Netbux.org : Real Or Fake ? Problems & Flaws

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Hi,

Yesterday someone had made a post about this referral + search site name netbux.org that pays you $0.02 for every search you made through their page. Out of curiousity I dropped by and opened an account there. First of all - it isn't even a search site - it simply redirects your search to another popular engine, which you get to pick from a dropdown box along with your search string.

 

Ever since then, I've faced quite a few problems with them:

1. Not all searches get counted properly - this might be a flaw of their script. They do say that repeated searches won't be counted - each search has to be unique. But their script is SO BAD, that it ignores searches even if they contain ONE common keyword.

Say, I searched for "VB.NET Aqua Button" and then searched for "VB.NET Custom Dispose Method" - goddamned thing ignored the second search completely - I ask you, What's common to both, other than the fact I searched for something to do with vb.net but for completely unrelated types of code ?

 

2. Second problem - today morning - it completely disregarded 3-4 of my searches - never credited them to my account. My account balance stands at what it was due to 5 searches yesterday.

 

3. And now, it's gone for a complete toss. Everytime I do a search I simply land up with this message: Paid searches must be conducted from the Netbux homepage.

I reloaded their page and tried - thinking it was a problem with session cookies. DIDN'T WORK.

I tried at least 20 different (completely unique) search strings with NO COMMON WORDS. DIDN'T WORK.

I tried logging out of my account and logged back in again. Searched. DIDN'T WORK.

I've been trying ever since - STILL DOESN'T WORK. Always gives me that same message.

What the hell is going on ? Do they seriously intend to carry forward this so called paid search business - or is it just another internet scam to draw a lot of hits to their page ?? I think it's more of the latter. Tell me about your experiences.

 

A very very angry & pissed m^e