The Ranting Office

Freedom Of Speech Rights - Traffic Era Does NOT Support Them!

2008-04-01T11:13:00.002-04:00

You have to love the creation of Logiscape Technologies. As I log in and settle down to open my much hated, paid for Traffic Era account, it was brought to my attention that Traffic Era is now monitoring all team chat and e-mails that are being sent between members. This idea in itself, is not so bad, as you can stop all kinds of harrassment that ARE against the law.

However, members ARE now scared to death to talk about anything that might just get them suspended. Rumors run rampant that people are being suspended just for using the word "share". What the HELL happened to free speech? Did I move to Russia when I joined Traffic Era? Listen, we are all big boys and big girls here. If someone wants to tell me about a great program that they joined, I WANT to hear about it. If Traffic Era doesn't like it, well, traffic era can kiss my growing larger every day butt.

They are not the only game in town. And it's time they realized it. There are 1000's of new traffic exchanges popping up daily, with webmasters who actually do answer support questions the first time, take care of viruses, framebreakers and freezing sites. They definitely aren't the cheapest game in town, and for the money they charge, they definitely aren't the best performing game in town.

It is TIME that everyone who operates an internet business realizes that Customer Service is your number one priority. If you want to know what to make better, ask your MEMBERS. They are the experts on your business. You will always be the apprentice. And if you don't want to take that advice to heart, well I only have one more thing to say.

There is only one shoulda and one gotta in life. Everything has a consequence, and you shoulda remembered that you gotta be able to deal with the consequences.

Quoted From Wikipedia:

"Freedom of speech is the concept of being able to speak freely without censorship. The right to freedom of speech is guaranteed under international law through numerous human-rights instruments, notably under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, although implementation remains lacking in many countries. The synonymous term freedom of expression is sometimes preferred, since the right is not confined to verbal speech but is understood to protect any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used.
In practice, the right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country, although the degree of freedom varies greatly. Industrialized countries also have varying approaches to balance freedom with order. For instance, the United States First Amendment theoretically grants absolute freedom, placing the burden upon the state to demonstrate when (if) a limitation of this freedom is necessary."

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

Beware The Scandalous Scammers! New For 3/25/08

2008-03-25T11:15:00.002-04:00

As usual, there is always someone out there trying to scam you, send you a virus or just generally become one of the biggest pains in your rear end since you were born. This one is hot off the presses and came to my email. Try to ensure that you are following certain rules when opening your email, such as never downloading something from someone you don't know, or going to a website address that you have never seen before or been to. This will help to protect you and your computer.

Our newest Scandalous Scammers Award goes to mailer-daemon@groups.msn.com. It appears that they cannot unsubscribe me from some list that I would never have joined and didn't request to be unsubscribed from. I would love to know what this 2k attachment is, but curiousity does not win over my ability to keep working on my computer, and so it will be deleted permanently after writing this.

We're sorry, we were unable to remove your e-mail address from the distribution list coolgalsandboys@groups.msn.com.

To learn more about MSN Groups or for further assistance, please see our Help area.
http://help.msn.com/en_us/helpwindow.asp?INI=wcv8.ini&H_APP=MSN+Web+Groups

Thanks,

MSN Groups

If you see a message such as this, and you know you weren't a member of this or any group and didn't subscribe or unsubscribe. DELETE it and forget it. Do NOT open the attachments, as it is a good chance that if you do, you'll be left rebuilding your computer for the next week!

One message for the scammer...

Nice try, but we aren't buying! Get a life...it's not nice for little children to mess with The Ranting Queen!

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

Positive Rant - MyBannerMaker.com

2008-03-17T18:50:00.002-04:00

It is a rare event that The Ranting Queen has something positive to say in this world of ours. Too many have forgotten the fact that not everyone was built with a computer chip in their head filled with how-tos. My Banner Maker has taken the guess work out of building an eyecatching, unique banner with instructions that a 5 year old could follow.

Although it seems to be a fairly new program with limited options at the moment, it also appears that the team who developed this site has set their goals a bit higher than most. Nothing to download, easy to use templates, a few clicks of a button and tada! You have a banner that will catch the eye of the very people you are trying to get to work with you, sign up under you or buy your program or products.

This one is cost effective as well. Try before you buy with the ability to make a completely FREE banner, and if you like the program, well it's just $25 a year to make an unlimited number of banners in any size you would like to have them in. Coupled with interesting fonts and effects, this program will definitely become a favorite of internet newbies and experienced players alike.

And the best part about this whole "rant" turned into "compliments"? No affiliate program, no reason for me to recommend it to you, other than the fact that it answered my short term needs with an easy to use, nothing to download program. Go figure...I must be losing my edge!

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

Software Programs - Make You Feel Like A Blazing Idiot?

2008-03-15T00:21:00.002-04:00

Guys, please tell me why NO ONE can create a nice, easy software program to utilize. Is it so hard to keep in mind that not everyone was born with a computer chip inside of their brain? There are many people out there that would love a script, a program, a banner creator and more that is easy to use, can be followed step by step and come out with great looking professional results.

It can't be that hard to make. And do you even think about the benefits to you? How many support requests do you receive in a day, that could be solved easily by a step-by-step program that leaves no stone unturned? I realize that this might take an hour or so out of your busy day to do, but once again, should I remind you of the multiple hours you have spent explaining things to your customers after you sell them that program?

Do us a favor, get customer friendly! Test your programs, or pay/offer free memberships/free software for people to test them that aren't computer geeks and will find the things that need to be explained for those of us who are ...dare I say it... somewhat challenged in the area of this stuff.

Otherwise, we might just have to start begging God or the powers that be to install computer chips into our kids heads before they are born!

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

Update From Share Ad Space

2008-03-13T22:33:00.004-04:00

I received this email today, and for once, all I can say is The Ranting Queen agrees! Pick yourselves up off of the floor now and read this announcment from Share Ad Space. Cheers to Share Ad Space!

Best Wishes,
The Ranting Queen

"Hello members,

As many of you know, the current state of the industry is pretty rough. Sites going broke, disappearing with your earnings, falling grossly behind on payouts, 3rd party affiliate companies terminating program owner accounts across the board, Paypal going on its monthly tirade of deeming one site unfit while another skates on by.

Add to this, the constant downward spiral of earnings a typical member can make while surfing their favorite sites. Want more fuel for the fire? How about the constant bombardment of pages FILLED with nasty viruses, trojans, heavy flash banners that lock up your computer ... oh ... and lets not forget ... PORN!!!! (whether its full nudity or scantilly clad women that leave little to the imagination, makes no difference).

And, last but not least, all of those *lovely* PTP/affiliate pages that have so many banners, popups, layer ads, etc that they can't possibly all fit on one screen (and typically, stack on top of each other 2, 3 or more layers deep).

Does any of this sound familiar?

How many of you are growing tired of this?

How many don't care as long as they make as much as they possibly can?

Want to make a difference?

If you say YES, please read on:

ShareAdSpace.com and MillionHitsLotto.net along with a growing legion of other webmasters, are beginning a grassroots effort to try and clean up the industry of the current state that its in.

For starters, SAS and MHL will soon display ONLY approved PTP and Affiliate pages that meet some strict requirements. If all goes as plan we hope to have this new system in place by April 1st (no, this is NOT an April's Fool Joke!)

More details will be forthcoming as we iron out all of the details.

There will be a DETAILED list of requirements for public viewing so that members AND program owners can view to see if their program(s) are up to standards.

There will also be a list of APPROVED SITES that, through a team effort of thorough research, have deemed these pages have met these new standards.

While many of you will not like these changes, many of you will most likely embrace it. Once this occurs, you will be able to surf knowing that we have taken every precaution to ensure your smooth and most importantly SAFE surfing/clicking experience.

Will these changes happen overnight? No...I will give advance notice to all members to either switch their campaigns, run a few more credits through their current campaigns and most importantly, give them a heads up on the SAFE sites among us so you can possibly join them. Lets give those safe sites the credit they deserve and support them.

Some of you may ask, "But won't this hurt our current earning potential?" Honestly, in the short term, I would have to say yes, quite possibly, BUT ... lets be frank here, earnings are already in the gutter, it can't really get much worse. Well, it CAN if we let it continue on its normal path.

So, what I propose is that we all take a stand, say NO MORE to the bombardment of pages that literally destroy your computer, lock it up or even embarrass you when you have guest in your home and they think you are surfing internet porn!

Once the dust settles and the bad pages are cleared out of the system, many members have already said they will come back and surf again. It appears that there is a group of members that have no problem promoting the garbage pages but don't like to surf them personally. Sort of not fair to the members that DO surf and have to endure this onslaught of nasty pages. I
feel that SAS and MHL will take a short term hit, both financially and with overall traffic but after a few months, will rise up again and even become more active than before. True affiliate advertisers (you know, the members who advertise Ebay pages, ClickBank pages, etc) will come back, pay even more for their page hits (since they won't have to compete with the thousand+ nasty pages) and our surfers will may have a more keen interest in what they have to offer.

In other words, bring our sites back to what they were originally intended or: briging advertisers and viewers together in an enjoyable atmosphere.

We have GOT to start somewhere before its too late.

Thanks everyone for listening. Feel free to post your thoughts on this
subject in our forum.

Rod Baker, admin
http://shareadspace.com/ and http://millionhitslotto.net/

*Posted with permission from Rod Baker, Administrator, Share Ad Space

PSA - Pennsylvania Commonwealth Employees Take Note

2008-03-10T12:01:00.002-04:00

I started to add PSA(Public Service Announcement) as a way to warn people of the silly things that happen on the internet and through e-mail. I received this copy of an e-mail from a trusted source that was sent out today to all Pennsylvania Commonwealth Employees. It is valid and you should take note. If it is happening in Pennsylvania, it will begin happening all over the world in a short period of time, and is worthy of your attention and perserverance in letting these fools know that we will not be cowed by them.

Recently, the Commonwealth has been the target of spam emails that appear to be part of an “extortion” scheme. The Commonwealth’s Information Security Division is aware of the spam email attack. The spam email purports to be from a “hitman.” The email provides accurate information about the victim including complete name. The email demands that the victim sends a certain sum of money or reply to the sender by a certain time. Commonwealth employees have reported receiving such emails in their email accounts.

There is no evidence that the threats are authentic, however, all appropriate authorities have been contacted regarding these e-mail attacks and are being investigated.

RECOMMENDATIONS

• These emails are an attempt to extort money. Do not follow the instructions.
• Report receipt of email to your agency Information Security Officer or equivalent, or local law enforcement.
• Be cautious - protect personal identity when responding to requests delivered through unsolicited email.
• Guard your personal information as well as your account information carefully.

As a final warning from The Ranting Queen, remember to always guard your personal lives with the same protective nature you will find from a mother bear protecting her cubs. Not everyone is an innocent person that you will meet in real life or in the internet world.

Do not give your personal information out to strangers. Be careful who you trust. In the end, the only people you can ever really trust is yourself and your family members.

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

Does Anyone Know The Meaning Of Customer Service Anymore?

2008-03-09T16:27:00.003-04:00

Isn't relax a bad word in this industry? I know it's listed in my dictionary of words to never use in Internet Marketing! However, my cable company didn't agree, and so it took them almost 24 hours of me ranting over the phone at the answering service that doesn't take messages to get it fixed or I was coming to visit!

Once they finally got off their coffee and donut break, it took 10 minutes to fix the issue. But alas, my 24 hours of forced relaxation took its toll and now I'm stressed more than I usually am! Who should pay for this debacle of customer service? You tell me. I have my own opinions and I think that they should pay a heavy price for lost time of advertising, work and income...not to mention the mental stress of not being able to rant to you for ....gasp....24 hours!

It goes to prove that customer service is non-existent. People do not care about you, the one who pays their bills on a daily basis by giving the company they work for your business. They forget who, figuratively speaking of course, signs their paychecks. YOU sign them. If it wasn't for you, they wouldn't work and wouldn't have an income. Do you see where I am going with this? It is past TIME that we all took a stand as consumers. Insist on good customer service, whether it be from a business that has a physical presence or an online business who's only presence is a web page. If they aren't giving you what you need, it's time to find someone else to provide for you.

Maybe I should write them a thank you note instead....24 hours of time spent with my family has no price and should be cherished. Five kids who think their mother doesn't remember their names isn't a good thing either...is it? Once again, this is a matter of opinion I guess. We all know the story about opinions...don't we?

Opinions are like....everyone has one and they all stink! You can fill in the blanks.

I am forced to remind you all of one more old adage. The CUSTOMER is ALWAYS right. And if you don't follow it, soon you won't have any customers!

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

E-Cards Making You Crazy?! - Scandalous Scammers Award!

2008-03-08T00:02:00.003-05:00

It seems that since I have started working online, my email fills up with useless stuff so fast it makes my head spin like the chick on the Exorcist movie. Much of this garbage is filled with viruses, downloads, executable files and attachments that only mean to harm your computer or you.

I sit and I wonder how many internet beginners make the mistake of opening that attachment or downloading that file. And occasionally, I send the spammer an invitation to visit the most expensive program I can find and guarantee it will make them money!

I must congratulate the one that made me right this rant tonight. He/she/it has received my very special Scandalous Scammers Award! I will post a copy of his award as soon as I have it finished, but in the mean time, here is the deadbeat's information. As much as I hate spam, feel free to do with it what you will!

E-Mail Address: avel_kruglyakov@semanticspace.com
Topic: Your ecard horoscope is waiting! {Someone forgot to tell this yahoo that I can look up my horoscope and many versions of it just be a simple search on Google!}
Message: Come get the original Funny Card {insert web address here}

If you are a total beginner, take warning. Do not ever open files from people that you do not know. It will get you every time, and if you don't have a family computer guy, well Mr. Fix-It's bills will kill your budget!

As for the Scandalous Scammers out there...take note. I will call you out every time, right here. And I do publicize this blog everywhere known to man. So, have a it...it's your email address getting posted all over the web!

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

Life Is Full Of Rules - Like It Or LUMP It

2008-03-07T15:00:00.005-05:00

This little rant is pointed exactly where it needs to be pointed, and the targets of it know exactly who they are. Saying it is little is probably a HUGE exageration, because this one speaks straight to the heart of LIFE.

Life has rules. Games have rules. Internet Marketing has rules. Teams have rules. Deal with it. You can't get away from it, it's always there and while you can choose to attempt to break the rules, you usually won't get far. Rules were made to keep things in a constant state of organization and a constant state of fair play. If you don't like it, get out of the game.

A team is created for one reason. For every single person on that team to help each other out. If one person isn't helping, then that person shouldn't be there. Football teams DO NOT keep a player who can't hold up his end of the bargain. So why should we? If you can't follow a simple rule and keep to your end of the bargain, why do you join a team?

Stefan Berg, Robert Puddy, Soren Jordenson...names that you recognize? If you have surfed more than a week on any site, you have seen all of these names and more. Do you think they made it to the top without putting up with and following a few simple rules? If you do, then you are an idiot who will never make money online and you should quit now and go back to your 9-5.

And to those of you who think that I have nothing more to do with my time then sit here and carry you on my back because you are too busy promoting too many other links, think again. Being a full time stay at home Mom with kids who home school isn't a picnic. And yet I find the time to carry you because I want my team to succeed on a program that I think should have been thrown in the garbage can before it was released. But I sit here on that same program to be with the people who have helped me, carried me when I needed to be carried and supported me.

Now, if you need a week or even two to be carried, I'll be there to help. But if you intend to sit back on your fat rear end and watch the credits add up to promote your other programs while I do the work...you need to rethink. Because I WILL not do your work for you.

Play the game. Play to win. And for god's sake, stop whining about the rules.

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

Someone Please Explain To Me The Point Of A Team?

2008-03-06T20:53:00.003-05:00

The last time I checked Websters Dictionary, there was no "I" in team. Therefore, it would be a logical guess that everyone who is on a team should be working as a team. Now, if every one of those people on the team are not working together, it seems to reason that they shouldn't be there, wouldn't you say?

And yet, day in and day out, we are carrying those members on our backs, while 5 or 6 people do the work of 25 or 100, depending on the "team" we are talking about. Why? Do you enjoy killing yourself for those deadbeats who think you somehow owe them a bunch of credits at the end of a week?

Obnoxious maybe, liar never, I call it like I see it. No, my name isn't Soren or Robert or Stefan. You won't recognize my name if you see it on a web page. But I play to win every day, and I will win every day. You can do it with me or you can get out of my way. The choice is yours. But I will not carry your weight on my back while I do it. If you aren't there to work for the team, than you shouldn't be there.

The message is as plain as that bit of potato on your face...isn't it?

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

Open DNS? What Do We Pay You For?

2008-03-05T19:03:00.005-05:00

I am not sure how many sites my readers have attempted to access the last two days that were down due to server issues. I know that I have hit atleast 10 sites, including one of my own, that have been down do to server issues with our hosting providers.

I'm not talking small sites either...Affiliate Funnel appears to have been having issues all day. Now we all know who owns and runs this site, and I bet they are having minor coronaries at the moment. Service is king to them, and their site hasn't been appearing on the 50 or so exchanges I surf daily at all today.

So I ask you....

WHAT are we PAYING you for? I live with a Network Manager for crying out loud, and he would literally die if his servers went down. He has a back up server for his back up server. Don't you? Or do you take that $10 - to God only knows how much a month and spend it at the mall?

One of my favorite sites, TEClicks has been down for almost TWO DAYS! That is one wonderful webmistress that should take a ride to her web host and beat him with a wet towel.

What in the blazes of all that isn't holy are you people doing? Sitting on your rear and twiddling your thumbs isn't an excuse either, so come up with a better one. Don't blame someone else...FIX it. And if you can't, well atleast have the guts to admit that your service isn't up to par and maybe we should find other hosts to handle our sites.

The excuse of we are working on it isn't acceptable. We are paying you our hard earned money to provide a service....PROVIDE it.

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

PSA - 10 Dollars Wonder & e2ePay Are Merging

2008-03-05T14:45:00.003-05:00

Comedic relief is being set aside for this PSA (Public Service Announcement). 10 Dollars Wonder & e2Epay are merging. According to their Administration, this means that we will benefit as customers and affiliates.

It remains to be seen if it will be good for us or not, but for those of you who like to take chances, this might be a great time to buy a few extra positions on 10 Dollars Wonder or sign up and claim your free trial position. My assumption is that we will definitely profit for a day or two while positions are being moved over from e2ePay, and cycles should move a bit faster.

However...you know what assume means, don't you?

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

Ever Feel Like This?

2008-03-05T12:36:00.002-05:00

Yup, this is me, every day...wondering what is going to annoy me just enough to rant away to the masses. I need a cuppa coffee and just an hour or so to find the next topic of the day, so laugh away for now at our effort to be funny and come back soon!

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

**Our thanks to the creators of the Maxine series for creating a cartoon that calls to the emotions of every online marketer today!**

Speed...I NEED More Speed!

2008-03-04T17:22:00.003-05:00

It amazes me that there are so many great programs out there to work with, however, if that site is slower than molasses in January here in Pennsylvania, there is a problem. I understand that bandwith and a few other hundred concerns play into this issue, but if you can't fix it, you shouldn't be charging membership fees.

A site with roughly 1.6 million people taking 5 minutes to load a page just lost 1.5 million people because they don't have time to wait 5 minutes for a page to load. Now multiply that by the fact that they have to email roughly 30 people to help them build their business, and you just made it completely unbearable to work with the program. One time membership fee or no, you will not get your paid members to continue referring new paid members if you can't put a little bit of that income back into your business.

Need to know how? Well, I'm quite sure I do not have that answer. I do not operate a site with 1.5 million members, nor am I sure that I have the patience to do so. What I do know is that someone out there knows, and if you ever decide to fix the issues, start with your hosting provider. My guess is you need to go from that 8 buck a month program to one that is just a little more expensive.

Can you handle that? I am guessing the answer is yes, especially since 1.5 million people referring members at the speed of light who are willing to pay you $25 to get started, is a major income loss if you don't!

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

P.S. I have mailed my specific complaints off to this program. If it's not fixed, I'll name them for you! But I would hate to give a bad review to a site that is working hard to fix their problems...so for now, we'll wait and see!

Following Up...WoW They Are Keeping Me Busy!

2008-03-03T14:21:00.003-05:00

The Ranting Office...banned? Well shiver me timbers and blow me down! Like I didn't see that one coming? Good thing I refuse to pay for this huh? ROFL

Here's a short, but sweet message just for Logiscape Technologies...

The Truth Hurts, Traffic Era...Doesn't It?

2008-03-03T13:50:00.002-05:00

If you are a Traffic Era member, your god given right to Freedom of Speech doesn't mean squat. It seems that as a member, you are unable to speak your mind, let them know about an issue or look at them the wrong way.

You see, The Ranting Office Blog was produced for one reason. My right to let my opinions be heard and my ability to make a difference in the Internet Marketing world. Traffic Era seems to have an issue with this as they have removed it from rotation now, not once...but twice! No warning, no contact, just straight up taken it down for absolutely no reason whatsoever, unless you count the fact that the truth hurts!

As I was told today by another wonderful person, Logiscape has 5 sites. I know that the three I have tried and used do not utilize customer service in any way, shape or form. I am so sorry to tell Logiscape that I will not allow them to silence me until they have fixed their issues and proven a track record of keeping them fixed. There are plenty of Traffic Exchanges out there that cost a whole lot less and deliver similar, if not better results.

So the message of the day is:

Logiscape fix your issues, keep them fixed or lose money. It's as simple as that.

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

FREE Is Ridiculous...Don't You Think?

2008-03-02T18:48:00.003-05:00

I have come to realize that nearly every person who sends ads through a safelist or promotes a program that is somewhat unethical and/or shadowy, uses some derivative of the correct spelling of the word FREE. It is my conclusion that every one of them should receive an e-mail from every person who received their ridiculous ad that states "Keep your F*R*E*E garbage to yourself." (Unfortunately, a quote that says something more along the line of "Take This And Shove It..." cannot be completed as we advertise on family friendly sites!)

However, since a normal safelist or solo ad does not give us that personal touch ability, the responsibility needs to be taken by safelist owners, traffic exchange owners, blasters and solo ad senders to completely BLOCK the use of this kind of trash. You know that it won't be anywhere near free, and most likely will be another one of those programs that crash and burn about 2 weeks after it starts.

It may hurt your purse for a month or two as a site owner, when you refuse to sell ad space to these idiots. In the long run, you will grow your reputation as a business man or woman who respects his fellow man, is trustworthy and might just actually give a damn about your well being.

For myself, I just delete those emails permanently. I don't read them, I don't respond to them, and I won't click your link. I would prefer to reach through the computer, smack your head so hard that your grandmother will feel it and ask you what in the name of all that is holy are you thinking? Yes, there is a sucker born every day, but do you have to take advantage of them to make your fortune?

There are many honest programs out there that are getting a bad name from people like this. Honest Internet Entreprenuers MUST band together to fight back against this insane misuse of this F/R/E/E crap. Beginners and experienced members of the internet community, it is time to grow a bit of courage and let them know that we won't enable them to use us and our hard earned money in this way.

Betcha see a lot less F-R-E-E junk laying around your e-mail, your sites and your favorite sites if you take a stand and refuse to put up with this circus any more!

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

Okay...I Lied. I Do Have Another Rant Today!

2008-03-01T14:06:00.003-05:00

Actually, I have several, but I'll try to restrain myself and only rant about one right now.

OTO OFFERS Annoy Me! Let me ask all of you big, important, money making machines right now...how stupid do you think we are?!

Why would anyone want to spend money to upgrade right after signing up for a program without knowing the quality of the program? Your OTO offers are misplaced, misused and generally perceived to be a desperate attempt to get some gullible sucker to spend $5-$300 on your products. As a rule, I will not take an OTO offer unless the program or traffic exchange can prove that it will work for those of us who put the time and effort into it.

How about offering that OTO after a person has been a member for a week or two? Money Traffic Exchange and Royal Surf do it, why can't you? Don't try to cause us more stress than we already have trying to compete with the "big dogs". If your program works, and you really want that person to upgrade, wouldn't it make more sense to offer that discount a few days after they have time to test your system?

I signed up for three programs today guys and gals. All 3 had OTO offers for me immediately, one before I ever got the activation email. One had not one, not two, but THREE OTO offers, giving me a lower price each time for the same crap on each offer. Cut me a break...I do not have time for this and neither do your prospective members. If we want to upgrade, we will.

And if you were secure in your program, you would offer that OTO a week after a member has registered so that they can find out if your new money making machine will work for them!

As a final note, if I see one more time the phrase "it's who owns the program" that makes it a success, I might just send you a box filled with puke. The Good Ol' Boy Club might have more money, more contacts and more resources than the little guy, but the little guy has more gumption than all of you combined.

After all, it is the little guy that makes you money every day...how bout a thank you?

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

Contributing Authors Needed! Surfers Wanted!

2008-03-01T10:23:00.003-05:00

Although I profess to be The Ranting Queen, not even I can rant on a daily basis. Okay well, that may be a small, white lie...

I can rant on a daily basis, but my funny seems to be broken this morning! And so my fellow surfers, marketers, newbies and seasoned ranters, I need your help. If you think you can write a rant that will make people laugh while still speaking to their frustrations and giving voice to them, I need you!

Send The Ranting Queen a message if you want to write with me! I want to hear from you, see a sample of a great rant and get you writing here with us. Beware though...

It is our goal to voice our opinions, share our thoughts in a good, clean, politically and socially acceptable way while still getting our point across that we aren't going to take it anymore!

Up to the challenge? Let me know!

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

Cyclers Are A BUST - And We Are Talking George Washington UGLY

2008-02-29T15:42:00.003-05:00

SAVE YOUR MONEY!! I have yet to meet one of those cookie cutter cyclers that are successful for the small business man or woman. In fact, I'm pretty sure the last cycler to bomb got his butt kicked in the local bar for trying to scam that big boy in leather over there...

How many of us have lost money to the never ending stream of cyclers that are now available on the internet? I haven't researched it, but I would have to guess that atleast 75% of us have bought atleast one $20 position (more if you hadn't had the required pot of caffeine yet). Have you made any money from it?

Only one person getting rich here boys and girls. The guy who decided to put that cycler up for a week or two! You see, we enabled that scamming, lazy fool (okay, maybe fool is too strong of a word...only geniuses who don't care about their fellow man can pull this crap off) who still lives in Mama's basement. Did I mention that Mama still cooks his meals, washes his laundry and makes his bed for him too? And I bet she didn't see a dime of that 2 week fast track scam to rich either!

So are you tired of wasting money now? Figured out that the "get rich quick" phrase is just a scheme to make someone else money? Stick a pillow under your sore butt and find some good programs to work with. We have several that we recommend, and you'll find them on the left side of this page!

Get to work...there's money to be made!

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

Site Clean Up? Do The Owners EVER Surf Their Own Site?

2008-02-28T16:55:00.003-05:00

Let's face it. As a rule, none of you are surfing one site at a time. You are surfing 2-20 at once. One bad site will screw up your entire rythym in 1 second flat and you are left with rebooting, reopening, and reporting that bad site.

As a TE owner, I understand that it is almost impossible to surf every site on your exchange every day. But how bout looking at those reports from your members? How about trying to find the bad sites and GET RID of them FOREVER by banning the URL? Let's face the facts here - if that URL is a framebreaker, than the next one from that same domain will be as well. They already broke the unspoken and spoken rule of TE's. They WILL break it again.

Now all of you owners out there who are charging your members anywhere from $1 a month to $50 a month for your "quality, fast traffic", should take responsibility for your actions. It IS your site, it IS your business, and if you don't take care of it, you ARE going to LOSE it. Your competition is going to break your nose time and again, because your customers do not want to take the time to reload, reopen, report or reboot everything every 2 pages!

Scripters - Take note. We WANT you to find out how Start Xchange is allowing us to block a site from ever having to see it again. We WANT you to include it in every script you sell, and update the ones you have already sold. It is a ridiculous waste of time for us, as customers, to have to do the TE owners job, but since we do, FIX IT.

Owners - Take note. REWARD your surfers for reporting a bad page. Give them free credits, free impressions, free text links, a penny or just a HELL YA, Good Job Member 999 for letting us know about this crap on our exchanges. Surfers wouldn't mind reporting bad sites if they were getting a small thank you for it. To those owners who already do this, you are doing a great job!

Surfers - Start speaking your mind. Are you going to continue paying for that site when it does nothing but frustrate you day in and day out? There are 4 million other quality exchanges out there to try. Let's get on it!

In summation, TE Owners, get off your lazy butts and do some surfing on your own exchange. I guarantee 100% that you will find a site that needs to be removed, banned or just plain boycotted for the rest of time. Your surfers will thank you!

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A. The Ranting Queen

Online Best Surveys

2008-02-27T09:52:00.003-05:00

There is only one great way to describe this site.

$39.00 SCAM!

FACT #1 - 100% of the sites listed on this website are easily found FREE by a general search through the internet.

And to top that off, most of them are not survey sites, but sites that will give you "rewards" to buy things, try things and order free trials. Granted, there are several genuine survey sites listed here. I will be adding them to this blog at the bottom later today. So remember to bookmark it for future reference.

If you decide to purchase this membership, be sure to make yourself some type of list in
Excel that reminds you when to cancel all those free trials. Or you'll be spending a lot more than $39.00.

FACT #2 - Make Money By Reselling This - SCAM!

Try to join their affiliate program. HTTP 404 Error! Page cannot be found. Don't waste your money friends. I will continue to sign up for the hundreds of links here, because I paid for it. And I'll post the legitimate sites for the honest Joes and Josies out there.

Once again, the honest people of the internet community are getting taken for a ride that does not end until you are broke and ready to give up.

FACT #3 - Bonus Links? Where?

Every one of these sites are also easily found in a search on Winzy or Moola or Google. Save your hard earned money guys and gals. Show these people who are scamming us left and right that we aren't going to take their crap anymore. There are plenty of honest programs out there that will make you money on a daily basis. You will continue to find these programs listed here.

And I promise, you will continue to find the scams here on a regular basis. I definitely qualify as one of those gullible, want to make my own million dollars people that should have stayed in the normal working world!

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A. The Ranting Queen

Traffic Era & Other Logiscape Exchanges

2008-02-26T18:51:00.003-05:00

Let's discuss Logiscape. They have just announced yet another traffic exchange that they won't be able to handle, Traffic Era. As with TS25 and Traffic Pods, they are experiencing framebreakers, site freezes, not founds (already? it just launched a month ago), viruses, password protected pages, enable your cookies, dumbass! warnings and more. And yet, they plod along, taking your hard earned $19.99, $29.99, or worse yet, their by invitation only god only knows how much money it's going to cost you, club level.

Their prices are uniform between the three sites. I fully admit, I surf Traffic Era as a free member. Why? Because everyone and their brother is there right now, and I hope, just as much as you, that one or two of my programs will get a ton of referrals as a result. But lord almighty, I am tired of reporting the same site over and over and over again, just to see it 2 days later again, still breaking frames or causing issues in general. How many of you are paying $19.99 a month per site, equalling about $60 a month for crap from 3 sites that will never be fixed?

Here's the question. Why do you pay $19.99 a month for more frustration than results? There are great sites out there, for much less than 20 bucks a month that will read your reports, test those urls, get rid of the issues and keep your surfing clean. And did I mention they actually answer you when you ask a question with a real response instead of a canned response that got sent to every single person who asked the same question?

One great example of this is Start Xchange - not only can you report a site and the issues with it, but you can block that site from ever showing in your rotation again. And you can do this for free or for as little as $6 per month with some great benefits. And the Administration manages to do this all for you, despite the fact that they have 33000 plus members, with anywhere between 60-160 people surfing at one time. Free or pay for it, it's up to you. But give them a shot...what else have you got to do except keep $13.99 in your own pocket every month?

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A The Ranting Queen

The Rich Keep Getting Richer...The Poor Keep Getting Poorer

2008-02-26T18:37:00.001-05:00

Have you accepted this as a fact yet? While you endlessly surf exchange after exchange, sign up for program after program and spend dollar after dollar attempting to build a home business that will make you money, those people who’s programs you are promoting are running to the bank 3-4 times a day to deposit their earnings. Well, in reality, they are probably clicking the bank transfer button on PayPal, but you get the point.

Isn’t it time people took a stand? Stop putting your money into those fly by night cyclers, which almost always turn out to be a scam. Take a look at Letmepay4you.com. How many of you lost hundreds of dollars in that program? Or Super Speed Cycler? Did you enjoy those nasty emails and disgusting pictures on their website when they finally scammed enough money out of innocent, hopeful, honest people?

Granted, soon they shall be greeters in the newest scam to hit the market. “Welcome to Hell, can I help you?”. Reserved seats in the smoking section I’m sure, with their money just out of reach and their kids wondering how to scam the next poor sucker to come along. But until then, when will we, as internet entrepreneurs, band together to say “NO MORE.” I am not promoting your crap unless you can show me that it works.

While I am putting programs down, let’s talk about the Dollar Blasters out there. The best one that sits at the top of my mind is Dollar Blasterz. How many of you have seen a profit from them? Pay your $25, promote your link and wait for the money to roll in. Don’t piss them off by sending them an e-mail, because you’ll be deleted and not stand a snowballs chance in hell of getting the money back that you put into the program, not to mention the hours of surfing every exchange you can find to promote a program where you make absolutely NO money.

Get ready for the ride, readers and friends. I am about to show the internet and the predators that come along with it, that we are tired of their crap. Read on to the next post to find out what programs are on the up and up, and what programs are making money for one person only, and that’s the owner/developer of the program themselves.

Do you have a program that you know, for a fact and can prove, that pays out on a regular basis and works? Send it to me. I would love to join it and find out the truth. If it works, I'll promote your affiliate link and my own here and on every other site that I do spend hours getting traffic to.

Got a program that you would totally love to bash and thrash? Send it to me. I'll help with the bashing and the thrashing, because at this point, I am tired of watching my friends, fellow internet junkies, fellow mothers/fathers who are trying to work at home and anyone else I forgot to mention, get taken advantage of.

I promise, if you stop promoting these idiots programs that aren't making you any money at all, and start promoting the honest ones, you'll not only make money, but you will be a helluva lot happier in the end. Otherwise, keep promoting them. Maybe you'll find yourself on that same bench in hell with Mr. You Made Me A Million Dollars This Year & Got Nothing!

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A. The Ranting Queen

Welcome To The Ranting Office Blog

2007-10-26T12:21:00.000-04:00

As you may have guessed, The Ranting Office is all about being able to state your opinion openly, without being told you are wrong, should have done this or that, might want to try this or that or to go fly a kite because we just don't care. In this day and age of competition, let your opinions, wants and needs be known. Companies are fighting for your business on a minute to minute basis. Shouldn't you get what you want when you spend your hard earned money?!

Get ready to hear about the Scandalous Scammers, the "Who cares about your 20 bucks?" yahoos, and the "You should have read the fine print!" idiots. I swear if one more teenager on a telephone tells me what I should have done, I might reach through the phone and slap them with their own headset!

Rant away everyone. Because I will...most likely on a daily basis!