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To get the facts straight - The party being referred to was a democratic fund raiser. AllAdvantage did not pay for the event. The president came for free, the grateful dead played for free, the food was hamburgers and hotdogs but it was indeed a lot of fun!
After all, what's the difference between them and behaviour advertising techniques employed by Google, Yahoo and MSN which target advertisements based on the record of pages you visited? Two groups actually lodged a complaint with FTC about the lack of protection that consumers have from attempts to track their Internet data. At least AGLOCO is being honest about what it does - and it offers to pay you in return, which is more than can be said about Google, Microsoft and Yahoo.
So Agloco wants to put some small ads on your browser. Thousands of websites use more invasive tracking cookies to follow your surfing habits and cater your ads to location, without you knowing. Agloco is offering to pay us for the ads and has an outstanding privacy policy (http://agloco.com/web/guest/privacy) . Not only that they are offering shares of the company that could payoff big someday.
This thing could work... When google first talked of going public there were people bashing it. Saying there was no way they can actually continue to make money. So they went public for $85/share, now there're above $500. Why? Advertising profit. Now imagine if Google shared their profits with you for using it. This is the idea behind Agloco. I just signed up.
I don't know enough about this company to make a judgment about it - someone I trust recommended it, and I am doing my best to check it out before I sign up, that's why I found this site (and it was helpful, thank you). But I just had to say that it's ridiculous to suggest any one company was responsible for the bubble bursting - it was an aggregate effect.
Almost every hour of your waking day you are exposed to some form of advertising/marketing, delivered by television, radio, billboards, direct mail, cell phone, newspapers, magazines, cinema, the bus, the taxi, the subway, waiting in queues etc. etc the SOLE purpose of which is to persuade you to part with your cash and purchase something!
In case you hadn't noticed, we live in a material world.
So you sign up... you give some personal details [big deal]... you tell some friends ...
they tell some friends... you get paid something... they get paid something.
If it works, it works. If it fails it fails. So what. It's unlikely that anyone will become a millionaire if it works. If it fails, it's unlikely that anyone will die. It's also highly unlikely that if it does fail, it's going to bring the internet into disreprute or cause it to crash.
As for calling it evil, well whoever posted that comment has a very strange perception of the concept of evil.
If for whatever reason you don't like it then don't sign up ...duh! If you fancy giving it a try, then.. now let me see??... oh yeah. I've figured it... SIGN UP!! What IS the problem?
I don't know why anyone is complaining about this company. (I do, however, agree that spending on any corporate or political fundraiser party is a complete waste of money and all companies should cease doing so immediately.)
Back to the point, the company seems to have a viable business model and I am all for it. I am just sorry I missed it the first time around.
Please see my full review:
AGLOCO: Make Money Online
AGLOCO
AGLOCO
It hurts so much when you pay $100 all you get is
raw clicks and zero sales.
Definitely online advertising has to go a new
direction. I hope Agloco will be making a difference.
By the way, the infamous 2000 dotCom Bust at
Nasdaq had hardly anything to do with AllAdvantage as it wasn't even listed at that
time. So what caused those dotCom pains ? I'm
not a qualified guy to say much. You can ask
those stock market professionals out there,
1,000's of them are qualified to justify more
facts into those frenzy days. BTW, I was badly
hurt by that Tech Bubble too !
I wish Agloco a great future !
All ISP Internet service providers already collect data, but question goes how accurate to analyze and use this data in order to make good use of it: use can be for humanitarian or commercial purposes.
did anyone knew how much can you get if you surf 20 hours a day and so do 20 other friends ?
If you have the answer please share this :
Can a single ip address be used by a multiple
number of people to join Agloco ? You see, in a
regular household there are always several family
members sharing a common ip address, using
the same and/or different computers. And also
many people like to work on wireless laptops
at public places (cafe's, hotel lounges, restaurants, airport, schools and colleges, etc).
schee
For latest news and updates about AGLOCO you can come to read at Agloco Updates
Have you all heard about AGLOCOâ„¢ ? Critics called it a reincarnation of the bubble-era AllAdvantage.
I have somehow registered as 'one of the early ones' without really making a deep analysis... only this evening I managed to do just that! What intrigues my imagination is the number of referrals & extended referrals I have chalked up so far (incidentally I was ranked in the top 0.74% of all members -- not bad at all!). Hopefully the many people who have joined in will reap the benefits along the line, soon.
For those who wish to have a go at it I suggest Googling thru the internet. For a start read the online news from VentureBeat -- titled "AGLOCO launches — will pay you to surf the Web". Yes, they actually promised to reward users/ referrals with either shares or cash! AGLOCO is already working to list on the London AIM stock exchange (?), so they claimed. Sounds like the 'dotcom era' song being played up again? (as with AllAdvantage). You might say I'm "loco" to believe this. Actually I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt (Eight Stanford MBAs have joined them -- surely that's something to take note).
It's free anyway -- nothing to lose but everything to gain (if that happens then then the non-believers are the real "locos"!).
So, read on from the storyline at: http://venturebeat.com/2006/11/20/agloco-luanch.... The rest I leave it to you all to digest and perhaps act on it asap!
All the best fellow Malaysians, wherever you are -- perhaps our friends in the States can shed more light. TQ.
p/s:
Posted: 07 December 2006 at 8:43pm | Global Malaysians Forum : Business and Professional Networking at: http://www.globalmalaysians.com/forum/forum_pos...
http://tinyurl.com/ybd2wt
How would an extra $300 or even $200 a month help your family? How about ano extra $1500 or more!
Well there's absolutely nothing to lose, AGLOCO might just be that answer to your prayers.
http://www.agloco.com/r/BBBD9812
You'll be plesantly surprised... Go Now!
http://www.agloco.com/r/BBBH1907
To find more hop to http://shubhamz.awardspace.com
like agloco use other websites to earn enough to support a lavish lifestyle without actually working.
So I’ve created a website that will show daily statistics from the ground up for creating your own AGLOCO network. Today is the first day of operation so I’d love some new members to start joining and seeing my project come to life. I’m going to add charts and daily blogs so people can follow along and even mimick my site. The site is:
http://www.aglocotest.com</a>
Thanks
Paul
It's free, you don't actually risk anything, other that the couple of minutes it takes to register, and could earn quite decent profits.
Can't think of any reasons not to join, quite frankly.
Hey everyone.. I’m on day 3 now of my website and showing steady growth. See what is possible for your AGLOCO network if you get in early before the software is released!
http://www.aglocotest.com
Thanks
Paul
Seems this thing is blowing up. We have a website set up and are driving people in steadily.
What intrigues me the most is that they will be paying in Stock.
www.kryp2knight.com
http://aglocoadvancedmember.blogspot.com/
http://agloconews.bravehost.com
www.agloco.com/r/BBBB3505
IF you haven't joined agloco yet visit:
Profittoday.ws
I will show you how to get so many referrals you will quite your job before the toolbar even comes out.
If you have already joined agloco Sorry!
If you want to join my downline then I will show you how to get many signups but if your not in my downline then I won't be helping you.
Visit the website for more info!
Internet is very interesting place
http://www.buildagloco.com/r/webarsenal
Don't worry about downloading the view bar. Worry about getting a prime piece of this possible web 2.0 takeover.
http://www.aglocohealth.com/
Have a nice day by www.slo-agloco.com
http://aglocosurfing.blogspot.com/
To be honest, if anyone wants to know why this will be big, go get a copy of the book, The Google Story. There, you’ll find tons of similarities between Agloco and Google during the start-up period as well as their mindset. I wish for good health and forever happiness to you and your love ones!
You will gain referrals when new visitors come to this site and sign up as members, thus your downline will grow.
You can, of course, advertise and promote your referral link yourself as well. This will further speed up the growth of your downline.
To do that, after sign up, send a e-mail to: aglocoexpert@yahoo.com with your refferal id and name.
And how does it work and am I gonna get paid?
The viewbar is slated for release in March. Once it's released and you're using it they'll have you provide the proper information so that they can pay you. Right now that information is not necessary, so they're not asking for it.
I have a lot of AGLOCO information here on my blog: http://homebusinesstoday.blogspot.com/search/la...
Shine on,
Aaron
PS: Krisha, are you sure you used the exact full referral URL? Personally, I've had no problems at all with referrals not being tracked. Perhaps you could have your friends cancel their accounts and try signing up under you again?
So I decided to set up my blog on which I display a few moneymaking programs and the cash it /referral leads I have.
Its's updated daily
http://1dollar.dreamhosters.com
http://free-wii-nintendo.blogspot.com
.
Feel free to sign up via my site if you want to do likewise!
Nice blog, venturebeat.
I have personally referred 20 and those 20 turned into over 600 so far.
I teach a few very simple steps that show people how to do this themselves.
Go to www.whyagloco.blogspot.com to check it out.
I was able to use these simple methods to make over $1 Million in a few years...but of course those programs required upfront cost. Agloco doesn't...its FREE...so we'll see soon how much the members will get rewarded.
I am hopeful :)
www.whyagloco.blogspot.com
www.aglocoworldwide.com
However the definition is applied based on statistics derived from IPO's and funding via VC's, and therefore fallible.
Internet Marketeers like Cory Rudl, John Reese, Jim Edwards, etc were and still are making millions of dollars by applying techniques via for users of the Internet at that period (the one page sales letters).
Seniority.co.uk at the time was an advanced web 1.0 ran by a one man show Micheal Cheney, now turned internet marketeer and generated over $15,000 a month via this site and beat a $20,000,000 dollar funded VC company. Seniority.co.uk is the equivalent of eons.com which raised $10,000,000 in VC money this month. Seniority.co.uk provided articles generated via users and a forum, but we all know how SMO (social Market optimisation) has evolved now and the escalation of high speed internet has improved the technology that can be applied.
One must appreciate the facts about the evolution of the Internet before making a judgement call. Google without a doubt has provided one of the most valuable services to the internet community out of the mess that was created back in the days. If you choose to argue that Google is not one of the players that shaped the Internet today and put Bread on the table for a lot of people I would like to have that argument with someone (I hope you bring evidence).
Alladvantage was clearly all business and applied raw business tactics that fed of the mindset that pyramid schemes create and the people they attract. however what you must also consider if you understand the methodology of network marketing and pyramid schemes (I disagree with Gigom here) is the nature in the way they operate. Pyramid schemes generally require you to invest money and time either by spending on attending seminars, buying material, etc and the fatal element is to recruit people within your circle who will become your competitors ???? i.e. if they lack the funds they will operate in the same area if you are in the same town as you. Agloco is asking you to operate exactly the way you already are, browse, surf, gather information via the inter-net, social network, spend, buy etc and at the same time generate a revenue without spending a penny. They are hiring Stamford young blood to shape the future of the business and there is no time better then now to execute this strategy then now.
Web 2.0 and social Marketing is here and now and evolving at such a rapid pace that it makes your head spin. The technology is extremely relevant as to how the information spreads and the method applied. I seriously doubt the developers are foolish enough to think they can give the spin to the likes of Jeff Bezos of Amazon, not now, not today; he has and always has been too clued up.
Please be aware that VC's are still repeating what they did during that era and investing in useless sites just because they strap web 2.0 a few functions like 'tags', 'bookmarks' and a few mashups like google map; and seriously believe that that they can compete with the likes of Myspace and youtube...please!
However agloco is 100% marketing at its best. The data that will be produced will be phenomenal and will shoot the numbers out of the roof. It will only take some spin and PR to make the people at the top extremely well-off, and possibly anyone else who goes along on the ride.
a friend who is one of the smartest investors alive made £110,000 in one day because of Google
stocks. Others guys lost the same amount from the burst. If you understand the market trends , then believe that this will be sure winner due to the nature of web 2.0. They have got some of the most smartest men in business in the world today working on this project and enough dumb ass like me to viral market this project out of orbit. Please do not take my word for anything. I give you one tip and the best one you will hear in any of these comments....'Ask Seth Godin', really! take what he has to say and whatever he proposes and advices think it over seriously. The man is paid by the likes of Google to teach them marketing and coined the term 'permission marketing'. A genius.
We've created a Free viral marketing system that Agloco members can use to build a large Agloco business with no catches.
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Consider MyViralBiz the missing piece of the puzzle for the average Agloco member.
By the way, all existing Agloco members are welcome to use this system freely...
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Regards
www.aglocoidea.blogspot.com
See you there
Buruan daftar sebelum launching.
www.agloco.com/r/bbdf4150
From what I can see, this can only mean one thing...
AGLOCO's idea is just too powerful that its followers are willing to forget a mistake that could definitely bring down most businesses. Makes you wonder that with followers like this, AGLOCO can pretty much achieve what they set up to do.
I can see that we have something special here. Internet users uniting like never been before. We are witnessing some powerful stuff here and could very well revolutionized the internet as we know it. Being part of this revolution is indeed exciting and electrifying.
Regie
http://agloconian.blogspot.com
* Using a pyramid-like concept, a large number of members will be recruited; Agloco envisages between 1 and 10 million members. Recruitment bonuses are not paid in cash, but in “units”/”shares” with vague promises of large profits some unspecified time in the future.
* The members surf advertisements on the internet and generate a small income per surfing hour to the company (which becomes quite much money if there are several million members), but the members are not paid any money; They only receive “units”, with vague promises of large profits on these “shares” sometime in the future, “when the company becomes profitable”.
* The income from the members is used to pay inflated salaries to the managers/owners of Agloco
* After 1 - 2 years (or when many dissatisfied members start asking questions about when the promised large profits on the shares will appear) the management will let Agloco go the same way as AllAdvantage and the rest of the paid-to-surf companies from 1999-2000; The company is run into bankruptcy or shut down, with the explanation that: “Unfortunately, the expenses of the company were larger than the revenues!”
* In the end, the members will be left with a heap of worthless shares in a bankrupt or shut down Agloco, as “compensation” for their advertisement surfing and recruitment efforts (but with no money).
The owners/management, on the other hand, will have enjoyed being paid high salaries and commissions for a couple of years, and can retire from Agloco as wealthy men.
In short, the probable business concept of Agloco can be summarized as:
Get a large number of people to work for you without being paid, by promising them large profits in the future.
Then pocket the revenue from their efforts yourself!
http://aglocoturkey.blogspot.com/
http://aglocoturkey.blogspot.com/
i have used for a couple of days.....but then....hmm.left it..
Thanks for all your information on technology and all your posts were helping me.
AGLOCO is dead born child.
Better bury this Agloco post.
Thanks
I have now joined Nunera.com and am at last making some nice revenue with not a great deal of effort at all.
Might be worth some of you who have also lost out with Agloco giving it a try?
You might even get some of the money you wasted in Agloco back.
Good Luck Filippa
I got stun with the Agloco collapse. I spent a fortune on my own website and promotions through google adwords.
In the end I got back nothing at all. What a total waste of time it turned out to be.
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