AMD's K6
line has been compared to Intel's Pentium II, but in reality it is somewhere in the middle of Pentium with MMX and Pentium II performance. The newest K6s support the 100MHz memory bus. AMD kept K6 prices 25% below comparably performing Intel chips. The K6 is the first AMD chip to offer MMX support, and the K6 is better at 3D and floating point operations than the Cyrix 6x86, but still comes up short when compared MHz for MHz with the Pentium II.
Friday, March 2, 2007
AMD - Athlon (K7 / Athlon Professional)
Athlon in standard plastic shell - Slot A
AMD's Athlon uses a Slot A architecture that is physically compatible with Intel's Slot 1, but electrically compatible with the DEC's EV-6 Alpha bus, instead of Intel's closed P6 bus architecture. The EV-6 bus has the potential to run at up to 400MHz, starting at 200MHz initially (100MHz * 2).
The Athlon features 19 new 3D instructions with a 128-bit pipeline, backwards compatible with the 3DNow! instructions, but faster, to give Intel's SSE a run for the money.
The K7 will feature chipsets that support SMP or Symmetric Multi-Processing, but not until mid-2001. The K7 will be the first non-Intel x86 chip to be used in systems with more than one processor in a system. Dual processing systems will be first, and then 4 and 8 processor systems as well. This will be significant in the workstation and server market. The K6 architecture is capable of multiprocessing as well, but we will never see a SMP chipset available for it.
All standard Athlons ship with 512K of off-chip L2 cache running at either 1/2, 2/5 or 1/3 processor speed.
The Athlon was initially manufactured on a .25 micron process (C Athlons), but then were moved quickly to a .18 micron process (A Athlons). A and C Athlons can be told apart by looking for an A or C to the right of the part number listed on the plastic shell surrounding them. All Athlons at 750MHz and above are manufactured on a .18 micron process. There were some .25 micron 750MHz Athlons manufactured, but they never made it to market.
The Athlon features 3 integer, 3 floating point and 3 address calculation pipelines. The integer pipelines are 10-stage and the floating point pipelines are 15-stage.
As for benchmarks, so far the K7 600 with 1/2 speed L2 cache is clocking in at around 28 Specint95 and 24 Specfp95. Check Spec.org for other scores. You may also want to check out the Duron, and Thunderbird tables for additional insight into AMD's Athlon line of processors.
Athlon in standard plastic shell - Slot A
AMD's Athlon uses a Slot A architecture that is physically compatible with Intel's Slot 1, but electrically compatible with the DEC's EV-6 Alpha bus, instead of Intel's closed P6 bus architecture. The EV-6 bus has the potential to run at up to 400MHz, starting at 200MHz initially (100MHz * 2).
The Athlon features 19 new 3D instructions with a 128-bit pipeline, backwards compatible with the 3DNow! instructions, but faster, to give Intel's SSE a run for the money.
The K7 will feature chipsets that support SMP or Symmetric Multi-Processing, but not until mid-2001. The K7 will be the first non-Intel x86 chip to be used in systems with more than one processor in a system. Dual processing systems will be first, and then 4 and 8 processor systems as well. This will be significant in the workstation and server market. The K6 architecture is capable of multiprocessing as well, but we will never see a SMP chipset available for it.
All standard Athlons ship with 512K of off-chip L2 cache running at either 1/2, 2/5 or 1/3 processor speed.
The Athlon was initially manufactured on a .25 micron process (C Athlons), but then were moved quickly to a .18 micron process (A Athlons). A and C Athlons can be told apart by looking for an A or C to the right of the part number listed on the plastic shell surrounding them. All Athlons at 750MHz and above are manufactured on a .18 micron process. There were some .25 micron 750MHz Athlons manufactured, but they never made it to market.
The Athlon features 3 integer, 3 floating point and 3 address calculation pipelines. The integer pipelines are 10-stage and the floating point pipelines are 15-stage.
As for benchmarks, so far the K7 600 with 1/2 speed L2 cache is clocking in at around 28 Specint95 and 24 Specfp95. Check Spec.org for other scores. You may also want to check out the Duron, and Thunderbird tables for additional insight into AMD's Athlon line of processors.
The AMD Athlon™ 64 processor has won the Microprocessor
SUNNYVALE, CA -- February 17, 2003 --The AMD Athlon™ 64 processor has won the Microprocessor Report Analysts’ Choice for Best PC Processor at the prestigious Microprocessor Report’s Analysts’ Choice Awards 2002. For the desktop and mobile markets, the upcoming AMD Athlon 64 processor competed for the award with both Intel’s Pentium® 4 and Pentium M processors. The AMD Athlon 64 processor, designed to run both 32-bit and 64-bit applications, is planned to launch in September 2003.
“AMD is honored to receive this award from Microprocessor Report,” said Rob Herb, executive vice president, chief sales and marketing officer for AMD. “We believe the future of computing, from high-end servers to mainstream desktop and notebook PCs, will be based on pervasive 64-bit computing. This award further validates AMD’s leadership position in the 64-bit evolution.”
“We feel that AMD’s unique approach to 64-bit computing will set the standard for the PC industry for the next decade,” said Kevin Krewell, senior analyst, InStat/MDR. “In selecting the winner for this award, we sought to recognize the company that drove industry innovation for PC processor technology.”
The Microprocessor Report Analyst’s Choice Award is the first award the upcoming AMD Athlon 64 processor has received. Award recipients are selected based on an extensive process by the Microprocessor Report analysts. The analyst team not only reviewed products introduced during the course of 2002, but looked at emerging microprocessor technology that was available in sample quantities. This win marks the third time the AMD Athlon family of products has been recognized for its processor technology by Microprocessor Report.
About AMD
AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor’s 500 company, produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of approximately $2.7 billion in 2002. (NYSE: AMD).
Cautionary Statement
This release contains forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements in this release involve risks and uncertainty that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations, including the possibility that the company may not achieve its current product introduction schedule for the upcoming AMD Athlon 64 processor. We urge investors to review in detail the risks and uncertainties in the company's filings with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission
AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other jurisdictions. Other product and company names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.
“AMD is honored to receive this award from Microprocessor Report,” said Rob Herb, executive vice president, chief sales and marketing officer for AMD. “We believe the future of computing, from high-end servers to mainstream desktop and notebook PCs, will be based on pervasive 64-bit computing. This award further validates AMD’s leadership position in the 64-bit evolution.”
“We feel that AMD’s unique approach to 64-bit computing will set the standard for the PC industry for the next decade,” said Kevin Krewell, senior analyst, InStat/MDR. “In selecting the winner for this award, we sought to recognize the company that drove industry innovation for PC processor technology.”
The Microprocessor Report Analyst’s Choice Award is the first award the upcoming AMD Athlon 64 processor has received. Award recipients are selected based on an extensive process by the Microprocessor Report analysts. The analyst team not only reviewed products introduced during the course of 2002, but looked at emerging microprocessor technology that was available in sample quantities. This win marks the third time the AMD Athlon family of products has been recognized for its processor technology by Microprocessor Report.
About AMD
AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor’s 500 company, produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of approximately $2.7 billion in 2002. (NYSE: AMD).
Cautionary Statement
This release contains forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements in this release involve risks and uncertainty that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations, including the possibility that the company may not achieve its current product introduction schedule for the upcoming AMD Athlon 64 processor. We urge investors to review in detail the risks and uncertainties in the company's filings with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission
AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Athlon, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other jurisdictions. Other product and company names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Questions, Answers, and Updates
We set up AGLOCO to give the rewards to Members that they deserve, and this includes the rewards of building the company as a Founding Member. Naturally, as an AGLOCO founder you are getting an unusually candid look into the early activity of a start-up company. This includes both good and bad news, as well as an early look at (and some input into) the decisions that are usually made long before Members have a chance to see the issue at hand.
One of the many functions of the AGLOCO Company Blog is to field some questions posed in comments and elsewhere. I will talk about a few of those now.
First: No, Alice, I am not married and yes, I have a girlfriend. And for Bill, I work mainly on the Revenue team at AGLOCO (in the transactions area of revenue), but as with any small start-up company, most people help out in more than one area.
Forms of Payments to Members: AGLOCO will make cash payments to Members in various forms, always trying to minimize costs and balance that with Member convenience. Forms should include bank-to-bank (ACH), PayPal (and similar), credit to cards (like VISA), and checks in the mail. We will also try to pay in local currencies wherever possible (I heard the question on eGold and I do not have the answer yet).
Member Calculator: If you’ve taken a look at the AGLOCO website lately, you’ll notice that we’ve improved the Member Calculator page based on your suggestions. The mechanics of the calculator are the same, but we have clarified some of the text and added an example to illustrate how it might be used. Let us know what you think!
Viewbar Status: Here’s the quick report. The good news is that the Viewbar release is currently slated for March. And the bad news is the Viewbar release is currently slated for March.
Obviously, I have two minds when it comes to this. I really want the Viewbar out there. I want Members to start using it. I want advertisers and online merchants using it. And I want to start generating revenue for Members and the company.
On the other hand, I also want more time to get ready for the Viewbar. As a part of the AGLOCO Revenue team, I want to have more time to get more agreements in place so the Viewbar makes more money even at the start.
I hear two minds from Members as well. Some Members want the Viewbar out because it would help in recruiting, and because they are eager to start earning. Other Members have expressed that they do not want it out right now because they want more time to get their networks growing before the Viewbar attracts so much recruiting competition.
Thus my mixed feelings. I will try to keep you posted on this on a weekly or bi-weekly basis until it is released (if I bug the engineers too often, they ‘snarl’ at me).
Equity/shares: As stated in previous comments, due to legal restrictions in many countries regarding a discussion of a company’s equity/shares, sales, earnings, and other things of that nature, this blog unfortunately cannot address any of those issues. This would also be true if we were Google, Yahoo, IBM, Toyota, eBay, or any other company (basically, all companies have strict controls on making forward-looking statements on these topics).
How much will I make from AGLOCO? This question has the same legal restrictions regarding “earnings” as equity/stock. There are a number of Member studies and reports out there which give their opinions. I usually find them in a search of Technorati or Google Blogs.
Have a great day!
One of the many functions of the AGLOCO Company Blog is to field some questions posed in comments and elsewhere. I will talk about a few of those now.
First: No, Alice, I am not married and yes, I have a girlfriend. And for Bill, I work mainly on the Revenue team at AGLOCO (in the transactions area of revenue), but as with any small start-up company, most people help out in more than one area.
Forms of Payments to Members: AGLOCO will make cash payments to Members in various forms, always trying to minimize costs and balance that with Member convenience. Forms should include bank-to-bank (ACH), PayPal (and similar), credit to cards (like VISA), and checks in the mail. We will also try to pay in local currencies wherever possible (I heard the question on eGold and I do not have the answer yet).
Member Calculator: If you’ve taken a look at the AGLOCO website lately, you’ll notice that we’ve improved the Member Calculator page based on your suggestions. The mechanics of the calculator are the same, but we have clarified some of the text and added an example to illustrate how it might be used. Let us know what you think!
Viewbar Status: Here’s the quick report. The good news is that the Viewbar release is currently slated for March. And the bad news is the Viewbar release is currently slated for March.
Obviously, I have two minds when it comes to this. I really want the Viewbar out there. I want Members to start using it. I want advertisers and online merchants using it. And I want to start generating revenue for Members and the company.
On the other hand, I also want more time to get ready for the Viewbar. As a part of the AGLOCO Revenue team, I want to have more time to get more agreements in place so the Viewbar makes more money even at the start.
I hear two minds from Members as well. Some Members want the Viewbar out because it would help in recruiting, and because they are eager to start earning. Other Members have expressed that they do not want it out right now because they want more time to get their networks growing before the Viewbar attracts so much recruiting competition.
Thus my mixed feelings. I will try to keep you posted on this on a weekly or bi-weekly basis until it is released (if I bug the engineers too often, they ‘snarl’ at me).
Equity/shares: As stated in previous comments, due to legal restrictions in many countries regarding a discussion of a company’s equity/shares, sales, earnings, and other things of that nature, this blog unfortunately cannot address any of those issues. This would also be true if we were Google, Yahoo, IBM, Toyota, eBay, or any other company (basically, all companies have strict controls on making forward-looking statements on these topics).
How much will I make from AGLOCO? This question has the same legal restrictions regarding “earnings” as equity/stock. There are a number of Member studies and reports out there which give their opinions. I usually find them in a search of Technorati or Google Blogs.
Have a great day!
AGLOCO is not a secret CIA project
As I browse the web, I come across a lot of articles, blogs, forums, and webpages about AGLOCO. It’s great to see our community branching out actively, discussing AGLOCO, and spreading the word.
Sometimes, however, I see inaccuracies about AGLOCO.
Some of the headlines are pretty wild, from “AGLOCO is being funded by Bill Gates” to “AGLOCO Will Not Make Money Online! Ever!” With 1.5 million pages showing up from a Google search of AGLOCO there are plenty of different ‘stories’ to find. Just to see how far things have gone, I searched AGLOCO and “Alexander the Great” and found 83 Google results which had both of these on the same page. I hadn’t realized these topics are related.
While I wish I had the time to scour the web and comment on all of these, it would be an overwhelming and never-ending task (with over 100,000 new pages every week). Still, I wanted to take a minute to talk about some of these rumors and clarify them.
Chad Hurley and Bill Gates
We are delighted that both of these men have come out in favor of revenue sharing with Internet users. I mentioned the following in a comment to my last post:
I’d like to quickly clarify some misinformation I’ve been seeing around the web lately regarding Chad Hurley and Bill Gates. In an earlier post, we referred to public statements they have made in support of revenue sharing, indicating that the AGLOCO concept (basically all about revenue sharing) is on the right track. Some folks seem to be erroneously claiming that Hurley and Gates have made public statements directly about AGLOCO (rather than the revenue sharing concept AGLOCO promotes), which is false.
If you hear this error of fact or see it around the web, please help us clarify it.
While I am sure AGLOCO’s success will someday draw direct statements from these two business leaders, it hasn’t happened yet
Member Calculator
I will say this once more: The units for the Member Calculator are not in US Dollars. The calculator lists monthly accumulated hours one can earn.
The Member Calculator is meant to be a tool that helps Members realize how their Monthly earnings can quickly grow with just a few active referrals. It cannot, and does not, offer a concrete dollar value. This dollar value is dependent on many factors, such as the average revenue generated per Member and the size of the Member base.
Offering a pre-determined fixed rate for hourly surfing is the biggest mistake AllAdvantage made, as that business model proved unsustainable when the dot-com bubble burst. By calibrating Member payouts to profitability, AGLOCO can avoid making this mistake again. Unfortunately, that also means that right now it’s hard to say exactly how much Members will earn.
We are excited by the reception AGLOCO has gotten in its pre-launch phase. With over 1.5 million pages written about AGLOCO in the last 10 weeks, there are bound to be both positive and negative exaggerations. Despite our best efforts, this will likely be true for the next 1.5 million pages as well, though we will try to occasionally address some of them in this blog.
Again, please help us correct these errors if you hear them from others or see them around the web.
Brian Greenwald
AGLOCO Development Team
Interesting site of the day:
Sometimes, however, I see inaccuracies about AGLOCO.
Some of the headlines are pretty wild, from “AGLOCO is being funded by Bill Gates” to “AGLOCO Will Not Make Money Online! Ever!” With 1.5 million pages showing up from a Google search of AGLOCO there are plenty of different ‘stories’ to find. Just to see how far things have gone, I searched AGLOCO and “Alexander the Great” and found 83 Google results which had both of these on the same page. I hadn’t realized these topics are related.
While I wish I had the time to scour the web and comment on all of these, it would be an overwhelming and never-ending task (with over 100,000 new pages every week). Still, I wanted to take a minute to talk about some of these rumors and clarify them.
Chad Hurley and Bill Gates
We are delighted that both of these men have come out in favor of revenue sharing with Internet users. I mentioned the following in a comment to my last post:
I’d like to quickly clarify some misinformation I’ve been seeing around the web lately regarding Chad Hurley and Bill Gates. In an earlier post, we referred to public statements they have made in support of revenue sharing, indicating that the AGLOCO concept (basically all about revenue sharing) is on the right track. Some folks seem to be erroneously claiming that Hurley and Gates have made public statements directly about AGLOCO (rather than the revenue sharing concept AGLOCO promotes), which is false.
If you hear this error of fact or see it around the web, please help us clarify it.
While I am sure AGLOCO’s success will someday draw direct statements from these two business leaders, it hasn’t happened yet
Member Calculator
I will say this once more: The units for the Member Calculator are not in US Dollars. The calculator lists monthly accumulated hours one can earn.
The Member Calculator is meant to be a tool that helps Members realize how their Monthly earnings can quickly grow with just a few active referrals. It cannot, and does not, offer a concrete dollar value. This dollar value is dependent on many factors, such as the average revenue generated per Member and the size of the Member base.
Offering a pre-determined fixed rate for hourly surfing is the biggest mistake AllAdvantage made, as that business model proved unsustainable when the dot-com bubble burst. By calibrating Member payouts to profitability, AGLOCO can avoid making this mistake again. Unfortunately, that also means that right now it’s hard to say exactly how much Members will earn.
We are excited by the reception AGLOCO has gotten in its pre-launch phase. With over 1.5 million pages written about AGLOCO in the last 10 weeks, there are bound to be both positive and negative exaggerations. Despite our best efforts, this will likely be true for the next 1.5 million pages as well, though we will try to occasionally address some of them in this blog.
Again, please help us correct these errors if you hear them from others or see them around the web.
Brian Greenwald
AGLOCO Development Team
Interesting site of the day:
AGLOCO is not “Too Good to be True”
i wrote a comment other day that addressed exactly the type of question Members sometimes get in trying to recruit others to AGLOCO, namely: “AGLOCO sounds too good to be true. Why am I getting paid without putting anything into it?” Here is the quote from my previous blog that answers this point:
Asad Khalid said,
“Well i have some concerns about AGLOCO. Though i badly want this to work, but it seems too good to be true. I can also recruit people into joining Agloco as its free. But this is the thing that worries me. Its hard to believe that you’re going to be paid without ‘investing’ or putting something in it.”
——
AGLOCO Official said,
If being “too good” is our only problem, I think we’re in great shape!
Joking aside, seeming “too good to be true” is probably the number one reason people DON’T sign up for AGLOCO. It seems strange to “get something for nothing.” The truth is, you’re not getting something for nothing. You’re giving the Viewbar a small share of your computer monitor, which we (and apparently many advertisers) consider extremely valuable. You are also choosing us as your partner for commissions, referrals, and fees accumulated through everyday browsing. So, instead of some other middleman making this money, AGLOCO makes it. We win, you win, and the advertisers/companies win for getting your business.
Also, if you decide to refer other Members and build the community, you get more because YOU have built the community and provided it with its most valuable resource: more Members. By providing value to AGLOCO, we provide value back to you for your efforts.
So, essentially, AGLOCO doesn’t cost you any money to join, but you are “putting something in it” to reap the returns AGLOCO will provide you. If it’s worth it to share about 3/4-inch of your screen with the Viewbar and possibly to take the time and effort to build our network, you have earned every cent of your AGLOCO payout.
Value Proposition 1: You have Viewbar on screen, we pay you for it.
Having a Viewbar on your screen while you are actively browsing the Internet offers benefits to AGLOCO, advertisers, and Internet companies. The internet advertising industry is booming, as companies are trying many different ways to get their information in front of your eyes. As such, every inch of real estate on your screen is valuable (as demonstrated by the “million dollar homepage” last year). The Viewbar will show a targeted text ad, and advertisers are more than happy to pay AGLOCO for the opportunity to put that in front of you.
Another reason you get paid is because having an active Viewbar on your screen means that you are asking AGLOCO to be your commission partner. Many things you do on the internet make money for middlemen without you realizing it. AGLOCO never requires Members to do any of these things, but activities such as joining communities (such as eBay and MySpace), searching (such as on Yahoo and Google), downloading free software (such as Adobe Acrobat), and making purchases (such as on Orbitz and Amazon.com), will in many cases generate money for a middleman. By having an active Viewbar on your desktop, you designate AGLOCO to be your middleman. This makes AGLOCO money and, in return for that, AGLOCO pays you back. So, in that way, having an active Viewbar on your screen makes you money for doing what you would ordinarily do.
Value Proposition 2: You build the network, we pay you more.
I talk about this a little in a previous post:
Why does AGLOCO use a referral system?
“The most valuable part of AGLOCO is its Members. By referring others to AGLOCO, you provide them with value and for that, AGLOCO thinks you should get some of that value you provide.
It makes sense. Think about YouTube. The first, most active users were on the site when the software was buggy and there were few videos available, but their Membership (and referrals to others) is what made the site a success. When it was sold for $1.65 billion, how much of that did these first users see? Nothing. With the AGLOCO referral system, Members get more for building the network.”
Should you choose to build the network, you are ‘sticking your neck out’ to build the community and make it valuable. You are ‘paying’ with your time and effort, as well as risking your reputation, in convincing the people you know to join AGLOCO. You know that it could fail. If it does, you have spent a lot of time working for nothing in return, and you might look a little silly to the people you referred into the system. Not everyone is willing to take that risk.
However, for those who do take that risk, there will be significant rewards if AGLOCO succeeds.
As I write this blog, AGLOCO is in the midst of its highest new Member signup week ever. And despite the naysayers, we are very confident that AGLOCO will work. In a comment to a previous post, Simon shared a quote that is pertinent to this idea:
“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.” -Machiavelli
The power of the AGLOCO concept can be seen all over the web. Google AGLOCO and see almost 1.5 million search results. See our alexa ranking among the world’s top few thousand websites. With hundreds of thousands of Members, we are possibly the largest pre-launch community on the Internet. Go looking around the web and you will find tons of interesting and innovative Member blogs that display the energy and excitement in our community. I feel very, very good about AGLOCO. And if you believe in your own value as an Internet user, you should too.
Asad Khalid said,
“Well i have some concerns about AGLOCO. Though i badly want this to work, but it seems too good to be true. I can also recruit people into joining Agloco as its free. But this is the thing that worries me. Its hard to believe that you’re going to be paid without ‘investing’ or putting something in it.”
——
AGLOCO Official said,
If being “too good” is our only problem, I think we’re in great shape!
Joking aside, seeming “too good to be true” is probably the number one reason people DON’T sign up for AGLOCO. It seems strange to “get something for nothing.” The truth is, you’re not getting something for nothing. You’re giving the Viewbar a small share of your computer monitor, which we (and apparently many advertisers) consider extremely valuable. You are also choosing us as your partner for commissions, referrals, and fees accumulated through everyday browsing. So, instead of some other middleman making this money, AGLOCO makes it. We win, you win, and the advertisers/companies win for getting your business.
Also, if you decide to refer other Members and build the community, you get more because YOU have built the community and provided it with its most valuable resource: more Members. By providing value to AGLOCO, we provide value back to you for your efforts.
So, essentially, AGLOCO doesn’t cost you any money to join, but you are “putting something in it” to reap the returns AGLOCO will provide you. If it’s worth it to share about 3/4-inch of your screen with the Viewbar and possibly to take the time and effort to build our network, you have earned every cent of your AGLOCO payout.
Value Proposition 1: You have Viewbar on screen, we pay you for it.
Having a Viewbar on your screen while you are actively browsing the Internet offers benefits to AGLOCO, advertisers, and Internet companies. The internet advertising industry is booming, as companies are trying many different ways to get their information in front of your eyes. As such, every inch of real estate on your screen is valuable (as demonstrated by the “million dollar homepage” last year). The Viewbar will show a targeted text ad, and advertisers are more than happy to pay AGLOCO for the opportunity to put that in front of you.
Another reason you get paid is because having an active Viewbar on your screen means that you are asking AGLOCO to be your commission partner. Many things you do on the internet make money for middlemen without you realizing it. AGLOCO never requires Members to do any of these things, but activities such as joining communities (such as eBay and MySpace), searching (such as on Yahoo and Google), downloading free software (such as Adobe Acrobat), and making purchases (such as on Orbitz and Amazon.com), will in many cases generate money for a middleman. By having an active Viewbar on your desktop, you designate AGLOCO to be your middleman. This makes AGLOCO money and, in return for that, AGLOCO pays you back. So, in that way, having an active Viewbar on your screen makes you money for doing what you would ordinarily do.
Value Proposition 2: You build the network, we pay you more.
I talk about this a little in a previous post:
Why does AGLOCO use a referral system?
“The most valuable part of AGLOCO is its Members. By referring others to AGLOCO, you provide them with value and for that, AGLOCO thinks you should get some of that value you provide.
It makes sense. Think about YouTube. The first, most active users were on the site when the software was buggy and there were few videos available, but their Membership (and referrals to others) is what made the site a success. When it was sold for $1.65 billion, how much of that did these first users see? Nothing. With the AGLOCO referral system, Members get more for building the network.”
Should you choose to build the network, you are ‘sticking your neck out’ to build the community and make it valuable. You are ‘paying’ with your time and effort, as well as risking your reputation, in convincing the people you know to join AGLOCO. You know that it could fail. If it does, you have spent a lot of time working for nothing in return, and you might look a little silly to the people you referred into the system. Not everyone is willing to take that risk.
However, for those who do take that risk, there will be significant rewards if AGLOCO succeeds.
As I write this blog, AGLOCO is in the midst of its highest new Member signup week ever. And despite the naysayers, we are very confident that AGLOCO will work. In a comment to a previous post, Simon shared a quote that is pertinent to this idea:
“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.” -Machiavelli
The power of the AGLOCO concept can be seen all over the web. Google AGLOCO and see almost 1.5 million search results. See our alexa ranking among the world’s top few thousand websites. With hundreds of thousands of Members, we are possibly the largest pre-launch community on the Internet. Go looking around the web and you will find tons of interesting and innovative Member blogs that display the energy and excitement in our community. I feel very, very good about AGLOCO. And if you believe in your own value as an Internet user, you should too.
AGLOCO: The Internet's First Economic Network
AGLOCO: The Internet's First Economic Network
Today’s hottest Internet businesses are all about the power of social networks. Companies like MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube have become worth billions because businesses have realized that these social networks are generating huge advertising and marketing opportunities. As these social networks grow, the economic potential for its owners – and the advertisers who target the site’s users – is remarkable.
At AGLOCO, we asked a simple question: The users created the community, where’s their share of the profit?
It was from this question that AGLOCO set out to create the Internet’s first Economic Network, harnessing the power of Internet-based social networks to directly benefit the Members who help to create the community.
Becoming a member of AGLOCO is as simple as completing a brief sign-up page (name, age, location and email address.). Once you’re a Member, you will be asked to then download the Viewbar™ software. (Note: the Viewbar™ software is currently unavailable, as it is in closed testing. It will be ready for public download in a few weeks, and members will be notified when it is available.)
AGLOCO makes money for its Members in many ways:
- Search: Every time you use the Viewbar™ to do an Internet search, AGLOCO earns money from the search engine providers. (For example, Google pays as much as $0.10 on average for each search that is directed to its search engine.)
- Advertising: The Viewbar™ itself displays ads that are targeted based upon the websites you’re visiting. When you click on an ad and make a purchase, AGLOCO receives a referral fee, which we pass on to our Members. (Please note: Individual members do not receive any compensation for clicking on ads in the Viewbar™, and the Viewbar™ can detect if someone is clicking ads in a fraudulent manner.)
- Transaction commissions: Many major retailers pay commissions when you refer customers who make a purchase. AGLOCO collects that commission and passes it on to our members. (For example, Amazon pays an 8.5% commission to most websites who refer customers, and has cut deals for even larger percentages. The bigger the AGLOCO community, the better commission we can negotiate for our Members.)
- Software distribution: Numerous software companies pay websites to encourage the download of new software releases (for example, Adobe’s Flash and Acrobat Reader software), and trial versions of new programs. AGLOCO members not only get access to the latest and coolest software, they get paid for it.
- Service distribution: Many online service providers will look to the AGLOCO community as a source of new and active users for their services. (For example, eBay, Skype, and PayPal, among others, all pay fees to people who help them recruit new active users to their services)
- Product distribution: When Members agree to use a product, such as cell phones, high-tech gadgets, office supplies, new credit cards or financial services, AGLOCO can collect referral fees. Some companies even offer special rebate and cash-back programs.
AGLOCO Members make money in four ways.
- Members earn a monthly share of the AGLOCO revenue based on the use of the AGLOCO Viewbar™ that month.
- Members earn part of the company based on the use of the AGLOCO Viewbar™ that month (currently a maximum of five hours are rewarded). Click here for details.
- Members who use our referral system to help build the AGLOCO network will earn more. (AGLOCO only has significant value as a large network and people who help build it should be rewarded. – We also feel that the early users who told friends about YouTube or MySpace or even Google probably deserved something too, but no referral system was available to record their work).
- Members will also get a share of any commissions AGLOCO gets when a Member purchases a product or service from an AGLOCO Sponsor company.
Why should I join now?
- First, it costs nothing to Join and takes less than one minute.
- Second, you can help build the AGLOCO community by recruiting new Members TODAY.
Right now, inviting your friends to join AGLOCO is as easy and productive as it will ever be – but you need to invite your friends before someone else beats you to them.
Remember, the bigger the AGLOCO community, the more attractive AGLOCO is to potential business partners and advertisers.
- Recruit your friends and family by contacting them through email. (But remember we have a strict anti-spam policy.)
- Use your blog and your existing social networks, such as MySpace and Facebook, to contact your friends and encourage them to join a new community that will actually let them earn money.
Be a part of the Internet’s first Member-Owned Economic Community.
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