Its a very good question. I have been wondering too.
Rude $1 pay per sign up was moderately good a few months ago, but last 3 maybe 6 months, either they have lost the ability to convert for free or there is something wrong with their stats.
Below is a comparison of the last 3 x 3 month periods with actual figures. All traffic from same source (GEO IP redirected SE traffic).... 100% clicked from my redirection page (
http://www.lagc.info/index6.html ) to rude.
From To Hits Free Join Join:Hits CONV Total $
20/03/09 19/06/09 3346 12 01:278 10 10
20/12/08 19/03/09 4550 91 01:50 80 80
20/09/08 19/12/08 5689 251 01:22 198 198
To be honest, I have only kept this ad up to reach a payout but getting the last few dollars has been ridiculously slow and I STILL need $2 more.
Anybody got 2 mins to help me test signups are being properly recorded?