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The Alternatives Reviewed!

CashSurfers.Com
Rating: 7/10

Another excellent program whose view bar is very stable working under the Windows NT environment. This may be the replacement for All Advantage before long! Cash Surfers have recently changed their terms and conditions in order to limit paid surfing time to 100 hours per month. They do however pay you for active time using your computer and not just active surf time as is the case with All Advantage. Referrals can be up to 4 levels deep.

Get Pounds
Ranking: 1/10

This is a company which places an ad ticker onto your desktop a little like that of Desktop Dollars. I feel a little guilty about the low ranking that I have given them however I do feel that they do not really compete very well with their competition.

On the plus side, this company will pay in pounds sterling and they will pay it directly into your bank account. In addition, their ad ticker works well with other surf programs such as All Advantage where companies such as click dough do not.

They say that they will pay you £1 (around US$1.70) per hour of banner exposures however these banner exposures are only the paying banner exposures and I loaded their ticker for around 7 hours yesterday it is only the banner exposures for which they are paid that they will pay you for. Well this is all very well and groovy if they are getting advertising but on loading their ad ticker for some 7 hours yesterday I did not see any evidence that this was the case. Not one banner that appeared on the ad ticker appeared to be from a company other than them and I do not see any evidence that I have been paid for this time when I log into my account there.

Assuming that this company gets off the ground properly then you should also consider their referral rates. Direct referrals are paid at the rate of 5p per hour with indirect referrals paid at 2p per hour (or 1000 paying impressions). There are only two levels of referrals. All in all, this is fairly lousy. One of their banner ads gives the message that "its free money stupid!" and I am afraid that this is actually what you will be missing if you sign up to this company rather than to one such as desktop dollars.

Desktop Dollars
Ranking: 8/10

This is an excellent program. It is one that you should seriously consider to compliment that of Cash Surfers or All Advantage if you are still a member of All Advantage.

Desktop Dollars places a view bar come Ad ticker onto your screen a little like that of Get pounds above with the exception that it is a program that is far more popular and is therefore gaining far greater advertising revenue. This is one that you are actually going to receive some money from. They do not make promises of magnificent pay outs of £1 per hour with hidden disclaimers as or inferred disclaimers as Get Pounds appears to do and are a far more attractive proposition all round.

The view bar is very stable and moreover it works under the Windows NT environment which a many do not. Unlike Cash Surfers, Desktop Dollars will pay you for an unlimited number of hours each month on the internet. You do not need to be viewing the ads in order to be paid. You need only to be logged onto the internet in order that they are able to display

The reason this program does not get a 10/10 ranking is that in order to stop cheating it periodically places a banner to tell you that you have been logged out and you then need to press on a button to continue. This is irritating to me but you may not find it so and all of these companies have some form of protection similar to this in any event.

Desktop Dollars say that they will pay you 45% of their profits for each hour that you have their view bar on your screen and you are connected to the internet. In respect of your referrals, they will pay you 15% for your direct referrals, 5% for the first layer of indirect referrals, 2% for the second layer of indirect referrals and then 1% for the 4th, 5th and 6th layers. This beats Get Pounds who only have 2 layers of referrals and then only pay 5% for directs and 2% for indirects hands down!

Definitely one to go for!

UtopiaAd.com
Rating: 3/10

I feel as though I am giving this company a hard time but they deserve it. Worth signing up to if you live in the USA or Canada in which case I guess I would give them a higher grade however this company do not supply their view bar to anybody outside of that continent. Hence they are not a great deal of use to those of us who do not live in the USA or Canada. Worth signing up to in order that you don't forget to do so later when they finally have their act together however as the rates at which they will pay you are reasonable. They pay $7 per 1000 ad impressions, 10% from your referrals, then 5%, 2% and 1% for the 4th level

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