Live and Learn From Online Scams and Defunct Get Paid To (GPT) Sites

Make money online and how to earn newbies will often make huge mistakes in the beginning. These mistakes will often come with a price tag and some have lost thousands in their bid to work at home or make extra cash online.

One mistake that a lot of people who online tend to make, is to find one place that pays and stick with them. I'm not saying that you should leave a great website, but you should never work for one company online.

Just think of the old adage "all eggs...one basket".

If you have spent all of your time working for one company, what is going to happen to your income if they suddenly disappear or shut down after going bankrupt? Think this is a thing of the past? Just ask many old Cha Cha workers who made money by searching for answers that users typed in. Many people found themselves looking for a new place to work online after the company shifted focus to stay afloat.

Let's say you work writing for Associated Content, they are good to write for when you need quick cash but they are no longer the website that they used to be. Pay is low and reviews can often take a long time. They also have a tendency to reject tons of articles for a variety of ridiculous reasons, but like I said, if you have 10 articles and need fast money, submit the articles and get some money fast. Associated Content does pay up to 3 times a week. So like most businesses, they have pros and cons.

How to Avoid Being Left High and Dry?

Diversify. Let's say your writing for Ehow, get some articles up, implement your traffic techniques and get your account off to a good start. Write just a few articles a week for that website but move on for other opportunities. When you have one going for you, start another. If a company scams you or goes bankrupt, you'll be ready.

The way to stay ahead online, is to think ahead.

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Rethinking GetAFreelancer

I've used GetAFreelancer (GAF) and RentACoder (RAC) and I have to say that RentACoder is winning the battle. I've had many jobs at RentACoder and only a few at GetAFreelancer but more than that, it seems that as with anything else, there are more than a few people using GAF as an advertising site.

I applied for one article writing job only to get a quick reply back from the buyer. I was excited as I opened the email only to be sent to a website. Some buyers will give a website link to show the site they want an article for, etc but this was just plain advertising. If I paid "them" they would give me a good rating in a few different freelance sites. I have yet to find any spam, advertising in RentACoder.

I also wonder how serious the potential buyers are at GAF because sometimes the auctions are a month long and even months long as in 2, 3 even 6 months long. If you want to buy articles or programs and other coding why on earth do you want it there so long?

Many of the jobs I seen the pattern and realize that many "buyers" are just trying to advertise their websites and use GAF, plus in any given auction that looks really good such as its something that you can do, data entry, article writing, research, etc, and it pays good, it is hard to get. There can be HUNDREDS of other bidders.

I really like RentACoder but it has its faults as well. Well it has A fault. That fault is the navigation. I found it hard to navigate the site and needed the walkthrough of a friend who was using it as well. In comparison GAF is easy to navigate and has a clean interface, RAC does not.

If your looking for a freelancing site, I suggest you try both and stick with the one that works but if you like both then you should use both. Don't forget that RAC and GAF are only two of the many online freelance sites. Try multiple sites to find the one that suits you. I'll stick with RAC but I'm also signing up and trying other sites. I'll let you know what I think of them.

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Is BlogRush Going Downhill, Or Did It Already Hit Bottom?

Blogrush has been touted as a great way to recieve traffic from other similar blogs and websites when it posts the title of your latest blog post in their widget. However, many Blogrush users has been upset and disappointed when they opened their emails to recieve letters telling them that they have been dumped for one reason or another.

This could be the fault of the user but many are being dumped for running a porn site and the sites are usually business related or internet marketing or other such sites that have nothing to do with porn. People still don't understand why they have been banned.

Even without the ban Blogrush works by giving you credits for running their widget on your site and these credits go towards getting traffic back to your blog. Many have complained because they have seen little or no traffic at all from BlogRush. Even top websites that have high traffic has recieved a shameful lack of return on the promises they were given when signing up.

BlogRush Talk around the blogosphere

Blogrush: Traffic Generator or Pyramid Scheme?
Blogrush Scam Site Closes Accounts
Blogrush is a scam
Did BlogRush Dump the Wrong 10,000 Bloggers?
BlogRush … failure
The Three Big Problems with BlogRush

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