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Member: Chris Patton
Location: Baton Rouge Louisiana
Reviews written: 156
Trusted by: 95 members
About Me: i LiKe CHeeSe! =)Well not really, but I do web design and Flash.
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Web Tools everyone could use
Written: Nov 14 '00 (Updated Nov 14 '00)
Pros:Paid for Everything - Top 1% Most Popular Websites - Up to $.80 an Hour
Cons:Points Converted Quarterly
GoThruUs WebTools should be under the paid to surf type category. It involves a lot more then just surf for pay, but is not listed in the category and I thought people should know about this site if you're a paid to surfer. I've submitted an inclusion to that category request to epinions but have not heard back from them as of yet. On to the goodies...
www.gothruus.com
Of course you have your surf bar. That fine, it runs without error all the time and without slowing me down in the slightest. The bar is very small 1 1/2 inches by about 3 1/2 - 4 inches. It's movable as well so you don't need to "dock" it anywhere specific, and will run while running in the background (unlike spedia or no advantage...oops did I say that? I meant all advantage) The banners load quickly and without error.
You earn points for viewing ads. They also project a small banner ad in the top right corner of each web page you visit. You may choose to visit this site and earn points for clicking on that banner (anywhere from 10 to 80 points, usually in the 30 point range) 90 percent of these banners you can visit up to 3 times per day, some only allow one or two but for the most part you can hit them 3 times and earn each time. There is a live update points portion on your bar so you can watch the points accumulate.
The bar will only run for about 45 minutes to an hour. When the little green status bar is empty, you simply "refresh" the connection and your bar is reset to FULL. (This is to ensure active surfing without the use of a fake surfing prog to help rid abusers and keep your earnings consistent and high.
You also earn points for doing things on the website. Clicking links and different page views give you a minimum of 1 point per page view. This applies for all page views within their website. Here is the list, directly from their web site of the services offered that you earn points for (towards cash) Best of all there is NO CAP to the points you may earn like most other sites.
* Search engine
* Site directory of over 1,500,000 hand-picked content sites
* FREE E-mail (5 Mb storage)
* Calendar & Organizer
* Shop over 1,000,000 brand name products on sale
* News updated to the minute
* Online games
* Stock charting, quotes & portfolio
* Money tips & topics
* Chat online with thousands of users on thousands of topics
* Post or browse thousands of topics on our Message Board
* Local search & lookups
* Yellow & white pages
* Weather forecast
* Horoscope
* Language translation
* Famous quotes & proverbs
* Daily historical events
* Comics & jokes
* E-greetings (soon)
* Newsgroups (soon)
* Free homepage! (soon)
Not too shabby in my opinion. Many, many ways to earn here.
Their Payment Style
100 points is equivilent to $.05 And while actively using the bar and participating on their web page, you can earn up to 80 cents per hour. They pay monthly when your balance equals $50.00 US or more. (They only convert the points quarterly however) You can also earn $1.00 for each referral you send (If you read this and decide to join, I'd appreciate an email so I can send you my link) Your referral's go 5 levels deep so you can earn tons of cash here.
Here is a sample of their revenue distribution (what you get out of what they get)
Banner Ads 40%
Full-Screen Ads 20%
Clickthrus 50%
Site participation 40%
Sales 40%
Opt-in mail 50%
You also have the choice to put part or ALL of your earnings to charity. The United Way International and Starlight Childrens Foundation are the two charitable organizations used by this service right now. This website is ranked in the top 1% most popular websites (by PCData Online) Take a look and see for yourself why this is such an excellent service.
Recommended: Yes
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