• AllAdvantage.ComThis site promises to pay up to $50/hour just for surfing the Web with their view bar active (which places advertisements on the bottom of your browser). They also promise to pay for any referrals. I'll let you know how it works. If you want to be one of my referrals (just in case this works), click here: [Posted 19 Dec. 2001].

Hmmm, well, the site is still here, although it’s changed its name to “SurveysMax.” It now claims: “Do You want to Get Paid To Take Online Surveys From Home - in your spare time? You Can Make Up To $75 Per Survey And Up To $150 Per Hour Participating In Focus Groups ... and it's all FREE!” I doubt it—and I’m not really willing to try it out. But if you DO try it and get rich, let me know! By the way, this site is also one of those nasty ones that, when you click your browser’s “back” button, just keeps reloading (workaround: click the back button twice in quick succession). [Posted 4 Nov. 2006].