I just got my first offer to take part in Picks Camping. A clothing group I am in is now offering L$200 / month for putting their store in your picks. They have an automated system in the store that you can click on to recieve your L$'s after having them in your picks for 24 hours. Seems to me that this could get really expensive quickly, but I have never paid campers so I have no idea how it would compare. It games the search system, but at least shouldn't take up system resources like camping I suppose.
With the new search I assumed something like this would be coming along, but this is the first I have seen it. Am I behind the times?
(I wouldn't use this for my store as I am cheap and don't generate the kind of revenue to pay for this sort of thing, but it seems like an interesting thing to do for a store I am already a group member of. Thoughts?)
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Nimue Jewell
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01-17-2008 16:42
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Colette Meiji
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01-17-2008 16:43
and so it begins.
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Bradley Bracken
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01-17-2008 16:45
I'm curious if they have some inside scoop as to how relevent having links in picks is in search. L$200/month seems very expensive. I wonder how many are they offering it to?
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Incanus Merlin
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01-17-2008 16:46
Yep. Bound to happen. Deity of your choice help us all.......
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Raymond Figtree
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01-17-2008 16:50
I would much rather put stores of people I respect and want to support in my picks. Getting paid to do it just seems icky.
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Raudf Fox
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01-17-2008 16:51
Hmmm... *shrugs* Bound to happen. They gotta game the system and hey, this doesn't leave people unable to use their lands.
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Xal Dryke
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01-17-2008 16:51
Seems like so many would jump at the chance on this one. I can't see how it could be lucrative for the respective establishment to have it there, seeing how alt abuse could get a bit ugly.
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Kitty Barnett
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01-17-2008 16:51
I'm curious if they have some inside scoop as to how relevent having links in picks is in search. Time to sign up a few hundred alts and cash in  .(People have been doing it ever since the new search was announced though, so it's not really new) |
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Raymond Figtree
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01-17-2008 16:53
Hmmm... *shrugs* Bound to happen. They gotta game the system and hey, this doesn't leave people unable to use their lands. Leave ad in for 24 hours and then get L$.. then delete ad. Can this be botted, I wonder? _____________________
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Nimue Jewell
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01-17-2008 16:53
L$200/month seems very expensive. I wonder how many are they offering it to? I thought so too! I went to the store after getting the group notice just to see how it worked and it looks like it is open enrollment. No requirement even to be in the group and no indication of a limit of avis who can enroll. How many avis can TP into a sim to sign up today and again tomorrow to get paid?! I guess I assumed since there was an automated signboard to do this that other places might already be doing it now too. _____________________
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Nimue Jewell
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01-17-2008 16:53
they probably pay once the month is up. if not, they are in not the brightest bulbs in the sign. Yes, it says you can only be paid once per month. _____________________
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Bradley Bracken
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01-17-2008 16:54
Other than the 0-12 incoming links you get from traffic, picks are all there is to boost your placing. Time to sign up a few hundred alts and cash in .(People have been done it pretty much ever since the new search was announced though, so it's not really new) Newer avs don't show up when you view who has links to your store, probably for this reason. I don't know what kind of time restriction there is on it. _____________________
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3Ring Binder
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01-17-2008 16:56
I just got my first offer to take part in Picks Camping. A clothing group I am in is now offering L$200 / month for putting their store in your picks. They have an automated system in the store that you can click on to recieve your L$'s after having them in your picks for 24 hours. Seems to me that this could get really expensive quickly, but I have never paid campers so I have no idea how it would compare. It games the search system, but at least shouldn't take up system resources like camping I suppose. With the new search I assumed something like this would be coming along, but this is the first I have seen it. Am I behind the times? (I wouldn't use this for my store as I am cheap and don't generate the kind of revenue to pay for this sort of thing, but it seems like an interesting thing to do for a store I am already a group member of. Thoughts?) on a L$2/10 min chair you can earn L$288 per day x 28 days is L$8064 per month. _____________________
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Colette Meiji
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01-17-2008 17:06
Hmmm... *shrugs* Bound to happen. They gotta game the system and hey, this doesn't leave people unable to use their lands. Leave ad in for 24 hours and then get L$.. then delete ad. Can this be botted, I wonder? Ask Dr. Phil Id guess you can just use your Traffic and or camper bots. |
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Johnnie Carling
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01-17-2008 17:35
Leave ad in for 24 hours and then get L$.. then delete ad. Can this be botted, I wonder? I have seen the system for sale on SLX ... it has anti bot features, and if you delete it from your profile, you will not be able to get the money next month (even if you add it back before you go back) |
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Bree Giffen
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01-17-2008 18:44
Game the system all you want. It'll get me to your store. But it won't make me buy anything.
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Raymond Figtree
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01-17-2008 18:47
Game the system all you want. It'll get me to your store. But it won't make me buy anything. _____________________
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Bree Giffen
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01-17-2008 18:49
ok.
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Raymond Figtree
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01-17-2008 18:54
ok.  _____________________
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Usagi Musashi
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01-17-2008 19:17
AHHAHAH 200L per month for this? I see it to believe it..................No link means it doesnt exist
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Ty Gabe
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01-17-2008 19:42
Guess I'm a lazy sot. Other than putting my own store in my picks, I put places that I frequent in there, too, so I won't have to go digging through inventory for landmarks.
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Nimue Jewell
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01-17-2008 19:46
AHHAHAH 200L per month for this? I see it to believe it..................No link means it doesnt exist PM'd you the notice sent to me that includes the slurl. Didn't want to advertise for them on the forum. _____________________
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Raudf Fox
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01-17-2008 19:58
It's not that hard to believe, given the new search takes into consideration Picks links too. It was kind of inevitable to have people willing to 'buy' space on the picks. No worse than the people that offered money in return for ratings votes.
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Usagi Musashi
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01-17-2008 20:11
PM'd you the notice sent to me that includes the slurl. Didn't want to advertise for them on the forum. Well I not in world and i did see the proof so I do stand correct from what you showed me in text. |
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Usagi Musashi
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01-17-2008 20:15
It's not that hard to believe, given the new search takes into consideration Picks links too. It was kind of inevitable to have people willing to 'buy' space on the picks. No worse than the people that offered money in return for ratings votes. This is the new thing on sl. Not sure how it really works, but what you going to do. But how long can a business arrord to keep up this type of give a ways?! |