#1 – Refer your friends

The easiest way to increase your chances of winning is to refer your friends. Blingo awards you with the same prize as your referrals win, so its obvious you should tell your friends and establish a solid downline. Put a link on your forum signature, tell your friends, or add a note on Facebook. By referring your friends and online acquaintances, you don’t need to search as often and still have chances to win prizes!

#2 – Add Blingo to your browser

Add a toolbar to your browser window or add Blingo as a quick search. Click here for instructions on how to add a toolbar or Blingo to your quick search (Firefox / Safari / IE 7).

#3 – Set Blingo as your homepage

Make Blingo.com the first website that comes up on your browser. If you don’t know how to do this, click here for instructions.

#4 – Search Blingo like you normally search Google

Use Blingo as your primary search engine, just like you do with Google. Keep in mind only 25 searches a day are eligible for winning prizes. Regardless, its a good habit and you’ll never know when you will win.

#5 – Add Blingo to your Website or Blog

Put Blingo’s button on your website or blog. No matter what your website is about, who wouldn’t appreciate the opportunity to win prizes or cash for searching Google? Click here to see Blingo’s stylish red, green, and blue buttons!

I hope everyone will find these tips helpful. Feel free to comment and share more tips!

I’ve also went ahead and reviewed the referral requirements for the different iPods and put my recommendation below each review.

1. YourFreeVideoiPods.com by Transcendant Innovations

Rated as a Grade A freebie network by Anything4Free forums, this is the network that sent me iPod straight from Amazon.com within one day of my eligibility. This site has hundreds of free, easy offers to complete, and a customer service team that really cares about you. The company was started in 2005 with its iPod website and has recently expanded to include several more free gift sites. I personally recommend this network above all because of my great experience with them.
Use this site for: iPod Touch 8gb (5 referrals)

2. iPods.Free4Me.net by Free4Me Networks, LLC.

The second Grade A freebie network that is also a favorite among freebie enthusiasts. Since its launch in 2005, it manages 16 different free gift websites and over 50,000 registered users. The best part about this site is that they offer more gift options than just your typical iPod; see all their iPod-related free gifts and offer list here.
Use this site for: Altec InMotion iPod Audio System (4 referrals)

3. iPods.123StuffForFree.com by 123StuffForFree

123StuffForFree has shipped over $260,000 in free prizes since its 2005 launch. Also rated Grade A by Anything4Free forums, it maintains a list of over 200 forum testimonials from happy customers (an amazing feat for any company!). They also have an unique anti-scamming policy which states that any user banned from the 3 major freebie forums may have their account placed on hold. This is a policy that prevents scammers from getting away.
Use this site for: iPod shuffle 2gb (3 referrals)

4. Apple.CustomOrderThis.com by CustomOrderThis

CustomOrderThis gets big points from me for being one of the only websites to offer phone support in addition to the typical instant messanging/e-mail. They are also popular for their active monthly promotions and diverse freebie gift site list. Although rated Grade B on A4F, they are bound to be upgraded soon with their growing popularity and commitment to their customers.
Use this site for: iPhone 8gb (8 referrals)

5. NewVideoiPod4Free.com by FCANet, Inc.

NewVideoiPod4Free has the lowest referral requirements of any of the freebie sites on this list. Although this means it takes more offers to fulfill the requirements, most of their offers are listed as free or less than $5. This means you can still get an iPod Touch for less than $20! Their Grade B status and extremely active customer service representatives make this another great website to get your free iPod online.
Use this site for: iPod Classic 160gb (4 referrals)

(Notable mention) #6. OrderCash4Free.com by Order4Free, Inc.

This list was supposed to be only 5 sites!! Oh well, you can call this unethical blogging, but I had to mention another favorite site of mine, OrderCash4Free! Although it doesn’t directly have iPods available, I felt compelled to share with you another great opportunity to make money online. OrderCash4Free allows you to continue completing their site over and over, essentially giving you free cash for as long as you can provide referrals!

Please comment with any questions or suggestions you may have regarding this list or the freebie process in general. And check back soon for more tips on the freebie industry and more methods to make easy money online!

This was a really rough transition but I will be working out the quirks soon. Please bear with me and let me know what you think of the new design!

Be on the look out for more updates soon…I’ll keep you posted.

:Update:

I’veВ  chosen a different theme for the site after numerous complaints about the color scheme. I’m glad I got that feedback because this theme has a much better feel to it. Thanks to everyone to e-mailed me! I hope this is better…

So what’s the catch? You have to use the text field form on Blingo.com. That’s it!

Blingo is a website that allows you to search Google like you normally would through Google.com, but for every search (up to 25 searches a day) you have a chance to win cash and prizes. They’ve given out over 65,000 prizes to date!

And I’ve already won 10 times! A $20 Visa gift card, $50 cash, several Amazon.com gift cards, and even some Fandango movie tickets. Check out my proof pictures page for proof (will update it when my $50 cash arrives).

I haven’t even shared the best part of searching Google through Blingo.com! If you refer your friends (as I did with my siblings, friends, and fellow bloggers) to Blingo, you win the same prize they win! So after building a strong downline of referrals, you can win for doing absolutely nothing.

Talk about making easy money! Make Blingo part of your internet searching habits and you will be rewarded with free cash or some amazing prizes. Signup and start winning with me today.

A major reason many users had doubts about IPZ’s activity was that the forum was brought down with little explanation. Brian said the forum was brought down due to spammers, but will be back up soon. The InstantProfitz team is also working on updating the design and tracking codes.

Brian provided me with the following proof pictures:

I will update you once I receive my check in the mail, but for now check out my previous proof pics from InstantProfitz and other online money making programs.

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In 2007 many of the merchandise options were unavailable due to high demand, but now most of the prizes are now back and continue to be added each day. Cash rewards were not affected by this delay in merchandise options.

Prizes that are already back include 1GB flash drives, $10/$25/$50 gift cards, wrap-around headphones, High Sierra backpacks, and many more.

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Included is important information about how they are reducing the referral bonus for everyone who currently markets Google Pack.

Hello AdSense publisher,

We are writing to give you an important follow-up to the changes we announced earlier this month to the referrals to AdSense program. Since announcing the changes, we’ve received a number of responses about the program being dependent on the location of the referring publisher rather than the referred user. After carefully considering this feedback, we have decided to modify our planned changes.

Specifically, you will have the option to add a referral unit for AdSense within your account when you target any referral unit to Japan and/or any countries in North America and Latin America. To ensure payment for valid conversions, we recommend that you check the targeting settings on your current AdSense referral units.

We’d also like to let you know about upcoming changes to the referrals programs for Google Pack and Firefox:

Google Pack: Currently, you can earn up to $2 when a user downloads and runs Google Pack for the first time after being referred through your link or button. Starting the third week of February, each successful Pack referral will earn up to $1. This change will apply to all referrals for Google Pack and is independent of user location or publisher location.

Firefox: We will also be reducing payments for Firefox referrals from China during the third week of February. This specific referral payment change will only affect installations from users in China. As with referrals to AdSense, this is independent of your location as a publisher.

We understand that these changes may decrease revenue for some of you currently participating in these referrals programs. While it is our goal to help publishers earn as much as possible with the AdSense program, like any other referrals advertiser, we are constantly evaluating our campaigns to make them effective and sustainable.

Again, thank you for your feedback and support of the referrals program.

Sincerely,
The Google AdSense Team