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Kazook - Earn money searching the web 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Kazook is a website which pays you to use their search engine, like you would with Google. Basically, you get paid a small amount whenever you use their site to search for things you want on the net.From their FAQ:What is this site?This site is basically a search engine. You enter a search phrase and select the search engine you would like to use for your search, however on the same page as your results are adverts for which we earn money for clicks or impressions (views).The more searches that take place, the more money is earned. This money is then put into a kitty and the registered members are paid a percentage of the earnings. Remember, you need to register with the site in order to collect your earnings.What Do I do ?To help us reach our target, all you need to do is use our site instead of your usual search engine. Feel free to use our site as your homepage and tell your friends, family and collegues about us. Remember, you earn money off the people you refer to the site. All pa Read more:searching
Mavishare - Get paid to complete offers. 1970-01-01 00:59:59 An introduction from their website:"What if advertisers could pay to acquire customers, rather than just putting out ads and hoping for the best? Well, that is exactly what MaviShare does. Our advertisers are so sure of the quality of their products that they're willing to pay us more than the minimum purchase price to get people to try them. We then pass that money immediately on to you via PayPal. That's how you get paid for trying products, free samples, and free trials"Do I need a credit card to make money?No. Many of our offers don't require a credit card to complete
, and you can still earn cash. Simply browse through our offers and choose those that don't require a credit card. For example, signing up and getting approved for a credit card costs you nothing, and of course, you don't need a credit card to sign up.How often will I get paid?Whenever you have an account balance over $10, you can withdraw anytime after the 15th of next month. This is to help us keep costs down, s
MyLot - Make Money Starting Discussions 1970-01-01 00:59:59 What is myLot? myLot is a unique and fun online community filled with members from all over the world discussing topics of everyday life. myLot is a place where members can discuss whatever is on their mind. Whether you want to discuss sports, ask a question on how to find a job, get advice on dating, or just want to talk about what is bothering you, myLot is here for you!How does this work?We have implemented a system to give everyone who uses the internet the ability to make money. The idea is pretty simple - if you contribute to the myLot Community - whether it is by posting a new discussion, responding to a current discussion, commenting on a current discussion, or referring friends, you earn money. Our goal is to provide internet users a place to earn money using the web on a day to day basis and provide access to information they need. We pay each and every member of myLot based on their Read more:Money
Treasure Trooper - Make Money Completing Offers 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Treasure Trooper
is a website that pays you to complete offers, visit websites and fill up surveys. Here are some details from their website:How it WorksComplete some offers. Most of them are free trials with payouts ranging anywhere from 5 to 50 dollars! Once you've completed an offer, click the button next to it to indicate its completion. The offer will then be added to your 'My Pending Offers
' page to await verification.On the 15th-20th of each month, we will send your payment if you have earned a minimum of 20 dollars by the last day of the previous month.Refer your friends to TreasureTrooper.com and get 20 percent of whatever they make for life! In addition, you'll get 5 percent of anybody that your friends refer. You can literally make hundreds of dollars this way!DOSH DOSH REVIEW Treasure Troope Read more:Money
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CashCrate - Get Paid completing Offers 1970-01-01 00:59:59 CashCrate is a website which pays you to complete offers, such as joining free websites, complete surveys and try out certain products. Some info from their FAQ:I'm skeptical, this sounds like a scam?We assure you that this is not a scam! Companies need consumers to try and review products, services, and websites and are willing to pay money to have them do so. Most of the time you're asked to do this without any compensation, what we do is take the money companies give us for YOUR participation, and give you back up to 75% of it!How much can I make?How much you can make is dependent on a few things such as what country you're from and how much time you're willing to devote to making money. As it is, most members have the opportunity to make more than a thousand dollars!When do I get paid?Users who meet our minimum payout (only $5!) have their payments processed by the 20th of the following month So, if you earn $250 in June, you'll get paid in mid-July.DOSH DOSH REVIEWCashcrate i Read more:Offers
UserCash - Make money through links 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Usercash is a website that allows one to earn revenue by adding simple ad banners or landing pages on links
that you use in forums, blogs or websites.Here's an excerpt from their website:"Do you want to make EXTRA revenue while people are leaving your website without annoying them? Just add a simple code to your website and all your outgoing links will be converted into paying links on the fly, pointing to the old URL. This will not make your website load slower in any way, links are automatically converted after your website is completely loaded. The only difference in your links is that there is added a banner on top, this banner will make you money! - Extra revenue without annoying your visitors. - Advanced statistics can be checked 24 hours a day. - Get paid within 7 days after the end of the month. - We pay you through paypal, e-gold and epassporte. - Make $$ out of links posted by other people instantly."DOSH DOSH REVIEW I've been using UserCash for
InBlogAds - Sell your Blog posts 1970-01-01 00:59:59 InBlogAds allows a website which connects bloggers with businesses. Advertisers can buy links on blogs and pay bloggers to review specific products, services or website.How do you make money? Their website explains:How it works Submit your blog to be approved into our program Insert our ad code in your blog We sell text links (in your sidebar) and/or links in your posts
(it's your choice) You get paid each month by PaypalBenefits You receive 60% of the sale price for each link ad sold off your blog through our system. You earn money just by blogging naturally. You can display InBlogAds on the same page with Google AdSense, Yahoo! Publisher Network, and other contextually served ads. Our links is not a pay per click or contextually served ad system.DOSH DOSH REVIEWI've been using InBlogAds for almost two weeks and so far I've received only one offer to blog about a specific product. No publisher has yet wanted to buy links on my blogs. This one post earne
Blogging Ads - Make Money Blogging. 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Blogging Ads is a website which pays bloggers to post one-time ads on their sites. According to their website:"This will be the easiest way ever to get cash for blogging. We will supply the advertisers, the text and the money, all you have to do is post the ad on your blog. If you want to write the post yourself, you can. We reserve the right to approve the blog posting, but we are also appreciative of the effort and staying true to your blog. Fill out the blog submission form below to get started today!"Before you submit, your blog MUST meet all of these requirements: Your blog must be in cached in Google's database. Your blog must be family friendly. Your blog must be in English. Your blog must be 3 months old. Your blog must be updated regularly, at least two posts per month. Your blog must contain original content.DOSH DOSH REVIEW I've been using Blogging Ads (BA) for the past two weeks and like InBlogAds, this particular program has brought me a small source of Read more:Blogging
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Moola - Gaming pays. 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Moola is a website which allows you to earn cash by playing games against a computer or other users. Here's an excerpt from their website:"Moola's patented tournament model allows millions of people to attempt to win anywhere up to $10,000,000 playing exciting, nearly addictive games against one another, for free. How? Players start by receiving 1¢ from sponsors. In order to receive this penny, one may be required to read or watch an ad and then answer some kind of trivia (or "AdverTrivia") question to prove that attention has been paid....With penny in hand, users may begin ascending the Moola Tower: The progressive level system at the heart of the tournament model. On level 1, a player will be matched in a 2-player game against another player who also has 1 penny. Players may choose from a variety of existing games, and Moola will regularly offer new titles to choose from. The winner of this game will emerge with the other's penny, for a total of 2¢, and have the opportunity to Read more:Gaming
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JavaHive - Earning on Forums 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Javahive is a forum which pays it's users to post on it's forum and participate in discussions. Sound familiar? It's a little similar to my previous post on Mylot.Here's an excerpt from Javahide:"Hello and welcome to JavaHive, the forum that pays its members, to participate in any of our forum discussions about everything from sports to health to home improvements!. We will pay you, the regular user to post on our forums!. Each post you make will earn you cash!. We will also pay you 25% of your referrals earnings!. This means that if you refer a friend to javahive, and they make $10, you will get paid $2.50 also!. Best of all, its free to join! Every day, people like yourself post in some of the thousands of discussion forums all over the world wide web. Here at JavaHive, we REWARD our members for posting!"DOSH DOSH REVIEW JavaHive, like MyLot .. pays you to participate in a forum by posting messages and starting discussions. The only difference being that MyLot follows a Yahoo Ans Read more:Earning
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Seven Ways to Sell Your Content Online 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The Internet is a pretty text-centric universe. While there are successful video websites and blogs, writing is still the primarily means to communicate ideas and opinions. In terms of making money online, there are several ways in which the originality of content is an important element of additional income for anyone who works from home or loves to spend time online. Selling text-based content has been traditionally playing field of freelance writers. However several websites are pretty much open to the average blogger or enthusiasts, The high standards and in-house style of magazines and publishing houses do not apply here as one can pretty much write in the vernacular, without much stylistic flourish. I do think these seven content selling programs are ideally suited for active bloggers or individuals who are familiar with web writing.Review Stream This is an interesting site where you get to review just about almost anything in your life. According to their TOS, you could possibl Read more:Seven
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Reviewing Software for Money 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Software Judge is a pay-to-review website which allows users to earn money by writing reviews about software. They pay a maximum of US $50 for each review and a minimum of US $1.Here are the site rules:Only original reviews can be submitted No more than three reviews in one day Payout is at US$200 through Western Union checks.DOSH DOSH REVIEW I've never personally submitted a review for Software Judge (SJ) so I cannot say for sure that they do pay their users. This review is mainly concerned with my overall impressions as well as reflections on the site's members area. After logging in, I've noticed that the user panel is very plain, with only three tabs: Account settings, Transactions and a list of theTop 100 reviewers.Under the Account Settings, one can clearly see the number of reviews accepted and earnings made. However I've notice that there isn't a form to input a mailing address (for checks), nor is there a 'Request Payout' button to be found lying anywhere. Similarly, th Read more:Money
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Profit Sharing Blog Networks: A List of Seven. 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The popularity of blogging has gradually led to the growth of free hosted blog providers which offer profit-sharing initiatives. How they work is relatively simple: Create and maintain a blog (usually under their domain) by using their interface and blogging tools. Your content along with others, gradually generates traffic and attracts readers. In turn, the blog providers reciprocate by offering bloggers a share of the monthly ad profits.I can only possibly think of one benefit for anyone who uses these blog networks: Exposure. Because of the large numbers of bloggers who post on these networks, one can easily people to read what you're blogging about.However, the number of casual readers do not guarantee eventual profit from ad impressions or clicks. However they do generate some buzz or knowledge about your blog or ideas. This exposure might perhaps be good for bloggers who feel isolated and yearn to participate in an active community.Here are some of the profit-sharing blog networ Read more:Sharing
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How to Get Hired as a Professional Blogger 1970-01-01 00:59:59 It would be extremely fun to work as a blogger. Not only because you'll get to earn money blogging or work from home but mostly because blogging is fun! Putting words and images together in short bursts of opinion-bites allows me to share ideas or thoughts that I would have otherwise kept in my head.How then does one get employed as a blogger? Logically speaking, getting a lucrative job as a professional blogger involves a relatively simple two step process..Step One: You have to make people want you. In other words, you'll need to make yourself valuable by being functionally attractive as a blogger that benefits the potential employer.Step Two: You need to connect with opportunities. This could mean simply passively searching for blogging jobs or actively networking and applying for unadvertised or non-existent positions.Step One: Establishing a Foundation1. Create a Blog This is a no-brainer. If you haven't already got one, you shouldn't really be looking for a job as Read more:Blogger
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Eefoof Review- Does Content Sharing pay? 1970-01-01 00:59:59 eefoof is a social multimedia website which allows users to earn money by sharing content with others. An excerpt from their website reads:"eefoof.com is a community driven website built around one principal rule: the authors of Internet content should be paid for their work and not have it exploited for others' gain. With other sites, signing a sponsorship contract means you lose the ownership of your content. Not here. We will send you a percentage of our site revenue via an electronic transfer each month, depending on how well your content has performed. For every unique view your work gets, you will earn money. eefoof will never redistribute your work for profit. We're also artists, and we want what's best for our users."DOSH DOSH REVIEW You can think of eefoof as a Youtube that rewards its users. However, a few differences are immediately noticeable. eefoof allows users to not only upload videos but also images, audo clips and flash files. While browsing through the website I n Read more:Content
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Exlinks Prelaunch Announced 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Kinetiq. the owners of the successful blog traffic exchange BlogMad, will soon be launching Exlinks, a "ultimate, exponential link-swapping, site exploding system" for webmasters to promote their sites. Nobody really has a grip on how it works at the moment but by the heavy Web 2.0 look of the site, it'll probably some sort of a social-networking blog/website mashup. If you've enjoyed BlogMad, you'll probably find Exlinks useful. Sign up here to be included in Exlink's beta phase.Technorati Tags: exlinks, blogmad, kinetiq, blogging
LinkReferral: Some Thoughts 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I'm still not entirely sure how Link Referral.com works but it seems to be a method to drive referral-based traffic to one's website. In plain blog english, this means that you'll put a button on your sidebar (see mine on the right), through which curious visitors will hopefully click and sign up with Link Referral. There are five levels of referrals, which means you could technically get a lot of referrals. See this cute little diagram to get a better idea.Where is this leading us? As your website gets more referrals, it'll be prominently listed on the 'Featured Sites' section on Link Referral's homepage. That's all? I'm afraid so. However LR does state other benefits to their program. They include:"Members directory traffic - you will be included in our members directory which is visited by our community of over 75,000 members, and thousands of outside visitors on a daily basis. You'll have the opportunity to be ranked at the top of your category, absolutely free!Search eng
Web Masters Room Forum - A Review. 1970-01-01 00:59:59 WebMasters
Room.com is another one of em get paid-to-post forums which rewards users for starting threads and posting replies. Compared to Javahive, this particular forum offers a slightly more lucrative percentage: You'll get paid 5 cents for a new thread and 2 cents for a post/reply.DOSH DOSH REVIEW I liked the fact that WebMastersRoom(WMR) specifically focuses on topics related to budding webmasters. You don't have the usual random subjects which range from religion to sports. Instead, each area focuses on related topics such as link selling, ad space, website reviews, domains and SEO techniques. It's sorta like a toddler version of the very popular Digital Point forums.WMR has an interesting referral scheme. When each new member you send them posts 100 posts in their forum, you will be payed $6 via Paypal, egold or Western union. I don't know why they decided on $6 but I do fancy the idea.An innovative scheme you don't see on many forums is the revenue sharing program. If you h Read more:Forum
The Blogitive Experience 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I'm sure you all know about this one. Blogitive is a network which pays bloggers to blog about various advertisers' products, services or websites. Blogitive pays US $5 for every post, which must stay on your blog for the minimum period of one year. I've used Blogitive for almost two months already and I'm pretty familiar with how the system works.DOSH DOSH REVIEW No, this post isn't sponsored by Blogitive. There are literally thousands of blogs being paid by Blogitive to write about their service. I've done so in several other blogs and gotten paid about it. However, at this point in time Dosh Dosh is currently not on Blogitive's network or payroll.Here's a summary of the other requirements concerning the sponsored blog post:The post must be submitted within 2 days The post must have at least 100 words There must be at least two posts between each sponsored post and these posts must have at least 50 words.You cannot copy and paste the client's web release and use it as the po
Earn with File Sharing: A Review of Uploading.com 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Uploading is a file hosting service which pays its users US $5 for every 1000 unique downloads of their files from U.S and Canada. This is an interesting pay-per-download program that I've used for a few months. How does it work?Start by signing up for a free account, after which you can upload files from your computer to their web server. You'll be given a link after the upload is completed. Pass this link to your friends, post it on your website or give to anyone else; they'll be able to download the file you uploaded from your computer. For every 1000 unique downloads of the said file from IP addresses in U.S and Canada, you'll earn $5.Uploading's free account allows you to have a maximum upload size of 300MB and the file will be stored for at least 30 days since the last download. Which means that if your file was last downloaded on the 1st of December, it'll only be deleted on the 1st of January.DOSH DOSH REVIEW There's a lot of clutter on Uploading's website but that's t Read more:Sharing
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Protect Your Content - Copyscape! 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Copyscape is a search engine which allows you to discover websites that steal your content/ideas without due acknowledgment. It's fairly easy to use, just plug in the URL of your article or blog post and Copyscape will bring up results of websites which have similar word structures or content. This works perfectly when your content is directly copied and inserted without any alteration by another, though it'll be interesting to see how it works with text that is viciously ripped and rewritten. You can also put buttons on your website or blog (see my sidebar!) to deter potential plagiarists. Check out their FAQ to learn more or read how to respond when one is a victim of plagiarism. Dosh Dosh uses copyscape often and highly recommend it for bloggers who create a lot of creative and unique content. you might also want to consider applying for a free Creative Commons license.Tags: blogging, copyscape, writing Read more:Content
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Earning through Blog Readership 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Bloggers often bemoan the lack of consistent readership and the dearth of a visible, interactive blog audience. Hence, the success of popular traffic exchanges like Blogexplosion and Blogmad. Would you be willing to pay to be involved in an strong community of readers and writers? Blogit is one such subscribe-to-join blog network, which operates from collective contributions. Unlike the other profit-sharing blog networks in my previous post, Blogit is ad-free and operates in a unique way.According to their press release:"Blogit operates on a strictly subscription basis starting as low as $9.95 per month for an annual subscription. The site features no ads. Half of subscribers' fees are paid out to the writers they actually read so readers can directly support financially their favorite writers. Blogit features several lists of the most popular blogs and makes public the dollars accumulated by writers as part of the member profile, similar to a power seller rating on eBay. Writers can Read more:Earning
Pay-to-Surf Buzz - An Agloco Review 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Agloco is the newest kid on the pay-to-surf neighbourhood. Looking all Web 2.0-ish, Agloco allows you to make money by running a small toolbar on your screen while you surf the net normally. Earnings are accumulated over time while the viewbar is working.Agloco is still in a Beta stage and their viewbar is not available for download. According to their website, it'll be up in a couple of weeks. However pre-promotion for Agloco has begun furiously over the net. I've noticed their presence on dozens of forums, Adwords and numerous social bookmarking websites like Digg and Furl.Here's a screenshot and description of Agloco's viewbar, taken from their website. The viewbar is docked right at the bottom of the screen, above the Window's taskbar."The Viewbarâ„¢ is a small toolbar that rests on the bottom of your screen or browser window while you surf the Internet. The Viewbarâ„¢ software is what enables AGLOCO to collect the money you are earning while browsing the Internet.The Viewbarâ
Advantage Processors - Credit Card Processing 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Sponsored PostAdvantageProcessors
is a company which offers competitive rates in credit card processing for both Low and High Risk merchants. Their services include processing for low risk card swipe processors such as retail establishments and home based businesses as well as High Risk industries such as high volume mail or telephone ordering. Want to find out more? Try Advantage Processors by applying for a merchant account online. Read more:Processing
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Blingo - Search to Win. 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Something for the folks in America. Blingo is a Google-powered search engine that allows you to win prizes such as a new car, $5000 and much more. How does it work? Visit Blingo's search box and search the web as you would normally do. Blingo's automated prize program randomly chooses a bunch of winning times, say 3.02pm or 5.47pm. The first person to search after this specific time wins the prize.Here's some other details from their FAQ:Can anyone win?In order to win, you must be at least 13 years old, you must live in the United States, and you must have Internet access.How many times can I win?Your household may claim up to two prizes per month, whether you win them by searching or through Blingo Friends. Prizes that you win but never claim do not count toward your household's limit.Can I increase my chances of winning?Tell your friends about Blingo, and if one of them wins a prize by searching on Blingo, we'll send you the same prize, even if it's a Ford Mustang.Is there a ca Read more:Search
Monetize Your Website: Donation Widgets 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Adsense not making you money? Not earning from your affiliate links? Consider asking nicely for a virtual handout. Donation
s from the public are sometimes an effective alternative source of income for bloggers and webmasters. There's no monetization involved and you don't have to bother with factors such as ad placement or affiliate promotion.In this post, we'll look at some of the tools which allow you to set up automated donation widgets on your website.What are the chances of successfully getting a donation? This really depends on what kind of website or niche you are in. Here's an example: charities often receive donations because of the cause or goal they support is generally legitimate and socially beneficial. Visitors to UNICEF or Mercy Corps trust these organizations with their money because they are reputable and genuine.In a similar light, consider your website or blog. Are you offering content that's helpful to your readers? Do your readers trust what you offer? Where d Read more:Monetize
Zotspot Review - Get Paid to Search 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Launched in October 2006, Zotspot is a startup which pays you to search the internet from their website. Users will able to earn in two ways: By using zotspot as their primary search engine and by referring others to actively use zotspot's service. Payment is easily made via paypal or check and users can opt to donate their earnings to their favorite charities or universities."Zotspot makes it possible for people to make money and also make a difference simply by doing something they already do on a daily basis - search the Internet," said Mark Davis, President and Founder of Zotspot. "Billions of dollars in Internet search have been made by search companies and online advertisers, but users - the catalysts of this huge revenue stream - have been essentially left out of the market. Zotspot gives people the ability to earn extra money and the flexibility to do what they want with the earnings, whether they spend it themselves or donate it to hundreds of Zotspot partner charities. Read more:Search
Dosh Dosh Needs a Vacation. 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Luggage Online has took the effort to compile a humongous list of 50 Travel Sites You've Probably Never Heard Of. Attention-grabbing copy none withstanding, the site is pretty bookmarkable for anyone planning a trip during the holidays. I personally find the social-travel networks to be totally awesome and extremely important. It's almost imperative that you spend some time on these networks to get some first-stand information on hotels and accommodations. Probably saved myself a dozen 'budget' guest-house nightmares by reading the user-submitted reviews on sites like Trip Advisor and Triptie. Warning: reading these sites might give you severe wanderlust. Read more:Needs
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CREAMaid Made Easy - A Mini Tutorial 1970-01-01 00:59:59 CREAMaid is a service which allows you to earn money by blogging about specific topics. This involves inserting a CREAMaid conversation widget within your blog post which also allows you to instantly collect a royalty for your contribution. Confused? I've specifically set up CREAMaid sample in my previous post to illustrate how it works. It's really not that difficult to get started with CREAMaid. Let's take a quick look at how it works.Take a look at my previous post below (Dosh Dosh needs a vacation). You'll notice a rectangular widget with the header "50 Travel Sites You've Probably Never Heard Of"... which is the topic that you're supposed to be writing about. Clicking on it will take you to the advertiser's (also known as the 'Conversation Starter's') webpage for more information.Below the title are several blog posts made by other bloggers on the same topic, if you click on any of them you'll notice that they'll have the same widget on their post. If you're intereste Read more:Tutorial
Build Links and a High PR: A Look at Directory Submissions 1970-01-01 00:59:59 As you probably know by now, getting links to your blog or website is pretty essential for both traffic and an impressive Google PageRank. How does this help you make money from your website? Well, generally speaking the higher your PR, the more money you'll get from selling posts or text links. One of the best ways to get free one-way backlinks is to submit your website to free and paid directories. Let's face it, you probably won't get a lot of traffic if you're one out of a million websites on a huge directory, but they'll definitely help with you build some serious web rep with search engines.Dosh Dosh made a mini compilation of some of the better directory lists on the net, which mostly feature free directories and manual submission services. Some of the lists do include paid directories so do take note of that before submitting your website.AddURL.NUA huge list of 967 directories sortable by PR. Jim Westergren, the site owner offers to manually submit your website to the ent Read more:Build
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