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Re: AWAI Copywriting Course Scam Not All bad news

Posted By: Dennis Bevers
Date: Sunday, February 1, 2009, at 2:58 p.m.(pst)

In Response To: Re: AWAI Copywriting Course Scam Not All bad news (Blaird Foxton)

>> The irony of this thread though was not lost on me when I noticed that
>> the Google adbanner for this site was promoting;

>> "Copywriting Secrets
>> 2 Free Reports: From Top Ad Writers Start Your New Life & Career Today
>> www.AWAIonline.com/14_Free_Tips"

>> So one one hand the owner of this site is allowing others to warn
>> people away from AWIA and on the other the owner of this site is
>> benifitting from Google banner advertisments promoting AWIA.

>> Welcome to the new world of "buyer beware"
>> Glad we still have "freedom of speach"

Yes, I'm thankful for the 'limited' freedom of speech we enjoy on this forum. And I sympathize with the owner here. She has the option of earning income from this well-trafficked site, or because of a few bad or poor opportunities promoted by Google, she could fore go the income she receives.

Google does not allow a site owner any option for deleting opportunities or programs that are bad ideas based on her opinion. As a matter of fact, the more bad companies are mentioned on this site, the more those same companies will appear in the Google ads. Google apparently believes the old saw that any publicity is good publicity. The Google ads are always targeted to topics and keywords on the given site.

If the regulars here were willing to go to a paid membership, she could switch to a closed format with no Google ads and income to cover her considerable expense to host this busy site for those who choose to visit or homestead here.

With less than 50 visitors per day, and less than 1000 page views, I've never been hit with charges for excess bandwidth. I wouldn't want to pay the hosting fees for a busy site like this.

Given the option of blocking specific Google ads, it's my personal belief that MaaMaw would bean the baddies with a stale brownie and them block them. It's not the income from the few, it's the total income from all the Google ads that matter.

Yes, this subject has come up before.

At least on this site, the freedom of speech allows anyone to question any opportunity or guru at any time.

Dennis Bevers

My home-based bizopp that doesn't guarantee success to anyone. Success is an individual result!

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