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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

How To: Make a lot of money from the Internet

Unfortunately, by posting this I'm probably precluding The Pasty Quail's opportunity to set up a crooked charity organization, but I think this is pretty important news.

The website FreeRice.com is actually a legitimately good charity. For every simple vocabulary word you guess, they'll donate 10 grains of rice to undernourished people.

Well, The PC Spy enlightens us all by mentioning that FreeRice is not a registered charity, and though, as it did on Sunday, the site donated about 2,700 kg (approx. 6,000 lbs.) of rice, the rest of its money is profit.

However, at the current rate, PC Spy estimates that the site's entrepreneur could be raking in more than $150,000 a day in internet advertising. After the cost of rice, which stands around $1,000 for that 6,000 lbs., that's a pretty hefty sum.

Again, I don't want to diminish the good deeds that FreeRice is doing. But this is reminiscent of my recent coverage on The Church Business, seeing people help many others while ultimately helping themselves at the top of the ladder.

Is there anything wrong with what FreeRice and the Rolls-driving church pastors are doing?

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