BPSweeps Changed to SpotWinner

The BPSweeps program has changed itself and moved to a new domain to SpotWinner. Everything is still the same except the name change. And I have reached my 1st redemption level. Good luck to all. Join me at SpotWinner and win more points and prizes!

Shop and Save Money With BigCrumbs

I just discovered a new money saving network via cashback for my purchases online. It's called BreadCrumbs. It supposedly offers a better cashback benefit as compared to the other sites which I joined. I was shopping for computer RAM on eBay when I saw this. After browsing through its website, I decided to join. I earned instant cashback to my account as I made a purchase. And I believe I am going to make more purchases on eBay as I am currently starting my shopping spree. For anyone who's interested to save money while doing your holiday shopping, join me at BigCrumbs.

Won Another 1000 Points from BPSweeps

I just won another 1000 points from the BPSweeps November Gaming Giveaway (Part 2). Lucky lucky lucky! Click on the following banner link to join!

MileSource Closing Down for Good

Milesource is a reward program which I joined in 2004 and left in late 2005. I collected miles from site visits, trivias, referrals and online pruchases to redeem for gift certificates. I successfully redeemed 2 $50 Amazon gift certificates from them while I was a member of Milesource. I left because I think that the mile collection process was rather slow and I had to login everyday to earn my points from the site visits and daily trivias. Now it's closing down for good as per the notification emailed I received. Their announcement can also be found on their homepage. Here's what they wrote:

November 29, 2007:

After many years in business, it is unfortunately time for our company to move on. We will be shutting down MileSource effective December 31, 2007. Members may continue to earn AwardMilesTM on Milesource through December 31, 2007. In addition we are allowing members to redeem their AwardMilesTM until November 30, 2008.

The Milesource User Agreement states that "unredeemed AwardMilesTM will expire on December 31st of the second calendar year following the calendar year such points are earned." Effective December 31, 2007, any AwardMilesTM earned prior to January 1, 2006 will expire and be removed from your account.

We would like to thank you for your involvement with the MileSource program. If you wish to join another rewards site we suggest you visit InboxDollars, which boasts a membership of over 2.5 million members. We hope it will provide you with as much satisfaction and enjoyment as we have over the years.


Sincerely,
The Milesource Team


I thought it's worth a mention since they were really efficient during my redemption process and just to let anyone who is currently a Milesource member know about this. I bet you already did. RIP, Milesource.

Received Payment from Your2Cents Survey Panel

I received my $22.00 payment check from the surveys I did at Your2Cents Panel. Just another proof of something which is legit. If interested, you can join them at Your2cents.com. There's no referral link available for this one.

Increased Blingo Friends, Alexa Rankings Up and Updated

A big thanks to J.Q. for joining Blingo as my friend. Now she can win a prize whenever I win, and I get to win whenever she wins. To join as my Blingo friend, click on the referral button on my sidebar or simply click on this link.

The Alexa Rankings for this site has just been updated and it is now up to 4,755,065 from the previous 9,479,098. Hopefully this healthy trend would continue and this site can improve and expand. For some tips and suggestions to increase your Alexa rankings, check out the previous post.

Increase Your Website's or Blog's Alexa Rankings

Your Alexa Rankings can be important if you're looking to market your blog for sponsored reviews. Most advertisers wouldn't want to spend their money on sites with low traffic, little readers or exposures and low ranked sites (PageRank and Alexa). Getting your PageRank ready and up may not be possible anymore because recently Google slapped bloggers who do sponsored posts by stripping their PageRank to 0. There are a few simple ways to increase your Alexa rankings. Alexa calculate the rankings by the number of visits from people with the Alexa toolbar installed.

1. So the very first step is to download & install the Alexa toolbar for your internet browser. Then visit your site/blog everyday with the toolbar installed.

2. Install the Alexa traffic badge on your website. You can get the widget/badge here.

3. Use the Alexa redirect URL trick whenever possible. Use http://redirect.alexa.com/redirect? in front of your website's URL. For example, mine would be http://redirect.alexa.com/redirect?onlinepaycheck.blogspot.com

Google Adsense: Make Money the Easy Way

I am sure many have heard of the Google Adsense. If you haven't heard of it, it's the ad blocks with sponsored links which associates to the site's contents and it's operated by Google, which is trying to take over the world. Google Adsense is the #1 monetizing ad program in the web world today. It is also one of the easiest program to use. And if your blog is hosted by Blogspot, which happens to be owned by Google Inc., you can easily insert Google Adsense blocks into your blog by adding an Adsense Page Element.

Google Adsense takes the form of text ads (mostly) but they are graphical ads available too, but most of mine show up as text ads. They just recently introduced Video Units where ads are incorporated in YouTube videos. You can only choose which category of videos you want to display, so you can't actually pick the exact video. I am trying out this one to see how much it can generate (not much so far). I placed the video ad block on my top right corner as you can see.

Google Adsense pays me when the amount earned reaches $100. The 1st paycheck I selected the check option. From then on, I opted for the EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) which automatically deposits the amount to my checking account. Yes, you'll need to link it to the Adsense account, which isn't hard at all. This saves me the time and trouble to wait for the heck in the mail and also saves me a trip to the bank.

I strongly recommend Adsense as it can turn out to be a really good source of income if your site receives heavy traffic and it is the #1 ad program for a reason. Easy to use, hassle free payment, good click rates (traffic dependent) and popular. This should be the first program you sign up for if you're starting a new website because you don't really have to go through any approval preiod whatsoever.

Sign up for Adsense if you haven't!!! Go make some money.

BrandPort Sweepstakes: Watch Video and Win!

BPSweeps or BrandPort Sweepstakes is where I watch online videos (mostly ads and tv commercials) and gain sweepstakes entries to their weekly drawing. I am still pinning my hope on it to win a Nintendo Wii. The points gathered from watching the videos can be exchanged/redeemed for Gift Certificates from Amazon, CircuitCity, Buy.com, Barnes and Noble and PayPal. These are redeemable points that you earn, in addition to sweepstakes entries. You can win prizes like electronics, gift cards, and points. They're giving away over $30K in prizes over the next few weeks including PS3's, Nintendo Wii's, AppleTV's, Best Buy Gift Cards, and much more.

I have won 1000 points (twice), 500 points (once) and $10 Starbucks Gift Cards (twice).

Click on the following banner link to join!


This is the new branch of BrandPort. The original one only.BrandPort.com, which has now become BrandPort Insights. You'd need a *.edu account to register for BrandPort Insights.
I have earned $20.00 so far from BrandPort Insights (different from BPSweeps above).

Let's Start With Blingo Search Engine

Welcome to Blingo, the Google-powered search engine with a twist. Each search on Blingo is also a chance to win prizes instantly.

The Blingo search engine has won me 4 $10 Amazon Gift Certificates and 2 $10 iTunes Gift Certificates.

How does Blingo choose the winners? Each day Blingo's prize program chooses a bunch of winning times (usually several per hour). The first person to search after a winning time wins the prize.

Join Blingo Now As My Friend! (if I win something, you'd win too. And if you win something, I'll win too!) This increases the chances of winning for all of us.

Not Scams, I Only Mention Those Which Actually Paid Me and Contributed to My Online Paycheck

For those who are concerned about the validity and genuineness of my blog and info, I can assure you that all the companies/programs which I recommend and refer are those which actually paid me. If at some point the company/program is no longer maintaining its credibility, I'll update on it in this blog. Each program/company will have a tag to the blog entry and you can always check on all the updates on that company/program by clicking on the tag link.

Also, I am going to gather up a bunch of recommended/referral links to the companies/programs which I mentioned on the sidebar of this blog. Then, I'll add a Got Paid section to update my earnings and rewards received from the programs.

Reason for Starting This Blog

The reason I started this blog is to share information found by me from my peers, the internet and my past experience on making money online (the legal way) through some free time activities but not limited to blogging, online advertising and marketing, doing surveys on panels, joining reward programs, search engine optimization (SEO) and online contests/sweepstakes.

I will try my best to ensure the authenticity of the information I pass through but I can't for sure guarantee that what I provide will work for everyone. Success doesn't come to you, you go for success. If you work hard, you will succeed. Also, I hope to create more network links to those who appreciate my blog/information/advice. With that said, let's make money online!

Disclaimer

DISCLAIMER: The instructions given or topics discussed are the opinion of the author(s) and not intended to be anything other than opinion. I will not be held responsible for any of your actions. The information provided are from my experience/knowledge from the internet and I reserve the right to remove any contents which I deem unsuitable.