Archive for February, 2005
Affiliate Scam Challenge
Welcome to my Affiliate Scam Challenge. Simply click on each of the two links and you will be taken to two merchant Web sites. The challenge is to determine which is real and which is fake without cliking beyond the landing page. Were you able to guess the fake site… set up by our very own Federal Trade Commission? How did you fare and what tipped you off?
Business Success Is A Science!
So many people want business success, especially on the Internet. They grope around, trying a little of this and a little of that, hoping and praying that against all odds they will – somehow, magically – strike it rich. Perhaps…
Crystal Semantics Granted Patent for World’s First Sense Engine
One has to wonder if Google’s Adsense couldn’t use this technology from Crystal Semantics.
From the release:
The technology enables the correct senses of words to be determined — for example, determining the sense of the
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Affiliates, Search & Denial
I woke this morning thinking to myself, “is this industry in complete denial?” As I see it, it’s time to send in a probe when ValueClick tells the world not to worry by suggesting that “nothing is moving *that* fast”; High profile “super affiliates” continue to try to exact change by creating presentations/blogging their frustrations in the form of negative suggestions; The investment world begins to question valuations of search companies as rumors re: various forms of click and impression fraud suddenly seem worth considering.
Microsoft Pseudo-Hijacks
BusinessWeek describes behavior by Microsoft that it compared to being “perilously close to the browser hijacking that’s a characteristic of many spyware programs.”
Here’s what seems to have happened to your computers. On Feb. 8, as part of
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Charity Auctions Are Big Business on eBay
These days, even churches are cashing in on the eBay craze. The Reform Chruch of Galveston, Texas, is selling banner space on its consignment shop. The banner is available March 7 through April 7, 2005.
Google Fraud – It hurts when you’re the target.
Do you know the story of the merchant who relied on Google to promote his services – until his new business was brought to a virtual standstill due to Adsense fraud?
Read on……
Google has for some time distributed advertising…
Contacting a Wholesale Supplier
The more professional a Wholesaler thinks you are, the more anxious they will be to deal with you.
I was accidentally sent an email by someone who had purchased one of our Worldwide Brands Product sourcing Directories recently. The sender…
Tiny Search Bid Becomes Massive Embarrassment
Yesterday I wrote about deceptive downloads and today I wanted to comment on some of the report from the Silicon Insider Spyware story. (For those curious yes I got my own shiny little letter from but…
Become.com Becomes an Affiliate
Become.com launched in beta today. It was started by Michael Yang and Yeogirl Yun, the founders of MySimon. While it claims to be a shopping search engine, I’m not sure how it differs from a standard search engine.
The main…
