .info and .org, the promotional price in the first year is much lower than the standard renewal fee . These offers are available for a few months every year. So if the domain has been purchased only for resale and does not have much parking revenue, it may be better to sell it off at a low price and earn some money, rather than let it expire.
In most forums, the buyer directly deals with the seller of the domain. After the buyer makes a payment through PayPal, Moneybookers or some other online payment system, the seller will push the domain to the buyers account at the registrar. Though the buyer can file a charge back, this method has the advantage that both the seller and buyer save on the brokerage fee. The transaction can also be completed faster.
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