by DJ Neawedde | 1st November 2006
Launched Tuesday, Manhattan based
Zotspot is a new search engine that shares an undisclosed percentage of it’s ad revenue with registered users of the site.
According to Zotspot, “You can keep your earnings or donate them to one or more causes (e.g., charities or universities). Zotspot enables you to increase your monthly earnings by referring your friends.”
Paid via Paypal or check, you can earn money for up to three “generations” of referrals. The people you refer directly are your first generation. The people they refer are your second generation. And, the people your second generation refers are your third generation.
Gartner analyst Allen Weiner says, “It’s a very sensible strategy. But you’re not going to be able to expect the impact and effect that companies are hoping to get with users recommending video to one another [like Revver].â€
This concept isn’t new as Chris Sherman of Search Engine Watch says, “Paying users to search isn’t new–iWon.com has been doing this for years and attracts decent traffic.”
These models are almost the opposite of ChaCha a new “human guided” search engine startup that pays a network of people to help you searc and obtain more relevant results.
Zotspot also says that they have numerous relationships with organizations such as Bank of America and News Corp. Via Red Herring and ZDNet
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by DJ Neawedde | 1st November 2006
Launched Tuesday, Manhattan based
Zotspot is a new search engine that shares an undisclosed percentage of it’s ad revenue with registered users of the site.
According to Zotspot, “You can keep your earnings or donate them to one or more causes (e.g., charities or universities). Zotspot enables you to increase your monthly earnings by referring your friends.”
Paid via Paypal or check, you can earn money for up to three “generations” of referrals. The people you refer directly are your first generation. The people they refer are your second generation. And, the people your second generation refers are your third generation.
Gartner analyst Allen Weiner says, “It’s a very sensible strategy. But you’re not going to be able to expect the impact and effect that companies are hoping to get with users recommending video to one another [like Revver].â€
This concept isn’t new as Chris Sherman of Search Engine Watch says, “Paying users to search isn’t new–iWon.com has been doing this for years and attracts decent traffic.”
These models are almost the opposite of ChaCha a new “human guided” search engine startup that pays a network of people to help you searc and obtain more relevant results.
Zotspot also says that they have numerous relationships with organizations such as Bank of America and News Corp. Via Red Herring and ZDNet
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But Zotspot isn’t as accurate as Google.
There are already websites that allow you to make money by searching Google:
http://www.getpaid2search.com
December 29th, 2006 at 2:13 pm