Scam PTC Check List - What type of ad links do they have?

Earlier we talked about Advertising Revenue Vs Member Earnings, this is really just another part of that discussion but it deserves more investigation.

What you are looking for here is the type of adlinks that are on a site. If a site has too many site sponsored advertising it means they are getting no revenue from advertisement sales. That spells major trouble over the long term.

Referral Links
Look out for these in the advertisements, chances are if there are many and the Referrer is the same then it is the admin trying to get clickers for his sites he is in. The obvious problem being, the admin is paying for the views, but what if it turns out to be a scam site? Answer, no revenue for the site. ClickandBux is a prime example of a Referral Scam PTC Site.

Purchasing from the Site
You've probably seen these ads, they're asking you to upgrade, buy or rent referrals or advertise on thier site. None of these ads will the admin get advertising revenue. Instead the site will end up shutting the doors on Standard Members because they can't afford to pay anyone. Bux.To is the most famous PTC Site to run these type of ads all the time.

Link Exchanges
This probably describes these type of get paid to click advertisements. Generally a PTC Admin will sponsor a certain number of Ad links and this will be repeated by the other site. Usually the Referral Field is left blank. Earn3, Extra10 and AngelBux are an example of this, however those sites are owned by the same network, GPTNetworks. Which means that GPTNetworks is not getting money from advertising and are relying on Referrals to pay members. We call that a Ponzi Site.

Other Site Sponsored Links
DailyClickz was a scam ptc that advertised alot of Citibank Products, it's no wonder the site had no cash to pay members. Adultfriends Network advertisements are almost always site sponsored. There are other "paid to promote" sites, almost all of these are site sponsored

So are you seeing the pattern emerging here? I bet if you have been getting paid to click ads, you've come across almost all ptc sites that are doing this. For some PTC sites they are fine because they are recovering all thier costs through thier paid link advertising, however for most, the writing is on the wall.