Saturday, January 23, 2010

Locationary

Locationary is a new web site which is still in an invite only Beta testing period. It is a fun time waster as well as a good way to make some extra money. Membership is completely free; however, you must have an invite to join while Locationary is still in Beta. I have provided a link to an invite at the bottom of this post. Locationary hopes to take the place of local databases which charge hundreds of thousands of dollars for local data around the globe. The data entered by Locationary's users will be given free to anyone who wants it. This will make Locationary the prime place to get local data on a global scale. Applications and web sites will spring up quickly from the newly available free data. Why should you join Locationary? When you join, you have the ability to enter local places. The places can be anything from a local restaurant, doctors office, gas station, school, or any other place. When you add a place to the database, you receive 15 shares in that place. You can then add more data (for additional shares) to the place such as a phone number, zip code, parking options, payment options, products offered, etc. Once Locationary comes out of Beta, they will offer advertising packages to the locations added. These packages will allow businesses to post job openings, coupons, specials, and describe new happenings at their business. They can also pay for priority in the Locationary search engine. When a place advertises, 50% of the revenue goes to Locationary, and 50% of the revenue goes to shareholders in that place. So if a place spends $100 a month on advertising, and you own 30 of 60 shares in that place, you would earn $25 per month (50 dollars goes to shareholders and you would own half of the shares). Eventually, Locationary will give you the materials to be proactive in getting the businesses you add to advertise. Or you can just add shares and hope that they advertise in the future. You will also receive one ticket per share that you get. Tickets can be exchanged for gift cards and prizes, or the tickets can be entered into auctions for gift cards or prizes. If you have any questions or suggestions for the site, there is a forums to ask questions and get up to date with what is happening at Locationary. Locationary was created by the same people who created Moola. I have received over $250 in payments from Moola, so I can assure you this is not a scam. Locationary is still in Beta, so there are plenty of places to add. You better hurry, because thousands of places are being added daily. Make sure you can claim the prime real estate and earnings before others do.


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

ESPN Streak for the Cash

ESPN Streak for the Cash is a great time waster for all of you sports lovers out there. It is a simple game run by ESPN with prizes for the two "best" players. The rules are simple. ESPN gives you a list of matchups on their web site. You pick what will happen. If you are right, you are now streaking for the cash. The longest streak of the month wins you $100,000 dollars, and the player with the most wins of the month will win $2,500. Now, lets be realistic. The odds are against you actually winning a lot of money. But this is a daily time waster which is actually pretty fun. The matchups aren't your boring pick a team plus the spread. It may be something like an over/under. Or will a two player combo on the Utah Jazz score more points that a two player combo on the San Antonio Spurs? Will the Kansas Jayhawks hit more 3 pointers than the winning margin of the Lakers game? As you can see, the matchups can get a little crazy. You will be addicted from the start. There is a group feature which allows you to create a group for your friends. Who doesn't like to smack talk over who is the smartest better? ESPN will keep track of your records and allow you to see how your friends have done as well. So log on now and start your streak.