You have undoubtedly seen firefox affiliate buttons and links on hundreds of sites. Why do web sites add these?
The prime reason is of course to promote Firefox – undoubtedly the best browser. This is an incredible effort by the Spread Firefox Community.
There are other benefits of a Firefox affiliate too…
Points – basis of a community-wide competition to see who can best spread Firefox. Create a sfx account to accumulate points. Put buttons and links and for each unique person that clicks on your link, you will receive one point. All sfx members have a unique affiliate ID that sfx uses to track these clicks.
What do these points get you?
- Roll Call can drive hundreds of thousands of visitors to your website. The “Top 5 Climbers” box displays those members who have climbed the most number of slots in the rankings over the past 7 days, while the “Top 5 Affiliates” box displays those members who earned the highest number of points in the past 7 days. You can also see the top 250 affiliates.
- Rewards – sfx team sometimes awards people with the highest points with free prizes that range from a spreadfirefox.com e-mail address to cool Firefox gear from the Mozilla Store.
- Rights -Some rare members that rise to the top earn the respect and admiration of their peers, and might even be invited to join the sfx team.
Besides the points, you can participate in the lively Spread Firefox forums, get your own blog, choose from a variety of banner and logos, and of course promote firefox.