After 15 years of trying to revive this and being scammed by liars and crooks at almost every turn, I am downgrading this back to hobby status. I thought I could make a go at this as a business but there is too much corruption and fraud in this industry to make a go of it as a business. It seems just when you get to the point where a site should start paying you out a consistent and growing income, it magically fails or rules change or etc. etc. etc. excuse, excuse, excuse.
I can think of only a couple sites I can honestly promote in good faith. Anything else either gets no referrals or is a money loser to promote so I am almost to the point where I no longer promote anything
I still consider it a hobby because it is able to produce a few hundred dollars per month but I know i'll never be able to live on the income
What a shame. It sure was fun but the crooks ruined it