I surf BlogClicker frequently to bring traffic to my blog. While I appreciate BlogExlosion, BlogClicker has at least brought in a small revenue stream. What gets me, though, are the contests.

See, there are two contests on BlogClicker every month. One is for sites surfed via BC, the other is for referrals. While I surf as much as I can to earn credits (I have a paid membership, both to make a little extra money and because I get more credits for each blog surfed), I do it in streaks. I still have yet to come CLOSE to using the credits I have earned.

On a few occasions I have been fortunate enough to win second or third place in the surf conest. Never first, for reasons I will detail later, and rarely second or third for the same reasons, but I have done it.

See, there are people who sit online and do NOTHING BUT surf. They will get 2, 3, or 4000 sites surfed just about every week. But, see, you can't surf more than 180 sites in an hour, so 2000 credits represents over 10 hours of "hard" surfing" via BC....for the grand sum of $5 IF they win (50 cents an hour for those keeping score at home).

Now I like the extra money because it's EXTRA...for an activity I'm already doing. But to surf solely for the money, as these people are obviously doing (It's CLEARLY not for the page views...there simply aren't enough people surfing for credit to earn more than 20 or 30 page views per day, as I discovered), is INSANE. I literally could make more money picking cans up off the highway.

Oh, well...whatever floats yer boat, I guess!