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A Brief Company History

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The Infomediary
In February 1999, four of us sat around in the backyard of a house on the Stanford campus (we were either current or former Stanford students) and created a new concept – the online infomediary. We realized that individual users of the Internet, by their actions and the information they were providing (both willingly and not), were creating tremendous value. Yet none of this value was accruing back to the individual users.

We also realized that individuals held much more information about themselves which they might be willing to share if they would share in the profits from this information, and if other conditions - such as privacy and security - were satisfied. We knew that companies were willing to "pay" for increased information about users. But no system existed to bridge the gap between these two parties.

AllAdvantage.com
So, we launched AllAdvantage.com in the spring of 1999 in an attempt to bridge this gap. By downloading and using the AllAdvantage.com Viewbar, members were effectively "renting" some of their computer screen and their clickstream data for hourly cash payments.

This "get paid to the surf the web" concept proved wildly successful with consumers. Tens of millions of people are happy to share some non-personal information and share in the profits that are being made on the Web, even though this was being questioned in the business press. The concept also proved to be highly successful in generating revenues, as most people agree that AllAdvantage.com generated more revenue in its first 12 months of operations than any online consumer/advertising company in history.

Ultimately – and unfortunately rather quickly – AllAdvantage.com failed as a company because we relied too heavily on venture capital financing and our growth in members far outstripped our growth in revenues early on. Put simply, we signed up members in Internet time and sold ads (our primary form of revenue) in old-fashioned media time. The AllAdvantage.com model started paying members as soon as they downloaded and started using the Viewbar, but it took time to monetize these incremental hours.

As the online ad market and the Internet financing markets crashed in 2000-01, the revenues from the business could not keep up with the rapid growth in members (and their associated fixed hourly costs). We unfortunately had to close the business, even though new members were continuing to join the network.

While we had no choice but to shut down the business, AllAdvantage.com did deliver everything it promised to members: We mailed out over $100 million in checks to members, and advertisers delivered the most targeted, information-rich advertising opportunity on the Web.

The company maybe failed, but the ideas behind it never did…

Where are we today?
Online advertising, after stalling in 2001-02, is bigger than ever (Google, of course, has changed everything). Targeted search and contextual text ads – almost non-existent in 1999 – are now everywhere. Companies – Google and Yahoo, for example – are trying to convince users to download "toolbars" (sound familiar?) to gather more information from their members. All this information – and the companies that gather it – is worth more than ever. Yet the individual users still do not have an effective way to get their share back.

YouTube was acquired for $1.65 billion by Google in October 2006. The story of how three guys made hundreds of millions of dollars in one year is a great tale of entrepreneurial success. But what happened to the first users who posted their videos on the site and told their friends to do the same? We don't hear about them, because they did not get anything (other than free video hosting). Wasn't it really these users that helped turn YouTube into a multi-billion dollar company? Sure the site is great and the founders deserve all the credit they get, but it is the users who ultimately made it valuable. There are plenty of video sites, and if it wasn't YouTube, another site could have filled the space, become a household name and been acquired for an amazing price.

We are not trying to pick on YouTube (which we happen to love using). How about the early users of Skype? What about those who first downloaded the software, made calls to their friends in different countries and told their parents to use it as well? They did not see a penny of the $2.6 billion that eBay paid for the company in September 2005. And MySpace? How about the millions of members there? How did they do when News Corp. bought the company for almost $600 million? After all, it was the members that Rupert Murdoch was after when he purchased the site.

The point we are trying to make here is that there are plenty of social networking sites out there, but it is the members that make these sites and services valuable. Yet, they get no monetary value from it.

We could go on. But the story is always the same: users (and the information they bring with them) are valuable. Creating a system that enables users to share in all these profits is the next big thing. We call it an economic network. Others call it a global online community co-op. Or "Linux for consumers." It's a big idea. And it's happening now.

AGLOCO

We started AGLOCO at a coffee shop near the Stanford campus. We sat down with a group of Stanford graduate students to design the next generation of the Internet enterprise using the infomediary as one of the foundation blocks.

We decided we wanted to build the economic network that enables individuals on the Web to share in the profits that their data and their actions help create. AGLOCO is more than a Web site and it is more than a Viewbar company. It is a network that links people, their information and their friends together to form something bigger.

Like all networks that have come before (from the Internet itself to MySpace), this one gets stronger as it gets bigger. AGLOCO with 1,000 or 10,000 members is not much more than the sum of its parts. But AGLOCO with 1 million or 10 million members starts to become important. It's important because it changes the consumer-company relationship online and changes the way everyone thinks about their online experience.

Why It Works.
AGLOCO works because the network effects are self perpetuating. It gets stronger as it gets bigger. With more members and stronger cash flows, the profits that the members share in increase – and this draws in more users and hence stronger cash flows. The incentive to join early and tell many friends is big, as early members who help build the network stand to benefit the most (similar to nearly all start-ups, where the early employees tend to share disproportionately in the success of the company).

As AGLOCO grows, the economic incentive continues to grow as it is able to offer more and more value for its members. Unlike AllAdvantage.com which incurred incremental costs for each additional member-hour, AGLOCO generates positive free cash flow from each additional member-hour and has virtually no incremental cash expenses for additional use of the Viewbar. AGLOCO will have standard operating costs (site maintenance, bandwidth, insurance, telephones, office space, sales and administration etc.), but like Google these costs should be very low compared to the revenue Members generate.

The Members Own the Company.
That's right – 100% of the company is member-owned. Users make good ideas valuable. Good ideas are great, but without members, they are just that – ideas. Every decision is made by asking what is best for the members over the long-term. It's a new way of thinking, but it works because we are all in it together. So how do we make money?

We Own the Management Company.
The employees and investors own the management company. The management company collects 10% of the revenues of AGLOCO (like Tom Cruise pays his agent 10%). This should be enough incentive to continue to attract a great team of highly talented people that AGLOCO needs to maximize the value to its Member/shareholders.

Trust is Everything.
We lose your trust, and the network fails. We work on behalf of the members and everything we do must keep that in mind. Our members know what we are doing with their data and how we are using it for their benefit. Do you know how other Web sites are collecting your data or how they are using it? Chances are, you don't. Think about it.

No cost to a Member – Ever.
AGLOCO never costs anything for Members. Ask former AllAdvantage.com members what it cost them to join and most will try to remember how much they were receiving in monthly checks (that's right – receiving).

Privacy is paramount.
No spam, no pop-ups, no selling information, no emails from people you don't know, no emails to people you don't know, and no tricks. Period. Our track record is public – there are no hidden costs. The upside for members is potentially very large and the sky is the limit. The downside is essentially nil.

Be Patient.
People always want everything right away. We do too. But things take time, so stick with us. It takes time, money and people to build everything, and we'll get there. Members at AllAdvantage.com complained that we were moving too slow, and then after the company was gone they realized how good it had been and complained that it had gone away! It takes time to be able to send checks for over $100 million to members. And so it will take time to set up an economic network to share the wealth of the Internet with millions of online users. However, you have a role to play and can help us speed up the process, even making some money along the way. Here's how:

Get Involved.
Pitch in.Tell your friends and build your referral network. Design a Web site explaining the economic network (you can probably do it better than us). Email us your ideas. Design a cool Viewbar. Tell your company they should partner with us. Write about us on your blog. Ask yourself how you want to share in the value of the Internet. Think big. It's your company. Have fun.

Meet The Agloco Team

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Akshay Mavani
A.K. coordinates strategy and represents AGLOCO's Indian Members. He brings experience as an electronic engineer, and worked in sales and strategy in China and Hong Kong before attending Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

Alex Tsai
Alex is AGLOCO's resident product management guru. An economist and business major by training, he brings over eight years of experience in database marketing, ad-serving and rich media, distributed computing, client software as well as consulting.

Allison Cui
Allison is AGLOCO's China specialist and represents our Chinese Members. She worked as a software engineer in Shanghai, China before attending the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Anne Sophie Mayos
Anne-Sophie handles AGLOCO's website and her sense of style makes sure it is always up to date. Originally from Paris, she designed media information sites for millions of online users at France's leading television channel.

Brian Greenwald
Brian works in business development at AGLOCO. A scientist by education, he worked in marketing and development for several biotech companies before attending Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

Cannon Bonar
Cannon is AGLOCO's ambassador within the teenage community. Currently a student at Central Middle School, he will represent AGLOCO's teen Members (and he tried hard to think of a cool-looking name for AGLOCO's).

Dan Jorgensen
Dan is AGLOCO's Member recruiting coordinator. He worked in sports marketing and online advertising before helping AGLOCO create its network.

Javier Alvira
Javier is AGLOCO's in-house blogger expert. A native of Spain, he worked as an engineer in telecommunications around Europe before joining Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

Jim Jorgensen
Founder of AllAdvantage and Discovery Zone. Jim's experience of paying $100 million to members in 1999 and pioneering the “returning value to Internet users” idea, is an invaluable source in guiding AGLOCO's new Development Team members.

Moshe Pinto
Moshe is AGLOCO's resident lawyer, he negotiates and executes contracts. Prior to joining Stanford's Graduate School of Business, Moshe worked as a corporate lawyer and political strategist in Israel and the US.

Nick Punt
Nick advises AGLOCO's technological and community development. He worked as a video game designer and online communities' product manager prior to attending Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

Ray Everett-Church
Ray was the world's first corporate Chief Privacy Officer, pioneering the field of corporate privacy professionals. An attorney and technology expert, he is responsible for ensuring the privacy and security of AGLOCO's Member information and providing guidance on privacy and anti-spam issues.

Sam Flax
Sam is AGLOCO's Chief Architect for the design of our economic network. Sam's 30 years in Russia and then 20 years in the US give to AGLOCO a unique perspective on managing and implementing our database.

Steve de Bonvoisin
Steve coordinates AGLOCO's communication and strategy implementation. Originally from Belgium, he has lived and worked on four continents and brings experience in economic consulting and as a reporter for a leading economic newspaper. He is attending Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

Trey Reasonover
Trey is our in-house community dynamics specialist. He became a Web 2.0 addict after working as a strategy consultant, and attends Stanford's Graduate School of Business..On top of that, there are other contributors which are also contributing to the AGLOCO effort to make normal people like you and me to own the internet

A Chat With Akshay Mavani

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AGLOCO Is 100% Member-Owned

This is stated on the AGLOCO website but what you may not realize is how true it is. When AGLOCO says the company is 100% member-owned, it means management owns zero. Management’s sole source of income from AGLOCO will come from taking 10% of Viewbar revenue. If the Viewbar makes no money, a bunch of Stanford graduates is going to be living on the street. This is management’s way of showing faith in the AGLOCO concept. If the only way you can make money is by the Viewbar, then you’re going to do whatever it take to make sure the Viewbar makes money.

Management is definitely taking a lot more risk than members. For us, this is a zero money and time commitment venture. For AK and his group, this is their future on the line.

What Happens If Someone Signs Up Without A Referral?

If someone sign ups directly to AGLOCO without a referral, then the referral goes to charity. Likewise, referrals from management also go to charity. By giving direct and management referrals to charity, management can keep their promise that their only source of income will be from the Viewbar.

I like to recommend that direct sign ups without a referral should go to me!

The above article is taken from http://www.johnchow.com/ 'A chat with Akshay Mavani' , December 12, 2006

AGLOCO Crossed Half a Million Hits on Google

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AGLOCO crossed half a million hits on google recently. In three weeks that is a lot of people talking about a new topic – AGLOCO.

We are excited by the attention and now with tens of thousands of new Members we hope to fulfill the promise of the company.

While over 95% of the pages about AGLOCO are supportive there are a number of claims about us that are not true.

• AGLOCO is not a get rich quick site (it will take a long time and hard work to make AGLOCO as valuable as it should be – there are over 50 people listed on the AGLOCO team page as people who have been working on AGLOCO, some for over a year). See http://www.agloco.com/web/guest/aboutus

• AGLOCO is not a new search engine nor is it a new ad network (the company will try hard to leverage existing companies whenever possible and not create new software or new communities for Members to use – Members should continue to use the Internet as they normally would.)

• AGLOCO is not creating spyware nor an intrusion on Members privacy (Member data is only looked at with informed permission of each individual Member; data is used by AGLOCO only to provide services to Members and is not disclosed; and Member data is destroyed if a Member ever chooses to leave AGLOCO). Privacy pages http://www.agloco.com/web/guest/privacy

But what we do stand for is a revolution in favor of the Internet user.

We put ten points about our Vision on the AGLOCO site on launch day. We think they all can be helpful in understanding what AGLOCO is trying to achieve. Here is one of them.

The AGLOCO Vision #1: Free is too Expensive

Much of Web 2.0 has been about Internet companies building a simple service and then getting users to do much of the work on it (including telling all their friends about it). Once the service is popular, the founders and venture capitalists make a deal to sell it for millions (and billions) of dollars. The users who helped build it (especially the early users who often put up with clunky software and weak websites) just watch.

When we looked at this system, we saw a bad price. Sometimes free is not enough.

We designed AGLOCO to reward all Members who join and with the referral system we designed it to give an extra reward to the Members who help build it.

In designing what AGLOCO would be, we felt starting just a specific service (like videos or music or blogging) would not go far enough. So we designed AGLOCO to be a platform for many kinds of services. On our website we cite easy examples of services to monetize for Members like search and advertising, many more exist.

Global companies start with a grand vision, but they start small. We first started working on AGLOCO out of our houses and apartments…We know our Members are keen to learn more about AGLOCO and we shall endeavor to communicate as soon as we strategically are able.

Posted by AGLOCO Official at 4:55 PM
The above article is taken from The AGLOCO Official blog.
Please visit AGLOCO Official at http://aglocoblog.blogspot.com

F A Q

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1. What is AGLOCO™ all about?

AGLOCO™is the first Internet based economic network, which enables you as a Member to ‘Get your share of the internet.’ Advertisers, search companies, online merchants and other businesses currently pay lots of companies to deliver people like you to them to get your attention and sell goods. With AGLOCO™they will be paying YOU.

AGLOCO™ is also a global community of Internet users whose active Members can be paid for all their online activity. By downloading our proprietary Viewbar™ technology, members benefit from engaging yet unobtrusive content tailored to their interests. AGLOCO™ also pays its members to refer their friends to the community (and for those friends to refer more friends through four levels of extended referrals.)

2. How do I earn cash and shares?

Sign up, use the web as usual and earn cash and shares - it really is that simple. Once you install the Viewbar™ software it automatically records the time you're actively online, and we pay you for it. But the first step is to sign up and become a member. It's fast and it's free. If you refer your friends and family we'll pay you even more cash and shares.

3. How do referrals work?

AGLOCO™ pays you an hourly rate when the friends and family you recruit (called “direct referrals”) use the web with the Viewbar™ running, as well as for people your referrals recruit (called “extended referrals”). Extended referrals continue for four levels past your original referral, and there is no limit to the number of referrals you can accumulate. Check out our Referral Page for more information.

4. Are there rules or restrictions?

There are some rules, and all are intended for the benefit of AGLOCO™ members:

Sign Up Only Once: Each person can only sign up once, creating an account for him or herself, and may not establish an account on behalf of anyone else. Accounts cannot be transferred between people, and each account must be for a physical person.

No spamming: AGLOCO™ strictly forbids spamming to get referrals. This means you can only tell people you know or who explicitly agree to receive your invitation to be referred. If you use spam to try to get referrals, your account will be terminated. For more information, see our Anti-Spam Policy

Number of Internet Hours: The maximum number of payable hours per month is currently 5. Over time, depending on several variables that number may change at AGLOCO™ ’s discretion. The reason we implemented this limit is to prevent hacking software from continuously clicking and thereby generating online search. Remember you can still increase your profits by referring more people to AGLOCO™.

Active Surfing: You have to actively surf to earn cash for your online usage. Just keeping a website up does not constitute active surfing. If you use a software piracy device that constantly clicks through websites, AGLOCO™ ’s anti-hacking instruments will detect and – after investigation – disconnect your account. In addition, you have to be an active online Member in order to get the benefit of your referrals' surfing. If you surf only 50% of the maximum payable hours a month, and your referrals each surf 100%, you will be credited with only 50% of the payable surfing time for each referral. See our Global Payments Table for details of payable hours by country.

Accuracy of Information: All information submitted during signup must be accurate; members who deal with AGLOCO™ in a fraudulent fashion will forfeit their memberships, their account balance, and their referrals. You will have to accept these terms before signing up and being able to download the Viewbare. See our Membership Agreement for more information.

5. Do I need to buy anything?

No, AGLOCO™ Membership is absolutely free. You will never have to buy or sell anything. Simply sign up, download your free copy of the Viewbar™ software, refer your friends and family, and get your share of the Internet!

6. Why is AGLOCO™ giving 100% of its stock to its Members?

We believe the internet should be a platform for users to benefit from, and if anyone generates money from users’ normal online activities, it should be the users themselves.

7. How will you (the Development Team) make money if all the AGLOCO™ shares are given to Members?

AGLOCO™ pays a 10% fee to its management company, much like Tom Cruise has an agent that he pays 10%. In order to make and keep AGLOCO™ a vibrant community it needs to attract the best management it can. Since no stock is given to managers or founders (only Members are issued stock). This fee serves as an incentive to attract the best talent to help run AGLOCO™.

8. What is AGLOCO™ ’s Privacy Policy?

AGLOCO™ is totally committed to your privacy. We do not sell, rent or give away your personally identifiable personal information to any marketer or advertiser. We have a detailed Privacy Policy which explains in plain language how we protect your privacy.

9. What will my shares be worth?

As a profit-seeking venture, the value of the shares will be directly related to the value of the company. Since AGLOCO™ ’s profitability is dependent upon its Members’ internet usage, the greater the number of AGLOCO™ Members the more the shares will be worth. We are currently in the process of listing the company on the London Stock Exchange (AIM). As with any public company, the market will decide what is the fair value of the share.

10. How do I change my personal information?

Go to your profile section to change your information. Don't forget to click on "Save" to upload your profile

HOW MUCH MONEY CAN I EARN??? IS IT A PYRAMID TYPE OF SYSTEM??

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Here are some points that I want to cover in reply to some emails I had received so far.

How much will I earn? Is it in Dollar or what?

Suppose you are able to recruit 12 people (direct referals) and each of those people can recruite 5 people (extended referals) and all of them spend 5 hours on the net in a certain month. Therefore, according to the calculator, you will earn 11,720. At first, I thought it is $11,720. Wow..this is great. However, after some clarification, it is NOT in fact in DOLLAR. It is 11,720 shares and that's not tied up yet to any value. 1 share could worth 1 cent, or 30 cents, or 90 cents.

Online Advertising is a staggering USD$15.9 Billion and Agloco will earn part of it from the advertisers. Therefore, it is very promising.

Is it a Pyramid system?

NO. It is not a pyramid system. In a Pyramid system, you are required to pay a certain amount of money. Becoming an Agloco member is completly FREE. The money and shares that the members will earn comes from the top (Agloco) down to the bottom (members). In Pyramid system, the Boss at the top will earn the most! But not Agloco.

Is there a catch?

No, there is no catch. You will not be required to pay anything later.Have you ever joined Online Dating? Free to sign up but you MUST pay to upgrade your membership so that you can actively contact other members or use their facilities. Agloco is NOT the same as Online Dating method of attracting people.

What to do after I sign up?

Signing up is easy and it only takes a few minutes. The hard part is recruiting people as your direct and extended referals. The more people you recruite, the more you will earn.So, if you are convinced, you can sign up by clicking the link below, and start getting busy :)

About Agloco Shares

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This is part of FAQ from AGLOCO official website relating to SHARE:

Why is AGLOCO giving 100% of its stock to its Members?
We believe the internet should be a platform for users to benefit from, and if anyone generates money from users' normal online activities, it should be the users themselves.

How will you (the Development Team) make money if all the AGLOCO shares are given to Members?
AGLOCO pays a 10% fee to its management company, much like Tom Cruise has an agent that he pays 10%. In order to make and keep AGLOCO a vibrant community it needs to attract the best management it can. Since no stock is given to managers or founders (only Members are issued stock). This fee serves as an incentive to attract the best talent to help run AGLOCO.

What will my shares be worth?
As a profit-seeking venture, the value of the shares will be directly related to the value of the company. Since AGLOCO's profitability is dependent upon its Members' internet usage, the greater the number of AGLOCO Members the more the shares will be worth. We are currently in the process of listing the company on the London Stock Exchange (AIM). As with any public company, the market will decide what is the fair value of the share.

When can I sell my shares?
Once AGLOCO is public, Members will be free to sell their shares through the stock exchange. (see Cash and Shares).

Ray on Spyware

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There has been some mention on the internet about how AGLOCO's upcoming Viewbar is spyware. Our chief internet privacy officer recently discussed at length about these comments, a couple of which we want to reiterate here:

Spyware entails the following characteristics:

1) It’s installed without your permission;

2) It surreptitiously tracks you;

3) It is difficult if not impossible to turn off or remove; and,

4) It sends your information to an unknown and untrustworthy entity where you have no control over what happens to it.

Simply put, AGLOCO's Viewbar does none of the above. Why?

1) You have to actively install the Viewbar;

2) You have to turn it on in order for it to track your surfing habits and earn your hours;

3) You can easily turn it off and uninstall it at will; and,

4) your info is backed up by perhaps the best Privacy Policy out on the net, which gives you explicit information about what happens with your data and how you can delete it from our system if you desire.

There are a lot of questions about when the Viewbar will be released. The Viewbar is currently in closed beta testing, we want to make absolutely sure that it is fully functioning before we release it to all our Members. However, it will be released to people in the order they have signed up, so the earlier your referrals sign up the earlier you will start earning when the Viewbar is released. So best to have your friends sign up early :)

Article from AGLOCO Official
Visit the site for current posting http://aglocoblog.blogspot.com

Why Do You Need Referrals? To Maximize Your Earning.

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Some people still do not understand why they should build their network by inviting people to join Agloco. These are some of the questions from them:

1. Why should I invite people?
2. I just want to see first if Agloco really pays.
3. Agloco may be a scam. Why does it ask me to recruite people?

Well... the answer is simple: The more referrals you have in your network, the more you will earn. If you don't have any referral, chances are that you will only earn a few dollars every month, and you will eventually leave Agloco. Not only that,.. you will tell people that Agloco sucks! It doesn't work for me.

Let's have a look at this very simple example:Remember, you earn 25% of what your referrals earn down to 5 levels.

Example 1:
YOU recruites Ali. Ali recruites Mary. Mary recruites John. John recruites Erick. Erick recruites Luke.YOU > Ali > Mary > John > Erick > Luke.

You have 1 Direct Referrals (Ali)
You have 4 Extended Referrals (Mary, John, Erick and Luke)

If everyone earns 5 points a month by turning on their Viewbar 5 hours in a month, then your total earning will be You (5 points) + Ali (1.25) + Mary (1.25) + John (1.25) + Erick (1.25) + Luke (1.25) = Your TOTAL Earning of 11.25

Direct referral: 1
Extended Referral: 1
Hit 'Culculate' button.
The result will be 11.25

Now you can see that if you do not have referral, you will only earn 5 shares, but when you have 1 direct referral and your direct referal recruites 1 person down to 4 levels, you will earn 11.25 points/shares.

Example 2:
You recruit Ali and Mustafa.
It means you have 2 Direct referrals now.

Direct Referrals: 2
Extended Referrals: 1
This means that each of your Direct referrals recruites 1 person down to 4 levels.
Your earning will be 17.5

If each of your Direct Referrals can recruite 2 people down to 4 levels, your earning will be 82.5
If each of your Direct Referrals can recruite 3 people down to 4 levels, your earning will be 307.5
If each of your Direct Referrals can recruite 4 people down to 4 levels, your earning will be 857.5
If each of your Direct Referrals can recruite 5 people down to 4 levels, your earning will be 1,957.5

Example 3:
Now you have 5 Direct Referrals and each of them can recruite 5 people down to 4 levels.

Direct Referrals: 5
Extended referrals: 5
Each of you spend 5 hours (the Viewbar is turned on for 5 hours) a month.
Your earning will be 4,886.25 shares. Not bad, eh??

I encourage you to invite people to join Agloco for the above reasons. The other reason is that if this network explodes (target 10 Million members by July 2007), then the company has more value and again, it is the member who will enjoy the benefit.

Don't wait untill the Viewbar is released. The best time is always 'NOW'. Invite the people now. Recruite the people now. Build your Agloco empire now.

Why Should I join Agloco?

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The guys behind AGLOCO include several Stanford MBA’s and a few individuals who started AllAdvantage back in 1998, which gave over $100 million to its users before falling victim to the burst of the internet bubble. Today, the context is much more favorable: The sophistication of on-line commerce, the rapid emergence of communities, the wealth of advertising revenue sources, etc. Isn’t it time you got your share of the Internet?

Companies like Google are making billions of dollars in revenue generated by ads. By the simple virtue of getting people to search using their search engines, Google has been able to generate so much revenue that its stock price topped the $500 mark a few days back. And it is us, yes we as in you and I, that are helping Google make that revenue. Google has nothing to offer to its adevertising payors if you and I decided to move to Yahoo or to somebody else not using Google engines (AOL does not count since it uses Google. But check this out: Google pays AOL ~10 cents for each search conducted by AOL users).

So why should Google keep all of that money (and build giant airplanes for its founders) when it is you and I who help it make that money, and we get paid nothing, zilch, nada! Should Google not be paying us to use their search engine –> which in turns allows them to show us ads –> which we then click on to buy googies and services –>which in turn generates revenue for the advertisers –>who then pay Google . Only people left out of reaping the profits is us, who appear more than once in the supply chain.

Agloco.com has a crazy business/revenue model, which I could also easily call highly innovative and still crazy if it works. Remember these are the same guys as AllAdvantage scheme. As Agloco is new, it is now securing members all over the world. It's alive and kicking. Everyday people talk about Agloco, in the forums, schools, offices etc. People know that it's going to be big. And when the time comes for Agloco to go public, it also means the time comes for its members to be millionaires.

Join now and get as many referrals as possible because your referrals help you to accumulate your shares which, when the time comes, you can sell your shares. Refer to my other post of how to count your shares with a certain amount referrals. If you are a member already, you can get excess to member area and there is a calculator there that you can use.

Future of Agloco and How It Will Affect Us

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This is a very useful information about AGLOCO and why we should sign up as early as possible. In this article, John gives us 3 possible scenerios about the future AGLOCO and how it will affect us. Please bear in mind that AGLOCO is NOT a get rich in 10 days program. Its success depends on you and me too.

1000 AGLOCO Sign ups
November 30th, 2006 by John Chow

Today I passed the 1000 member mark in my AGLOCO network. As I write this post, I am sitting at 1,006 members. When I gave my last update three days ago, I was at 588 members, so growth has been good. I’ve also had a chance to talk to AGLOCO’s founder, Akshay Mavani, about some questions and concerns that members and potential members have. Here are some answers.

No Spyware In The Viewbar

Mavani has assured me that the AGLOCO Viewbar has absolutely no spyware. The Viewbar tracks your Internet surfing and serves advertising based on the web page you’re visiting. Everything the Viewbar tracks will be spelled out in the privacy statement. This is really nothing new. Many other toolbars, like Google’s, already track surfing habits. In addition, the Viewbar will offer privacy and phishing protection and an uninstaller should you wish to remove it for any reasons.

1 Hour Of Surf Time = 1 AGLOCO Share

In the beginning of this program, AGLOCO will be rewarding members with shares of the company. 1 hour of surfing time equals 1 share. Members will be able to accumulate 5 shares per month based on the current limits. Members will get 0.25 shares per hour for people in their network. As an example, if all 1006 members in my network surf the maximum 5 hours, I would receive 1,257.5 shares, plus 5 shares from my own surfing, for 1,262.5 shares per month.

How much will those shares be worth? Maybe zero, maybe millions. It really depends on how fast the network grows and how well management handles this growth.

As AGLOCO starts to earn income from the Viewbar, members will be able to trade their hours for cash as well as shares. The amount per hour will be adjusted periodically to reflect income earned and company net worth. After a successful IPO, surf hours will mostly trade for cash, but shares will still be available. However, don’t expect to get 1 share per hour at that time.

Three Possible Scenarios

I see three possible scenarios with AGLOCO. The first is company management completely fails to handle the growth and the company fails. Or, Mavani lied to me and the Viewbar does have spyware. The resulting bad PR would no doubt kill the company. Should AGLOCO fail, we as members don’t lose much. Unless you’re one of the few who are spending money on advertising to sign up new members, you won’t lose any money should the company fail. Moreover, if you already surf more than five hours a month, you won’t lose any time either.

The second scenario is AGLOCO glows like crazy and the IPO is successful. In this case, the shares we’ve build up in our account maybe worth a fortune.

The third scenario is AGLOCO glows like crazy and attracts the attention of the big boys (Google, Yahoo, AOL, etc). Instead of doing an IPO, the company will be like YouTube, and get bought out. However, unlike the YouTube deal, the AGLOCO members will make big money on it. YouTube got huge because of their user base, yet the users got nothing of the $1.65 billion that Google paid.

Which of the three scenarios will come to past? We’ll just have to wait and see. This is one of the cool thing about being part of a startup - you never know what might happen. They may fall flat on their face, or they may be the next YouTube. Either way, I plan to be part of it.

Visit John Chow at http://www.johnchow.com/

Easy Sign Up to Agloco

2007-01-03T18:29:00.000+10:30

Do you like advertising? I don't think anybody likes advertising. What about if some one tells you, hey watch this advertisement and I will pay you, would you do that? Would you be interested if you could get paid to look at advertising a few hours every month? That's exactly what Agloco is promising with it's new Viewbar.

This sounds like an easy process. Yes it is an easy process. Simply register for an account at Agloco ( I did that under 3 minutes), download their Viewbar and get paid for having their ads running for 5 hours a month.

Tell your friends about Agloco and get paid for the time they spend looking at the ads. The more people signing up under you, the more you will get additional income.

You're not required to click on the ads, you don't really have to stare at the Viewbar (as if anyone would know whether you did). In addition to serving the ads that get you paid, theViewbar includes a handful of useful features like a search bar and anti-phishing protection. The Viewbar will be available soon.

Therefore, to maximize your earning, sign up as soon as possible, recruite people as many as possible and teach them how to effectively recruite more people. Please bear in mind that you do not have to pay for anything and you do not have to buy anything. This is NOT MLM as some people suspect. We have nothing to lose if it turns out later that Agloco fails to deliver its promise, unless you spend some money in advertising to recruit people.

How To Get More Referrals

2007-01-03T18:28:00.002+10:30

I have been lucky enough to be approached by some of Agloco members that signed up on my blog. One said it was hard to get Referrals. Others said their Extended Referrals did not work hard enough. One got 18 Direct Referrals, but her Extended Referrals were only 4 people.

So, what is really the problem?

Below are some comments from people. Read this:

You cannot be sure that Agloco will pay us! Agloco is not yet started!

I don't know about his Agloco thing. I signed up last week, never got a confirmation email, now this morning i get an email saying i didnt login since my signup and they gave me my password, and said i should login. So i did...well at least i tried...the password they gave me didn't work! So now i wrote to them, still waiting for an answer.

I was registered on Agloco but i'm sure it's a scam. They want to spy what we do

I have recently joined with the wait and see approach. It has had some good reviews and it is still in beta. I have the link in my profile. If there is a chance to add alittle more to my income, I am willing to test the waters.

Getting referrals is the hardest job i think.............

No I dont want to make referrals

Don't work hard for AGLOCO.. it IS A scam..They are not doing anything, just adding members to their site, that's all..

Usually, i dont find referrals until i get money myself

Below is the posting from Agloco Network Builder which I think is very valuable to all of us.

There are a lot of ways that you can market Agloco. I remember the days when I just signed up for Friendster, MySpace, You tube and any other social networking and then turn around and invite my friends. Well, you can do the same, but this this time you can make money doing it.

1.) e-mail your friends directly stating about the program or you can just add an Agloco link to your signature. Again, be very careful in e-mailing people that you don't know as Agloco has a very strict spam policy. Your account can be terminated easily if you do not adhere to this policy. This blog has the sample e-mails that you can use http://www.agloco-emails.com/

2.) You can go to various business opportunities forums or any forum (like Myspace, careers, etc) that would allow you to post this opportunity. Some forums does not allow you to post any affiliate marketing so keep this in mind as those are grounds for kicking you out in the forum.

3.) You can send greeting cards with an Agloco Link on your signature.

4.) You can send a text message to your friends. But keep in mind that text messaging might be ignored especially for those who do not have internet access from their mobile phones.

5.) You can instant message (IM) your friends and mention how excited you are with this opportunity.

6.) You can do the plain and simple chit chat talk. It's Christmas holidays and you will be in a lot of gatherings. You can just mention that you are in this opportunity. Do you ever remember how one of your friends who are in a Multi-level Marketing company approach you? Well, this time you are not trying to sell something that would cost them money as oppose to them who are trying to sell something that would cost you one. Well, it would cost them their time and some people would argue that time is money. But if they are already surfing the net, then waste of time will not be an issue anymore!!

Well if you need more ideas you can find some here Agloco Ideas

Other people have done a video just like Agloco Video

A tracking statistics like Aglocotest.com

Agloco in Chinese language

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AllAdvantage Is Back - It Is Now AGLOCO™!

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What is Agloco & How to join Agloco

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What is Agloco Viewbar

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Agloco

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Agloco - Get Paid To Surf

2007-01-03T08:26:00.001+10:30

For those who were online in 1999, you may remember AllAdvantage a Get paid to surf program. Basically, by displaying the AllAdvantage toolbar while you surfed, you got paid. And when you referred people to the program and they surfed, you got paid. It worked VERY well, except that the management team at the company could not handle the economic recession period from those times.

Don't get me wrong. I earned big time with this program. And it was incredibly viral.

A little bite of a background will make u understand what I say.

AllAdvantage was launched on March 31, 1999, by its four founders Jim Jorgensen, Johannes Pohle, Carl Anderson, and Oliver Brock. During its nearly 2 years of operation, it raised nearly $200 Million in venture capital and grew to more than 10 million members in its first 18 months of operation.

By the time it closed its doors, the company had paid out over $120 million to its members.

Since then, I've been waiting for a similar opportunity to arrive. It just has!

Here's the deal.

Agloco promises to pay you to do what you normally do.

Simple... use your browser to surf the web.And, if you tell your friend, you both will earn money.

And totally free to join.

What happens when you sign up for Agloco is simple: you install a piece of software on your computer that displays a small Viewbar below your current web browser window.

Your money extends 5 levels deep - you, signing up friends who sign up their friends who sign up their friends who sign up their friends who sign up their friends, and you make money at every level.

There's a lot more to what you can do with your Agloco membership - you can get shares in the company, you can give your earned money to your favorite charity and more.

The toolbar is currently in beta, so you want to get as many people as possible signed up for the release NOW!