IS SODAHEAD MAKING MONEY OUT OF YOU??

by macbeth Posted 2013/02/14 14:49:21

Related Topics: Marketing, Engine, Media, Social Media, Market, Press, Unique, Companies, Segment, consumer, Money, 2012, The Web

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	Yes. Please comment	24 votes	77%
	No. Please comment	4 votes	13%
	Undecided	3 votes	10%

SodaHead.com Introduces Suite of Market Research Products to Gauge Consumer Sentiments

SodaHead.com, the web’s leading
organic market research engine, today announced the immediate
availability of a powerful and cost-effective new suite of market
research products.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRLog (Press Release) - Feb. 13, 2012
- Encino, CA, February 13, 2012 – SodaHead.com, the web’s leading
organic market research engine, today announced the immediate
availability of a powerful and cost-effective new suite of market
research products. The SodaHead offerings will allow companies,
communications industry agencies and media organizations to rapidly
access the site’s dynamic community, of 10 million unique users, to
secure research data for public relations, advertising, marketing
branding and social media activities to obtain detailed and timely
consumer sentiments on any topic or issue, including data in the hard to
reach younger demographic segments of: 13-18, 18-24, and 25-34.

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Flowers 2013/02/14 17:04:11

Yes. Please comment

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I think it's strange that people assume they WOULDN'T be making money off of us. Who pays the salaries of tech support (just cuz they stink at their job doesn't mean they don't exist) or the servers? Or the data storage? or the domain costs? The internet isn't free people hints the ------------> creepy squid ad to the right. You voluntarily come to this site, what exactly did you think was the purpose??
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findthelight2000 2013/02/15 07:09:33 (edited)

Yes. Please comment

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Yes. Not only that, be warned that SodaHead is Malware! I had problems with my computer and had them fixed. As it turned out my Computer was loaded up with a bunch of viruses, adware, and other malware, all stemming from SodaHead use.

My Computer is now well protected and each and every page I go to on SH my virus protection informs me that malicious URL has been blocked. Every page! Be smart, and have your Computer worked on and make sure that you have very good virus protection. Always update your virus protection each time before opening the internet so that you have the most up-to-date protection.

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roxie 2013/02/15 05:02:57

Yes. Please comment

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Oh Ya!

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katywon 2013/02/15 01:12:24

No. Please comment

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No. I don't fit into their marketing needs.

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MadMax 2013/02/14 22:04:23

Yes. Please comment

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*GASP!* No way!

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Roger47 2013/02/14 21:31:10

Yes. Please comment

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They should pay me more than they do!

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Tastentier 2013/02/14 20:48:02

Yes. Please comment

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I certainly hope they do! Otherwise this site won't be around much longer :-) Just imagine the bandwidth costs for a site like this. Anyway, there is an internet-inspired saying that goes "if you're not the customer you're the product". I have no problems with being the product.

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Wulfdane 2013/02/14 20:44:46 (edited)

Yes. Please comment

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Why wouldn't they? The money to keep the site up and running has to come from somewhere.

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Cal 2013/02/14 20:23:16 (edited)
macbeth to Cal 2013/02/14 20:40:33

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Wouldn't it be nice if, like other forums, SH found a way of offering some token reward to its contributors?

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sυιcι∂εsυη∂αε~ 2013/02/14 19:38:59

Yes. Please comment

I'm bored out of my mind

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macbeth to sυιcι∂ε... 2013/02/14 19:46:49

Start a thread about it.

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locknload 2013/02/14 19:03:41
Bronar 2013/02/14 19:02:41

Yes. Please comment

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NO WAY! I figured all the full time programmers were all working for free and set up the points system so we would use the site less! How unbelievably shocking!

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macbeth to Bronar 2013/02/14 19:08:41

I would suggest that contributing members could have their contributions rewarded whether financially, as with VirginMedia, or promotional goodies.
Just a thought.

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lucky 2013/02/14 18:40:26

Yes. Please comment

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You should hope so, sites that dont make money off their members seldom stay open for very long, they also tend to be the least likely to make upgrades that benefit the members and the least likely to listen to member complaints.

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Piperpc 2013/02/14 18:01:23

Yes. Please comment

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I would assume so. I never imagined that the site was founded out of a sense of altruism, just for our entertainment. ;-)

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Kookieless The Sexy Nihilis... 2013/02/14 17:29:13
macbeth to Kookiel... 2013/02/14 17:52:36

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LOL............Shouldn't you be getting a cut, as you're such a regular contributor?!

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Kookiel... to macbeth 2013/02/14 20:55:56
Flowers 2013/02/14 17:04:11

Yes. Please comment

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I think it's strange that people assume they WOULDN'T be making money off of us. Who pays the salaries of tech support (just cuz they stink at their job doesn't mean they don't exist) or the servers? Or the data storage? or the domain costs? The internet isn't free people hints the ------------> creepy squid ad to the right. You voluntarily come to this site, what exactly did you think was the purpose??

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Melizmatic to Flowers 2013/02/14 17:10:33
Flowers to Melizmatic 2013/02/14 17:22:17

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LMAO!! I respond to those damn polls then realize who it was created by and get pissed off at my self for being a part of the problem.

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Melizmatic to Flowers 2013/02/14 17:29:40 (edited)

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I check to see who authored most posts before I answer.

I typically avoid questions by SH 'writers' because the content is usually so bad, with the occasional exception of Adrihead; because most of her posts don't seem nearly as slanted and incendiary.

I also dont answer posts from ABCNews, NewsMax, Lets Ask America, ESPN, or any of the other "partners" SH has taken on recently.

And I actually got HaHaJK.com (whom I assume is now a former 'partner') to block me, which totally negates their whole purpose of being here to do 'research.'

=D

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Flowers to Melizmatic 2013/02/14 19:14:40

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Newsmax is filled with cookies, I stay away from their sites completely.

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Melizmatic to Flowers 2013/02/14 19:15:56

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I've never clicked on any post of theirs nor any links.

Some internet "entities" just scream 'shady.'

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Melizmatic 2013/02/14 17:02:02

Yes. Please comment

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Couple of things here:

1) Of course the owner is making money from the traffic on his site; that's the whole purpose.

2) >>>"SodaHead.com, the web’s leading organic market research engine..."<<<

Um, according to whom, exactly? Compared to FB & Twitter many people have never even heard of this site.

3) >>>"10 Million unique 'users"<<<

Note the terminology there. Users, not members.
This site only allegedly has about half a million members... and once you factor in all the fake and deactivated accounts, that's not an accurate tally either.

Most people seem to find this site by accident while doing image searches on google, but that doesnt necessarily mean that they all stay and become members; most do not.

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Flowers to Melizmatic 2013/02/14 17:05:13

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I immediately LAUGHED at that number. Uneducated marketing shills probably believe that number, but we know better. It's a HIGHLY inflated number.

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Melizmatic to Flowers 2013/02/14 17:18:57

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That's some serious hyperbole right there.

Fef WISHES.

*lmao

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macbeth to Melizmatic 2013/02/14 17:07:09

Even if the real figure for members is only half that claimed, it still makes for a pretty large sampling pool, from a market research POV.

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Melizmatic to macbeth 2013/02/14 17:20:02

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Even then, one has to take it on faith that those are active members who are providing accurate information.

I, personally, am not.

The email I use for this site is just one of many and its not under my legal name.

I provide no demographic info other than gender and country, and I avoid answering obvious marketing research questions.

The site uses me, and I use it back.

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macbeth to Melizmatic 2013/02/14 17:54:50

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LOL According to SH of course. Nobody beats market research companies when it comes to bigging themselves up.

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Melizmatic to macbeth 2013/02/14 18:07:25

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*lolz

I 'trust' SH (or any info obtained from it) about as far as I could pick it up and throw it with a wet noodle.

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Tropiceagle33 2013/02/14 17:00:12

Undecided

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something seems to be going down that line

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macbeth to Tropice... 2013/02/14 17:02:42

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Wouldn't it be nice if they acknowledged us posters in some way............even, as someone below suggests, with t-shirts or whatever.

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Tropice... to macbeth 2013/02/14 17:06:17

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yeah, that would be nice although they could be company bosses mingling to handle the researches

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Popeye 2013/02/14 16:41:09

Yes. Please comment

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I have a great spam blocker in my Outlook, none of their emails ever reach me, they go into trash before I even see it and deletes automatically.

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Lulu's Mom 2013/02/14 15:31:27

Yes. Please comment

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He has a good thing going with this.

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macbeth to Lulu's Mom 2013/02/14 15:33:08

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Money for old rope, as they say.

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Princess 2013/02/14 15:12:51

Yes. Please comment

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Within 2 minutes of joining SH my inbox was loaded with over 100 e-mails from companies trying to sell me crap.

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macbeth to Princess 2013/02/14 15:19:11

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I guess you've now unsubscribed from emails ;)

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