IQ News: Tripod Builds Get-Richer Scheme For Members

Popularity does pay off, at least on the Internet. Beginning today, Williamstown, Mass.-based online community Tripod, a part of the Lycos Network of Web sites, will introduce an ad revenue sharing initiative that will pay cash to Tripod members for building popular homepages.
The Premier Builders Program will offer so-called “Builder Bucks” to Web masters who draw significant traffic to their sites and feature content that’s both appropriate and attractive to advertisers. The program will have a tiered payment structure, so depending upon traffic, personal homepage builders can earn between 50 cents to a dollar per thousand page views.