Do you use search bars to make money on your pc?
By ctrymuziklvr
@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
United States
January 20, 2008 11:32am CST
I don't know if this is the correct term but I checked out a site that a mylot member discussed and I don't know if I'm happy with it or not! It involves downloading a search bar that keeps racking up points as you search on the internet. I'll give almost anything that will earn me money a try but this thing is turning out to be a pain in the neck because there is a little guy that has to keep moving...lol...while I'm online which with my internet provider is all the time but he keeps stopping even when I'm searching which doesn't seem right to me since I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing!!
Do you have any experience with money making search bars? Are they a pain in the neck or is it only the one I have chosen...lol? Please tell me your experiences!
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21 responses
@MeghanLynn11 (103)
• United States
20 Jan 08
It sounds like your using CashFiesta. I just recently tried them too, with the little Spanish guy that has to keep walking?
Ive heard horrible things about them, about problems with the little dude, and it seems that no one has ever gotten a pay out from them. They end up cancelling your account once you reach the pay out amount.
@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
20 Jan 08
lol....thanks for the info and yes that's the one I'm talking about! Since he's such a pain in the butt anyway I think I'm going to get rid of him...
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@melissa929 (12)
• United States
21 Jan 08
I just downloaded him too and i didn't know that he was no good. I will give it a little bit. have you had personal experience with the little guy?
I also did Inbox dollars and they canceled my account once i got to the amount for withdrawal
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@MeghanLynn11 (103)
• United States
21 Jan 08
Yeah I did it a couple days ago. It was ridiculous. He would just randomly stop walking and go to sleep. So I got frustrated and did a search on it. Thats when I found all the stuff about how its a scam and cancels your account when you reach payout. There was several claims to it.
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@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
20 Jan 08
I've tried a couple of these programs over the years but have not had much luck with them - one that did pay regularly closed down several years ago. I don't like anything that 'controls' my computer and as I multi-task doing several different earning programs at once I don't like anything to slow me down from those.
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@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
20 Jan 08
Opps I should add I do have one surf bar I use to earn but it earns points - I've belonged to this company for 6 or 7 years and you can redem your points different ways - I'm waiting for 2 $25 Walmart gift certificates right now :) I think I average about that much each year. They just added a search bar feature and I downloaded it but honestly forget to use it.
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@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
20 Jan 08
LOL - it's not sounding good from what others have said here.
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
20 Jan 08
This is only the second one I have ever tried and from what I just read I'm not going any further with it.
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@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
21 Jan 08
I've had those types of search bars installed before and I have to say they never lasted long with me at all...They're just far too much of a pain in the tush as far as I'm concerned and just not worth my time....
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
29 Jan 08
I found that out fast enough. Way too much trouble and the site is a farce as far as I'm concerned.
@yuriii (150)
• Hong Kong
21 Jan 08
I was using the search bars to make money years before. But after i use it for 3 monthes, somebody told me that they won't pay me.And I search for more information and asked somebody who used the search bar, they all said that they won't pay.Then I didn't use it anymore.So, don't waste your time to do it~=]
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
29 Jan 08
As usual I learned the hard way. I'll chalk it up to something I tried and didn't work...not the first time.
@karthima (111)
• India
21 Jan 08
yes of course, i use search engines a lote to find some way to earn through working from home. I dedicatedly try always by using internet. Just to make a small savings i do the same. I'll give almost anything that wil earn me money a try but this thing is turning out to be a pain in the neck because there is a little work that is to be online always . Does anyone have any experience with money making search bars? If yes , please let me know,.
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
29 Jan 08
I'm finding out that they are not worth it. Better to stick to other ways.
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
28 Jan 08
I've made almost $140 with SlashMySearch but I haven't gotten paid yet either. I guess they pay quarterly, but if they pay I don't mind waiting one bit because I made all that just in the month of January and it's taken no extra time or effort on my part at all.
Annie
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
29 Jan 08
I belong to another site that takes a month to pay after I hit the pay me now and I don't mind since it's usually at least $50 by the time I do it and we get paid by check which I love.
@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
29 Jan 08
No, the site just suck* and that's all there is to it. They don't respond to emails and that should tell me something about them.
@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
29 Jan 08
I have finally deleted the stupid thing. For one thing they do not reply to emails when you ask them a question...first sign that they are not a good site to belong to.
@poshgirl (19)
• United States
21 Jan 08
to the person who said they were doing well, please email me, I am trying to find ways online to make extra cash also! I have the new slash my search bar that is supposed to make you money when you search, but it is fairly new and has a lot of problems. Let me know what you guys are doing!
Thanks :)
@shaggin (72288)
• United States
21 Jan 08
Through mypoints I downloaded there search bar and get 50 points a month for doing searches. 10 searches or more gets you the 50 points. I wish they gave points for each time you search but there is a limit on the earnings for it. If you arent signed up for mypoints send me a message with your email address and I will send you an invite and earn points for it:) Or you can go sign up for yourself of course.
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
29 Jan 08
I have been a member of mypoints for years and have it say it's my favorite site! they are awesome aren't they?
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
29 Jan 08
I tried one once. I can't remember the name of it, but I ended up deleting them, and even that was hard to do. I had to go into my programs to delete it and it was very difficult to get rid of. I don't think I have totally gotten rid of it because about once a month it comes up in a little corner of my screen and tells me I have no money in my account. But at least it's gone from my toolbar and it doesn't seem to be running on my coomputer or I would have a balance in it. I am going to have to hire an IT guy to get rid of it totally, one day. Or I just have to live with it there. At least it only reminds me of it, every month only once. I will never download one of those toolbars again. I don't search the internet all that much anyways. I pretty much know the addresses of all the sites I need to see.
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@luvstochat (6907)
• United States
20 Jan 08
I downloaded the agloco surf bar but it made my computer run really slow besided they ended up being a scam site that didn't live up to their bargain of paying anyone.
I don't bother much with the viewbars. I did see someone trying to get referals to something called cashfiesta but I don't know of anyone who has been paid by them so would probaly stay away from it.
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
20 Jan 08
lol....another bad review of the one I was talking about. That's it...I'm ending it now. Thanks for the advice!
@Estina54 (385)
• United States
21 Jan 08
I had such an experience with MOOLA.com. I hope I spelled it correctly. They were very tempting and encouraging us to play, it was a game playing webside. They said that we will make money by doubling every cent we win. It was not like this, it was fun but not to make money. Everything I won and doubled, I got it lost with the next game.
@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
29 Jan 08
I have seen a lot of people talk about moolah.com but haven't tried it yet....guess that's next on my list of must tries.
@melissa929 (12)
• United States
21 Jan 08
I don't know much about search bars that make money for you but I have a bar that i have installed two days ago you make money just for being on the net. so far it's up to 10 dollars. I too will try anything to make money online. If you want to know more about this bar and others let me know and i will give you the links to sign up. don't worry they are all free to sign up and they also have other money making things about them.
@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
21 Jan 08
lol...yeah, sorry about that...I explained it wrong! It's not even a search bar...oops!
@melissa929 (12)
• United States
21 Jan 08
Hey all who read this. scratch my comment above i just read through all the other comments and saw nothing but bad reviews on the cashfiesta bar
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@unisis (1673)
• Indonesia
21 Jan 08
I have tried a more and more of these programs over the years but have not had much luck with them, one that did pay regularly closed down last years, as I multi-task doing several different earning programs but have not been success at once I do not like anything to slow me down from frustate cause only in mylot here that have really paid.
@Fishmomma (11377)
• United States
20 Jan 08
I do searches, but not at any of the sites mentioned here. There is no way I'm downloading anything to search. I'm a member of so many sites now that there is no way I can even consider adding any more sites.
@crazynurse (7482)
• United States
29 Jan 08
I tried that very same search bar years ago. It gave me nothing but trouble and my son, who works in computer security,to me to ditch it! I have heard that no one has ever been paid by the company, but I don't know if that is true or not. I would love to know which other programs that you do that are paying well and are good. You can message me as I believe I am on your friends list.