Review of webmaster spying tools
Many of the so called internet gurus use very dubious tactics. Their own websites usually contain poor quality content , but they use these tools to find out which websites their competitors own. They then use their black hat methods to get the competitor removed from the SERP - the new form of online sabotage.
Many people equate online money making with scams, but there are a lot of legitimate ways to make money on the internet, without investment. Most of scams offer easy money, and so people end up losing money
Some popular methods are listed in the above article at Times Online, a mainstream newspaper. Most don’t pay well, but no investment is needed.
One of the things I find very unfair is that some websites get a lot of free traffic when a person posts links to that website, but the person posting the link or webmaster of the website where the link is posted earns nothing.
You can earn money for every link you post using Linkbucks . You are paid every time a person clicks on a link you post. The amount you earn is not much ($1 for 2000 clicks) , but if you are providing free backlinks to others, you may as well earn something. I have justed started using it on a few of my websites and not yet received payment.
The minimum withdrawal amount for Linkbucks is low - $5 and payments are processed on request. They seem to have an active forum and members have received payment. There are other programs like Usercash and Ucash.in , but the pay outs are lower. Seems to be a good way of monetising directories which have a low CPM .
Funding and the internet startups
This is precisely the problem why internet usage in India is low - there are very few Indian websites which solve a real need. Most of the internet websites can be categorised into:
1. Extension of the existing offline media business
2. Set up to get funding / sell out to venture capitalists - so these are usually a poor imitation of popular US/UK websites
If they really understand the market, they will not start an online business to sell out.