LocalAdlink Scam – Online Marketing Gimmick?

admin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:32:48 +0000

One of the biggest scams to hit the online marketing scene is Localadlink. It appears to be started by a bunch of former MLM professionals. I only state the word ‘professional’ because they’re professionals at taking money. Localadlink is nothing more than a directory of businesses coupled with pay per click advertising. Whats really the killer is they target small business owners that do not how to market themselves online. They assume they’ll get leads by advertising with hundreds of other business owners along with geotargeting their ads.

Someone forgot to fill them in that they can target as many zip codes and use as many keyphrases as they like. Business owners can also send visitors to their OWN landing page rather than to Localadlinks pages filled with 20 other businesses the visitor could choose from.

Here are a few hot sites that feature LocalAdLink and break it down:
http://www.forestmarie.com/why-localadlink-is-a-scam-localadlink-review-local-ad-link/
http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/deal-discussion/880579/
http://ontopresultsllc.com/news/2009/03/06/localadlink-in-charlotte-nc/

Whats even funnier is how many Localadlink reps actually optimize their websites for that phrase:
LocalAdLink Scam

Then on their website they talk about how wonderful it is. They take home 50% of the commission from a business owner each moth. HALF!! Could you imagine telling your neighbor, “Hey, I can list you on Google for $200 bucks but I get $100 of that. So you only really will see $100 worth of traffic, if that!”

Now thats one business model everyone should run away from real quick!

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Jesusita Haygood – SEO Spam?

admin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:04:23 +0000

Looks like yet another email spam from a fake name? Only 180 search results in Google for this individual. Don’t you think they’d optimize for their own name or at least have a few social media profiles somewhere?
Here’s the email below:

Dear Website Owner,

65% of people searching the Internet will never find your web site unless you’re ranked on first page of Google, MSN, or Yahoo. If I help you obtain as much as 4 times more WEB traffic to your online business by promoting you to the first page of the search engines would you be interested?

Our company is on the first page when you search on Google for our primary search term “SEO Company.” We would like to do the same for your web site so you can come up for your main keywords as well? All of our processes use the most ethical “white hat” Search Engine Optimization techniques that will not get your website banned or penalized.

This special SEO program includes:
• No upfront fees
• A month-to-month program
• More traffic guaranteed

Please reply to my email and I would be happy to send you a proposal.
______________________________________________________________________
Sincerely,
Jesusita Haygood

567 WEST CHANNEL ISLANDS BLVD
PORT HUENEME, CA 93041 – USA

Small business owners beware

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