Heading into our fifth month of Cash rewards, and the cusp of the holiday shopping season, we’re excited to continue with another $2,000 in cash rewards this month and to pre-announce some changes coming for the December cycle. The first set of changes will be a category overhaul, we hope to clean up, consolidate, remove redundant, and add new relevant categories.

The second big change will be the addition of a new referral program here at SharedReviews. We will add a new interface for you to track all of your referrals going forward, and you will earn referral bonuses on any earnings of anyone who signs up listing you as a referral! You will earn a bonus of 10% of all of your referrals earnings for a given cycle for a 12 month period from the date they sign up. This will only count for referrals who sign up after the new program goes live.

Here is the breakdown of how each category’s share of the $2,000 will be split in November:

1st: 40%, 2nd:25%, 3rd: 20%, 4th: 10%, 5th 5%

1) Vote allowances are going to remain with the same amount allocated last month.

Here is the current structure:

ShareScore: Amount of votes per category
0-24: 1
25-74: 2
75-94: 3
95-100: 4

ShareScore: Total amount of votes available to you
0-24: 100
25-74: 200
75-94: 400
95-100: 800

2) Vote bonuses for publishing new reviews and referring new members to the site remain at 15 additional votes for a newly published review, and 20 additional votes for a new referral.

3) This Month’s Contests will remain the same as last month, they are:

1) Most Votes Cast:
1. $25
2. $20
3. $15
4. $10
5. $5

2) Most Published Reviews:
1. $25
2. $20
3. $15
4. $10
5. $5

3) Most Votes Received:
1. $25
2. $20
3. $15
4. $10
5. $5

We plan on sending out the October earnings reports and announcing the contest winners by the 10th of November. We have had a few delays in sending out this notice as well as the September payments due to all of the activity in our Bounty Alpha, but more on that next month :) The payments will be sent out today or tomorrow. Happy SharedReviewing!

September Cycle Community Statistics:

1. Total Community Reviews that were voted on: 8,335
2. Total Community Reviews that received pageviews: 18,070
3. Total Votes cast by the community: 22,343
4. Total qualifying pageviews for all reviews: 238,789
5. Community share of revenue this cycle: $1,000.00 split between 100 Hot Categories
   

Our Top 10 SharedReviews Earners:

First Place: Alice

Review Revenue:

1. Published Reviews: 285
2. Reviews that received Votes: 144 reviews received a total of 1950 votes
3. Reviews that received Pageviews: 219 reviews received a total of 6812 pageviews
4. Reviews that earned Revenue: 30
5. Review Revenue Earned: $37.25

Voting Revenue:

1. Votes Cast: 299
2. Votes that earned Revenue: 225
3. Vote Revenue Earned: $5.81

Total September earnings: $43.06

Second Place: dsnygrl

Review Revenue:

1. Published Reviews: 203
2. Reviews that received Votes: 128 reviews received a total of 1712 votes
3. Reviews that received Pageviews: 185 reviews received a total of 5819 pageviews
4. Reviews that earned Revenue: 26
5. Review Revenue Earned: $29.75

Voting Revenue:

1. Votes Cast: 121
2. Votes that earned Revenue: 86
3. Vote Revenue Earned: $3.04

Total September earnings: $32.79

Third Place: Kakoa

Review Revenue:

1. Published Reviews: 175
2. Reviews that received Votes: 85 reviews received a total of 775 votes
3. Reviews that received Pageviews: 104 reviews received a total of 1588 pageviews
4. Reviews that earned Revenue: 11
5. Review Revenue Earned: $10.75

Voting Revenue:

1. Votes Cast: 335
2. Votes that earned Revenue: 260
3. Vote Revenue Earned: $11.73

Total September earnings: $22.48

Fourth Place: Karen

Review Revenue:

1. Published Reviews: 812
2. Reviews that received Votes: 129 reviews received a total of 774 votes
3. Reviews that received Pageviews: 268 reviews received a total of 3971 pageviews
4. Reviews that earned Revenue: 13
5. Review Revenue Earned: $16.25

Voting Revenue:

1. Votes Cast: 817
2. Votes that earned Revenue: 83
3. Vote Revenue Earned: $2.63

Total September earnings: $18.88

Fifth Place: cnt24

Review Revenue:

1. Published Reviews: 192
2. Reviews that received Votes: 101 reviews received a total of 751 votes
3. Reviews that received Pageviews: 164 reviews received a total of 3961 pageviews
4. Reviews that earned Revenue: 11
5. Review Revenue Earned: $11.75

Voting Revenue:

1. Votes Cast: 465
2. Votes that earned Revenue: 247
3. Vote Revenue Earned: $6.61

Total September earnings: $18.36

Sixth Place: Rae777

Review Revenue:

1. Published Reviews: 351
2. Reviews that received Votes: 82 reviews received a total of 502 votes
3. Reviews that received Pageviews: 174 reviews received a total of 2448 pageviews
4. Reviews that earned Revenue: 10
5. Review Revenue Earned: $11.25

Voting Revenue:

1. Votes Cast: 513
2. Votes that earned Revenue: 236
3. Vote Revenue Earned: $7.00

Total September earnings: $18.25

Seventh Place: crunkyjens

Review Revenue:

1. Published Reviews: 128
2. Reviews that received Votes: 45 reviews received a total of 531 votes
3. Reviews that received Pageviews: 84 reviews received a total of 2468 pageviews
4. Reviews that earned Revenue: 20
5. Review Revenue Earned: $12.41

Voting Revenue:

1. Votes Cast: 637
2. Votes that earned Revenue: 571
3. Vote Revenue Earned: $15.56

Total September earnings: $27.97

Eighth Place: Tink

Review Revenue:

1. Published Reviews: 229
2. Reviews that received Votes: 88 reviews received a total of 803 votes
3. Reviews that received Pageviews: 130 reviews received a total of 2431 pageviews
4. Reviews that earned Revenue: 10
5. Review Revenue Earned: $10.25

Voting Revenue:

1. Votes Cast: 391
2. Votes that earned Revenue: 241
3. Vote Revenue Earned: $7.27

Total September earnings: $17.52

Ninth Place: Debbie831

Review Revenue:

1. Published Reviews: 167
2. Reviews that received Votes: 77 reviews received a total of 405 votes
3. Reviews that received Pageviews: 80 reviews received a total of 1457 pageviews
4. Reviews that earned Revenue: 8
5. Review Revenue Earned: $6.75

Voting Revenue:

1. Votes Cast: 329
2. Votes that earned Revenue: 289
3. Vote Revenue Earned: $9.88

Total September earnings: $16.63

Tenth Place: FrankV

Review Revenue:

1. Published Reviews: 76
2. Reviews that received Votes: 20 reviews received a total of 87 votes
3. Reviews that received Pageviews: 32 reviews received a total of 283 pageviews
4. Reviews that earned Revenue: 1
5. Review Revenue Earned: $0.50

Voting Revenue:

1. Votes Cast: 386
2. Votes that earned Revenue: 375
3. Vote Revenue Earned: $15.98

Total September earnings: $16.48

Our fourth month of the new cash rewards program sees us going back to sharing all cash rewards evenly across all categories. Our data from the “Hot Categories” test is in, and now it’s time for us to do some analyzing before we go back to trying something similar. The early news is that it helped some successful categories be even more successful, but it also made things a bit more difficult for everyone as they competed for their share of the cash rewards. the next time we try this we’ll address all of the feedback we received, and do our best to ensure it’s not only successful for SR, but it’s also more fun for all of you!.

Although we are going back to all category earners, we will be changing the earnings spots per category from 3 to 5. This was the one thing everyone loved about “Hot Categories” so we’re going to continue this indefinitely.Although we may not be able to do this again next month, this month we have increased Cash Rewards to $2,000 which is our largest amount since Cash Rewards started! Here is the breakdown of how each category’s share will be split:

1st: 40%, 2nd:25%, 3rd: 20%, 4th: 10%, 5th 5%

1) Vote allowances are going to remain with the same amount allocated last month.

Here is the current structure:

ShareScore: Amount of votes per category
0-24: 1
25-74: 2
75-94: 3
95-100: 4

ShareScore: Total amount of votes available to you
0-24: 100
25-74: 200
75-94: 400
95-100: 800

2) Vote bonuses for publishing new reviews and referring new members to the site remain at 15 additional votes for a newly published review, and 20 additional votes for a new referral.

3) This Month’s Contests have changed, they are:

1) Most Votes Cast:
1. $25
2. $20
3. $15
4. $10
5. $5

2) Most Published Reviews:
1. $25
2. $20
3. $15
4. $10
5. $5

3) Most Votes Received:
1. $25
2. $20
3. $15
4. $10
5. $5

We plan on sending out the September earnings reports and announcing the contest winners by the 7th of October. Happy SharedReviewing!

Our third month of the new cash rewards program sees us now starting to mature the distribution of rewards by segmenting what we’d like to call “Hot Categories”. As a 1 month experiment during the September cycle, we will be splitting the $1,000 Cash Rewards amongst the following 100 categories. Any reviews or votes not in these categories will not be rewarded this month, but activity will always increase ShareScore and since there is a larger reward per category we will be splitting the rewards amongst the top 5 earning reviews in each of the 100 categories listed below.

1st: 40%, 2nd:25%, 3rd: 20%, 4th: 10%, 5th 5%

Cash Rewards Categories:

http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=14_automotive_motorcycles
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=19_automotive_snowmobiles
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=23_automotive_tires
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=3_automotive_atv-s
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=5_automotive_car-audio
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=6_automotive_car-security-systems
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=8_automotive_economy-cars
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=52_beauty_acne-products
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=53_beauty_anti-aging-treatments
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=58_beauty_hair-products
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=59_beauty_hair-removal
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=66_beauty_skin-lotions
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=69_beauty_tooth-whitening
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=70_beauty_waxing
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=295_books-movies-music_non-fiction-books
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=418_books-movies-music_movie-hddvds
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=76_clothing_handbags-wallets
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=78_clothing_jeans
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=82_clothing_mens-clothing
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=83_clothing_mens-footwear
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=86_clothing_socks
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=91_clothing_womens-clothing
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=92_clothing_womens-footwear
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=103_computers_laptop-batteries
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=105_computers_laptops
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=107_computers_modems
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=114_computers_software
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=128_electronics_digital-cameras
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=135_electronics_karaoke-machines
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=142_electronics_projectors
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=284_electronics_cellular-phones
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=286_electronics_cordless-telephones
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=292_electronics_music-recording-equipment
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=424_electronics_audio-speakers
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=158_finances-insurance_debt-consolidation
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=163_finances-insurance_personal-loans
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=170_fitness_elliptical-trainers
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=172_fitness_heart-rate-monitors
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=180_fitness_trampolines
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=181_fitness_treadmills
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=187_gaming_action-games
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=191_gaming_computer-games
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=203_gaming_video-games
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=211_garden-tools_hedge-trimmers
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=214_garden-tools_lawnmowers
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=215_garden-tools_leaf-blowers
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=216_garden-tools_outdoor-decor
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=217_garden-tools_outdoor-lighting
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=218_garden-tools_patio-furniture
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=220_garden-tools_pest-control
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=222_garden-tools_pressure-washers
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=226_garden-tools_weed-eaters
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=227_garden-tools_wheelbarrows-wagons
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=441_garden-tools_bbq-accessories
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=229_health_allergy-medications
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=230_health_alternative-medicine
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=231_health_blood-pressure-monitors
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=235_health_electric-toothbrushes
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=237_health_eyeglasses
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=239_health_foot-spas
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=240_health_glucose-meters
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=242_health_medications
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=246_health_thermometers
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=248_health_vitamins-supplements
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=249_health_weight-loss-products-programs
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=426_health_contraceptives-lubricants
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=435_health_prescription-medications
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=320_homes-mortgages_modular-homes
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=251_household_air-conditioning
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=253_household_bedding-linen
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=254_household_beds-mattresses
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=255_household_cabinets
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=256_household_candles-home-fragrances
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=258_household_doors-windows
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=259_household_floor-coverings
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=260_household_furnaces-heaters
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=261_household_furniture
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=264_household_interior-exterior-paint
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=265_household_irons
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=266_household_kitchen-bathroom-accessories
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=267_household_kitchen-knives
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=268_household_large-appliances
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=272_household_small-appliances
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=276_household_wet-dry-vacuum-cleaners
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=277_household_water-filters
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=278_household_water-heaters
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=279_household_window-coverings
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=415_household_cleaning-products
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=427_household_fans
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=37_kids_car-seats
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=303_office_chairs
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=313_office_paper-shredders
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=314_office_pencils-pens
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=342_recreation_boats
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=343_recreation_camping-equipment
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=421_shopping_pet-supplies
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=46_toys_playpens
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=384_travel_adult-vacations
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=409_weddings_cakes
http://sharedreviews.com/review_search?c=412_weddings_wedding-gowns

1) Vote allowances are going to remain with the same amount allocated last month.

Here is the current structure:

ShareScore: Amount of votes per category
0-24: 1
25-74: 2
75-94: 3
95-100: 4

ShareScore: Total amount of votes available to you
0-24: 100
25-74: 200
75-94: 400
95-100: 800

2) Vote bonuses for publishing new reviews and referring new members to the site remain at 15 additional votes for a newly published review, and 20 additional votes for a new referral.

3) This Month’s Contests have not changed since last month, they are:

1) Most Votes Cast:
1. $25
2. $20
3. $15
4. $10
5. $5

2) Most Published Reviews:
1. $25
2. $20
3. $15
4. $10
5. $5

3) Most New Member Referrals (that publish at least one review):
1. $25
2. $20
3. $15
4. $10
5. $5

We plan on sending out the July earnings reports and announcing the contest winners by the 7th of September. As always, don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions or comments and Happy SharedReviewing!

July Cycle Community Statistics:

1) Total Community Reviews that were voted on: 13217
1) Total Community Reviews that received pageviews: 22758
2) Total Votes cast by the community: 65176
2) Total qualifying pageviews for all reviews: 298882
3) Community share of revenue this cycle: $1,500.00 split between 423 categories

Our Top 10 SharedReviews Earners:

First Place: Eggy

Review Revenue:

1) Published Reviews: 147
2) Reviews that received Votes: 146 reviews received a total of 2224 votes
2) Reviews that received Pageviews: 146 reviews received a total of 4405 pageviews
3) Reviews that earned Revenue: 49
4) Review Revenue Earned: $29.08

Voting Revenue:

1) Votes Cast: 1269
2) Votes that earned Revenue: 930
3) Vote Revenue Earned: $35.83

Total July earnings: $64.91

Second Place: cnt24

Review Revenue:

1) Published Reviews: 188
2) Reviews that received Votes: 136 reviews received a total of 1957 votes
2) Reviews that received Pageviews: 172 reviews received a total of 6101 pageviews
3) Reviews that earned Revenue: 46
4) Review Revenue Earned: $30.50

Voting Revenue:

1) Votes Cast: 1061
2) Votes that earned Revenue: 775
3) Vote Revenue Earned: $20.80

Total July earnings: $51.30

Third Place: dsnygrl

Review Revenue:

1) Published Reviews: 195
2) Reviews that received Votes: 194 reviews received a total of 3578 votes
2) Reviews that received Pageviews: 193 reviews received a total of 6634 pageviews
3) Reviews that earned Revenue: 57
4) Review Revenue Earned: $35.64

Voting Revenue:

1) Votes Cast: 1153
2) Votes that earned Revenue: 616
3) Vote Revenue Earned: $15.15

Total July earnings: $50.79

Fourth Place: Alice

Review Revenue:

1) Published Reviews: 260
2) Reviews that received Votes: 254 reviews received a total of 3333 votes
2) Reviews that received Pageviews: 246 reviews received a total of 6239 pageviews
3) Reviews that earned Revenue: 51
4) Review Revenue Earned: $31.56

Voting Revenue:

1) Votes Cast: 1192
2) Votes that earned Revenue: 723
3) Vote Revenue Earned: $17.81

Total July earnings: $49.37

Fifth Place: twity

Review Revenue:

1) Published Reviews: 23
2) Reviews that received Votes: 23 reviews received a total of 665 votes
2) Reviews that received Pageviews: 23 reviews received a total of 954 pageviews
3) Reviews that earned Revenue: 10
4) Review Revenue Earned: $6.91

Voting Revenue:

1) Votes Cast: 1594
2) Votes that earned Revenue: 1066
3) Vote Revenue Earned: $39.77

Total July earnings: $46.68

Sixth Place: K-mo

Review Revenue:

1) Published Reviews: 18
2) Reviews that received Votes: 12 reviews received a total of 348 votes
2) Reviews that received Pageviews: 12 reviews received a total of 209 pageviews
3) Reviews that earned Revenue: 1
4) Review Revenue Earned: $0.89

Voting Revenue:

1) Votes Cast: 1642
2) Votes that earned Revenue: 1097
3) Vote Revenue Earned: $42.07

Total July earnings: $42.96

Seventh Place: Housewifeatwork

Review Revenue:

1) Published Reviews: 266
2) Reviews that received Votes: 264 reviews received a total of 1802 votes
2) Reviews that received Pageviews: 262 reviews received a total of 3652 pageviews
3) Reviews that earned Revenue: 31
4) Review Revenue Earned: $18.26

Voting Revenue:

1) Votes Cast: 1361
2) Votes that earned Revenue: 790
3) Vote Revenue Earned: $20.91

Total July earnings: $39.17

Eighth Place: JPnMO

Review Revenue:

1) Published Reviews: 206
2) Reviews that received Votes: 157 reviews received a total of 1713 votes
2) Reviews that received Pageviews: 186 reviews received a total of 2717 pageviews
3) Reviews that earned Revenue: 20
4) Review Revenue Earned: $12.41

Voting Revenue:

1) Votes Cast: 1765
2) Votes that earned Revenue: 664
3) Vote Revenue Earned: $22.27

Total July earnings: $34.68

Ninth Place: RachelReviews

Review Revenue:

1) Published Reviews: 222
2) Reviews that received Votes: 144 reviews received a total of 2487 votes
2) Reviews that received Pageviews: 114 reviews received a total of 2857 pageviews
3) Reviews that earned Revenue: 22
4) Review Revenue Earned: $13.30

Voting Revenue:

1) Votes Cast: 2043
2) Votes that earned Revenue: 672
3) Vote Revenue Earned: $18.35

Total July earnings: $31.65

Tenth Place: Sharkbytes

Review Revenue:

1) Published Reviews: 296
2) Reviews that received Votes: 192 reviews received a total of 1767 votes
2) Reviews that received Pageviews: 245 reviews received a total of 5096 pageviews
3) Reviews that earned Revenue: 29
4) Review Revenue Earned: $16.49

Voting Revenue:

1) Votes Cast: 957
2) Votes that earned Revenue: 633
3) Vote Revenue Earned: $15.08

Total July earnings: $31.57

Later today, we expect sometime around 5-7pm EST, we hope to send out the Earnings Reports to all members that earned their share of the Monthly Cash Rewards in July. This report will show how much you earned as authors, and voters for the month.

The delays this month will not be repeated in future months, and now that the testing is almost complete you can expect that all future reports will arrive sharply on the 7th of each month going forward.

Thanks for your patience as we work through all of the changes here at SharedReviews, and don’t hesitate to contact me personally with any questions or comments you may have

Our second month greets us with a Community Cash Rewards amount of $1,500 (plus contests) with some changes as outlined below:

1) Vote allowances have been reduced by half, to what they were before our revenue sharing hiatus. Here is the new structure:

ShareScore: Amount of votes per category
0-24: 1
25-74: 2
75-94: 3
95-100: 4

ShareScore: Total amount of votes available to you
0-24: 100
25-74: 200
75-94: 400
95-100: 800

2) Vote bonuses for publishing new reviews and referring new members to the site have been greatly increased. Publishing a new Review now results in an increase of 15 extra votes from 5, and referrals have are now 20 votes each from 10. These are two great ways to make your voting power significantly increase.

3) This Month’s Contests:

1) Most Votes Cast:
1. $25
2. $20
3. $15
4. $10
5. $5

2) Most Published Reviews:
1. $25
2. $20
3. $15
4. $10
5. $5

3) Most New Member Referrals (that publish at least one review):
1. $25
2. $20
3. $15
4. $10
5. $5

We plan on sending out the July earnings reports and announcing the contest winners by the 15th of August. Some other big news of note is that we plan on launching a new social feature within the next week! More on this soon…

These changes make ShareScore a more important aspect to life here at SharedReviews, and we have made some adjustments to ShareScore increases and decreases to be more in line with how things were before the hiatus. This means negative activity such as spamming friend requests and placing irrelevant comments on reviews in order to garner votes will negatively impact you. We’ve tightened things up so much, some of our top ShareScore performers in the community may find it a struggle to achieve and maintain 100%. This is not something to be concerned over, I don’t think anyone is perfect at anything (that includes me!), so 100% should be an ideal but not something easily achieved or maintained.

You will see more changes over the next few days, such as some homepage changes and forum cleanup. We will also be completing another major comment cleanup soon. I’ve updated the UserGuide on both ShareScore as well as how to Earn on SharedReviews to reflect some of these changes. More updates will be coming soon!

The Return of Cash Rewards!

This month marks the first month of return to Monthly Cash Rewards for Voting and Publishing Reviews on SharedReviews. It also marks the first month where we now calculate unique visitors into the mix for determining a review’s share of the rewards.

Later this month you will see a new “Visitors” number associated with every review. This number will be calculated with the number of member votes to determine the review’s “Popularity Score”. The most Popular Reviews in each category will earn a share of that category’s percentage of the Cash Rewards allocated for that month.

For the month of July, SharedReviews Community Cash Rewards is $1,500. For this month, the total will be split evenly amongst all categories, where the top review will earn 50% of that total, second place 30%, and third place 20%. Any amount earned by a review will be split evenly between the author receiving 50%, and the voters sharing the other 50% evenly.
We are planning the release of new social features over the coming weeks that will allow you to share your review on other sites. Unique visitors from other sites, and Unique visitors from search engines will all contribute to your unique visitor total for your review. Over the next few weeks we will be writing a number of how to articles to help you drive awareness of your reviews outside of SharedReviews, so stay tuned.

Voting:

Voting is a very important part of earning on SharedReviews, although the vote allowances determined by your ShareScore have been lowered from the hiatus period that just ended. Here is the new breakdown:

ShareScore: Amount of votes per category

0-24: 1
25-74: 2
75-94: 4
95-100: 8

ShareScore: Total amount of votes available to you

0-24: 200
25-74: 400
75-94: 800
95-100: 1600

ShareScore is still an integral part in determining your vote allowances. Some ShareScore changes of note:
1) Voting on a review rejected for being plagiarized has had its negative impact removed. We do not expect all members to check each review they vote on for being plagiarized, and hence we wanted to make sure there were no negatives associated for those who do not want to make the extra effort
2) Successfully reporting a plagiarized review has had a significant increase in ShareScore bonus. We wanted to reward those who make the extra effort to report plagiarized reviews.
3) Inviting someone new to the community (From an English Speaking Country) has had an extra bonus added for ShareScore. Growing our community is a key to the long term growth of SharedReviews, and this bonus combined with some new features being added to the friends management tab and signup process over the next few weeks will make it easier and more fun to grow your network of friends on SharedReviews.

This Month’s Contests:

1) Most Votes Received:
1. $25
2. $20
3. $15
4. $10
5. $5

2) Most Published Reviews:
1. $25
2. $20
3. $15
4. $10
5. $5

3) Most Popular Video Review: $50 to the top video review by votes!
4) New Reviews in Lesser Categories: The following categories will give the author an additional $5 bonus for the top voted review that is:
a) Published this month
b) A review on a product that matches the category, without any copied or plagiarized text.
c) Must contain a photo or video of your product (by you).
d) Must have original experiences relating to the product, and you must have purchased the product.

Categories:
1) Snowmobiles
2) Snowmobile Accessories
3) MotorSport Accessories
4) Wheels/Rims
5) Lazer Hair Removal Devices
6) Video Conferencing Devices
7) Rowers
8) Stair Climbers
9) Home/Office Security Systems
10) Business Loans
11) Travel Insurance Packages
12) Gazebos
13) Snow Blowers
14) Satellite Phones
15) Equity & Reverse Mortgages
16) Mobile Homes
17) Modular Homes
18) Mortgage Refinancing Packages
19) Road Bikes (Bicycles)
20) Golf Vacation Packages

The most Votes Cast Contest is no longer applicable this month due to the significant reduction in vote allowances.

We have many more announcements coming in the next few weeks, so stay tuned!