Playing with an Idea

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spoonitnow

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Okay so I'm playing with an idea and can't figure out where to go with it.

On 7search I can get a few hundred clicks/day for a certain browser-based online game for $0.01 and $0.02 each. What if I "wrote" a short "ebook" about strategy/maps/various-other-game-crap and made an installer program for it that would extract the PDF to their desktop. As part of the "installation" process, I could do other things as well, like bring up a browser window trying to pull them in to download the Google Pack, or change their homepage to a Google-looking page that uses my AdSense for Search stuff. So I have a couple questions:

1. What is the general consensus as far as changing peoples homepages, as long as it's non-spyware/non-adware? This acceptable/unacceptable/otherwise?

2. I've heard and read bad things about pay-per-install programs, like those bastards that pay for getting people to install IE toolbars and the like. I would research any particular program I got into beforehand so that I'm not distributing software that hijacks affiliate codes or something, but yeah. Is being one of those bastards acceptable/unacceptable/otherwise?

I apologize ahead of time if these are noobish questions, but I see tons of niches like this that apparently aren't being monetized very well and I'm seeing if I can figure out something to do with the traffic.
 


If you caught one of my kids, and they screwed up my desktop, I'd be looking for your butt. Honestly, can't you figure out any other way to make money?
 
I don't think that changing people's homepage is necessarily wrong since they can easily change it back (most people won't, guaranteed!).
 
until you post your god damn pics i ignore anything you say... starting... now
 
It's strange how we excuse things when we're the ones doing them.

I know I used to get INFURIATED at the likes of gator, etc, changing my browser homepage. And now, when I look at it, I think "Hey, I get paid 50 cents every time someone installs it!"
 
engaged said:
until you post your god damn pics i ignore anything you say... starting... now
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dear mister spoon i. now,

you better start posting under an alias unless those pictures show up in 24 hours or you'll be stalked like an intern caught browsing wickedfire at work!

sincerely yours,
ig anand
 
IgAnand said:
dear mister spoon i. now,

you better start posting under an alias unless those pictures show up in 24 hours or you'll be stalked like an intern caught browsing wickedfire at work!

sincerely yours,
ig anand
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Yeah yeah, I'll be posting some pics in a bit. Have to get a new hard drive enclosure for this gay ass laptop hard drive I use for an external.

bitsdawg said:
If you caught one of my kids, and they screwed up my desktop, I'd be looking for your butt. Honestly, can't you figure out any other way to make money?
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Well if you don't like me asking a question then politely eat my fucking ass with jelly or syrup. I prefer syrup. :)

I would personally like to keep everything adware/spyware free, just looking for other ideas. The homepage thing I could probably take to another level, making a homepage specifically designed around the niche they downloaded from. Could use RSS feeds to bring in relevant news, have the search box, maybe mix in some affiliate offers, who knows?
 
yup your tactic has been done but there is money available for it. Eli does a great job explaining these tactics
 
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