http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=309659 At some point in time, I stopped believing these. I didn't even bother downloading the content. It will say, "Use Adsense plox." There's an ancient Russian proverb which translates something like, "The only free things in life are cheeses in moustraps." How true it is. /rant.
You mean I can't make one million dollars just by reading that e-book and then doing 15 minutes of secret methodology?
It won't stop...though i don't really see a problem with it...it's free... i should restate myself...i don't have a problem with the ones that don't try to add all the hype...just say it's a normal 'ole ebook and i'm fine...lol
eh, you never lose by reading those free ebooks. never know, there might be something there you didn't know.
It's free, so there's no harm in trying. What can a guy do to you after you downloaded his file? And would he even know if you don't post in that thread? --Joe
"A fool and his money are soon parted" ??? Free doesn't cost you anything, it's true...I'll read just about anything On the other hand, there is the saying "Time is money", so in that sense, if you are spending time reading (for example, too much time on DP ;-) then you are also spending money
Holy cow dude, you are averaging 47 posts/day? That is impressive!! See, you are not only reading on DP but posting as well, thus making invaluable contacts as well as building hundreds of backlinks so you are being productive.
Yup...those are all goals I have in mind ...plus...keeping all my posts meaningful and spam free (that's my main one ) plus...i love to talk...so it's hard for me to shut my mouth...(or stop my fingers in this case)
Mkay. Do I have to whip out my "facts of life" again? 1. Almost every eBook I've read offers more services to pay for. For example, "AMAZING SECRETS TO BIG TRAFFIC eBook". After I bought it, it revealed some good stuff I didn't know. Now when I wanted to apply it, the only way to do so was to buy another 10 products to make it work. Pardon my French, but fuck that. 2. Time is money. Reading that 50-60 page eBook just cost you an hour. That's an hour of your life. You never know when you could be mauled by a vicious squirrel.
Haha, yeah I give you credit...will have to check out your sites to see how much you've written. I have no problem generating content, my problem is being stuck in supplemental hell. I thought content was king but I guess not : /
To answer your question, it will never stop, because there are thousands of people all over the web that still live in "Urban Legend Land" and are prime targets for todays modern day snake oil salesman Look around all of these forums, and around the net as a whole. Most of the money is being made off people who have no skills, no marketing experience, but somehow believe the web is going to make all of their dreams come true. It's sickening...I have been watching for a few months now, and I just can't believe the level of bad knowledge that is around. All the money and bull crap that is made selling tools, and software, and crap to so called webmasters is idiotic. You can't even do a simple transaction anymore with checking the tools, and this software, and this website, and this listing, and the revenue from last year, and blah, blah, blah. Let me let you all in on a little secret...I don't care how many checks you do, and how much software, you have, and what kind of revenue statements you ask for, you are all kidding yourself. There is not a piece of software, or any book, and anything that you can see or buy that is going to tell you that a website is going to make money in the future, you know why...because websites don't make money...WEBMASTERS make money. Every successful web entrepreneur out there could have done just as well with almost any idea.. it's not the boat, it's the Capt. of the ship. I can buy a Corvette, but It don't mean I'm going to win the Indy 500. You know why..I DON"T KNOW HOW TO RACE! So you can do every check in the world and look and verify all the paperwork you want, the bottom line is, if YOU have no skills, what ever you buy will start to fall apart and the revenue WILL go down, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER BUSINESS. If you don't know how to run it, you are actually running towards your own failure and ASKING to pay( "X" x past revenue) to do it. I have had the pleasure of being around some very experienced and versed people in this business that have been around since the Commodore 64. When I tell them all of the Pomp and Ceremony that goes into a $100 transaction, they crack up. The bottom line is, if you don't know enough about Business (marketing, the web, maybe study some search engine marketing..something besides Overture) to be able to look at a simple word, or domain, or website, and you can't tell IF YOU, can make any money with it in a few minutes, you are wasting your time, and your money, and you WILL be waiting tables very soon. The best transaction in the world is someone who asks for everything including DNA, because they believe that is a determiner of continuing income without any work from them, they are what is known as ESO. The Equipment is smarter than the Owner. It is the most idiotic, and unheard of business transaction, I have ever seen.on this level of business. OK, enough from me, sorry for the rant.