Letters to the Editor

Get paid for taking Surveys on the Web: I’ve got issues! They SUCK!

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Aug 292009

A couple of visitors have sent me emails about earning money taking Surveys on the Web. Even one affiliate was smart enough to email me. These pitches are everywhere: Twitter streams, Facebook, emails, and even on Television. Since the economy is really bad, this entire industry seems to be promoting like hell. My first reaction is that they ALL SUCK!

Domain Theft: A Promise to Pay Gone Bad!

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Dec 112005

I recently received a very long email from the seller of a domain name who never got paid. Although I have covered domain sale issues before, I failed to document a critical procedure to prevent this from happening. The email is to long to publish and the situation sounds quite volatile so I will summarize the issue and provide tips to prevent this.

The $3,000.00 email: Secrets your Affiliate Program doesn’t want you to know about.

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Sep 202005

Reader “frogtrain” tells me how he used the techniques in my recent entry titled “Secrets your Affiliate Program doesn’t want you to know about” to earn significantly more money from his current CPA programs. The article link opens in a new window so, I suggest you read the original article as well as the email which I received and have edited at the senders request. The reader was generous enough to include a few tips which I failed to document.

A Parents Cry for Help: Instant Messenger Abuse.

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Aug 032005

It’s not unusual for me to receive phone calls from this sites visitors who need help. This call was different. Mom and teen daughter were in a panic and indicated a scruffy looking stranger was at the front door asking to see the teenage daughter and even worse, the stranger knew far to much about the teen. This was an exclusive gated Community which required a Password to open the gate and located a few miles from my office. I advised Mom not to open her front door, politely ask the stranger to leave, use the Panic button on her alarm and then call the police. It would take me a few minutes to reach the house with my “digital kit” on a pro bono house call. What I saw and learned not only confirms my view that the Internet is a very dangerous place but lot’s of Parents and teens need a strong dose of reality and training.

Sean’s email raises some important issues and omissions on my part.

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Feb 202005

Although most of our email was supportive of my recent article titled “The New Google Toolbar: Just say NO!” which I suggest you open in a new window, Sean does present an interesting argument and properly points out some omissions in my original entry.

Buying a Web Site: Tips to prevent fraud from “confused”

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Feb 122005

Every few weeks we publish some email we receive along with our response. We generally redact the senders name and email address to protect their privacy. This email provides an excellent question and some valuable tips to prevent fraud and half truths in the purchase of a Web Site.

Our Site Critique From “unhappy”

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Jan 092005

Every few weeks we will publish some email we receive along with our response. We generally redact the senders name and email address to protect their privacy. We have chosen not to enable the Comments feature of our script since it lacks adequate controls to prevent Spam and abuse. We hope you enjoy this regular feature.

Affiliate Program Advice From the “dude”

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Dec 012004