The CommentLuv Search Engine is a simple tool to find other CommentLuv blogs to comment on.

Where to Go?

First, to prevent automated programs, you must subscribe to the list that use Aweber. Once you have confirmed that you are a real person, then you will have access.

Once you have access, you just enter a string (Dog Traning) and the page will update with CommentLuv blog posts related to your keyword.

Btw, since I installed CommentLuv on my blog a few months ago, I lowered dramatically the number of spam comments. You can't imagine how many hours/months I spent on deleted spam comments. It stops what Askimet let pass so get both.

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Well, it's been a while since I last updated my blog and for good reasons: I was doing Internet marketing and for the last month creating my community site or site de rencontre in French: 1coupleavie.com

It's a community for those looking for a serious relationship on the long term but understand French since I target the Canadian market and mostly my hometown of Quebec City. Sometimes, you have to build it so she will come..to you lolll Okay, some might not know that I vaguely referring to a line in the movie Field of Dreams.

I'm a bachelor/IMer so it made sense to me to build my own site to my own specs but by also help my friends find true love too.

My Skadate Review:

To help me build the site, I decided to use the Skadate(aff.) script.

Before I chose that script, I did my research but did not try other scripts to be honest with you. Unfortunately,  it was rare to find real reviews about Skadate(aff.) since some were fake reviews that either wanted to make a sale or  just bash the script.

What better way to write a mini review Skadate by using an actual site: my own site(French).

The installation

The installation took a few days and had delays because of the weekend when I ordered my script. They are very strict about protecting their script.

The hosting

When they installed the script(it's free), they did it on my reseller account. But, it was slow as hell because my reseller account was not supporting a feature: nginx compatible.

So, I took the plunge and switch to a dedicated server instead of a VPS.  For me, it was my first dedicated server and a higher price point to start with than I'm used too. I got great support making the move since they did it for free.

I chose the Standard Dedicated Server because I did not want to move again if I had gone with VPS. Based on the forum and the expectation of the number of users I will get in the next months, it was better than the  Basic Dedicated Server that cost a little less. I did not want to take the chance and move once more thus delaying my launch.

To Be French or Not To Be French

One of the features I looked for the most was it needed to be available in a French version. By design, the script support multiple languages. You just need to try the Admin demo to better understand that part.

But when it was installed, the French texts were not loaded by default. Only English was loaded since it's the main market. I had to installed it myself  but was simple to do.  The downside is that the values are missing French accent and some of the text are translated too much word for word. In time, the translation will be fixed but did a lot of them.

Careful about the translation. Sometimes, I forgot to close a HTML tag thus give weird results. Sometimes, I suspect it was text that were not properly closed or created when it was translated by them.

Show me the Features

Wow! I see a lot of features and potential from this script everyday. Plus, they continue to upgrade it. The features page will tell you more  about it and you can even suggest some to them. The ones with the most votes will considered in later functions.

They have a build in very basic affiliate and referral system. But, I would had like to allow members to promote my site using a referrer link instead of just be able to use the internal email recommend feature. This way, without needing for a member to register as an affiliate,  a referral link could be used on Facebook or a blog.

To Pay or To Be Free

You can create an entire free site, pay only site or a mixed of the two options. I took the last one but made it very affordable.

You have a lot of options and it's hard to decided what's free or not and what's only available to member only or not. I was a member of such sites in the past so it gave me a better perspective on what to charge and offer for free.

You can use the Credit system. You want to promote your profile, buy credits. Wand to offer a gift, use your credits....

You can also offer recurring or one time subscription to members. In my case, you can see who saw your profile but you must be a paid  member. I could had used the credits system too if I wanted for free members to get that features.

Support

Before I asked a question, I checked the forum. If it's not the answer I'm looking for, I write a ticket and it get answered fairly fast depending of when I wrote it. They don't have a 24/7 support so I rely on the forum.

Why? Because you get the first month free then you pay a monthly support. It's optional but I might have to do that for the next few months. You should consider that in your launch cost.

But to get the most of it, get to a test phase quicker to get the bugs out sooner. I'm not a machine so today, I decided to open it in test phase so that I can check the server performance,  search criteria with a real profiles, chat ... by having real people using the community. I can even stopped new members  until I fix what's broken or deficient.

The past week, I asked a few friends to take it on a spin for me. But since their time was limited, they could not do it more than I expected. But, I did learn a lot more on how people will react during the process of just subscribing.

I had to write a ticket because my friends could not upload photos greater than the 2500 x2500 but lesser than 5MB. They were photos that were small(2MB) but bigger than the maximum resolution. Now, I support 3500x3500 photos because I had to raised the PHP memory_limit to 128MB instead of 64MB(default). I wasted time on that one so check if your hosting allow that in your package.

Selecting the templates

They have a lot of templates based of the type of site you want to create(social, dating, adult, business). I selected the SweetDate one in my case. My friends find it very useful and great to use. But, until I'm ready, I'm refraining of make major changes.

I concentrated on the main page and the graphics. You can download the PSD of the theme but some of the graphic did not have the PSD so I had to create one myself to make it French.

Field of Dreams

You can configure a lot of the fields and I'm still getting the hang of it. But,  I decided to stop adding fields for the profiles because I wanted my site  to be too perfect. I will had them along the way based on the feedback from members. If I would had done that first, I could had started testing sooner with more people.

Conclusion

Some are complaining on the forum that the script is too slow. Because of the way it's done(multiple language) and the features it support, I suspect they had to balance those versus speed . Then again the word version exist so they will  make a better optimize script in a later major update.  The price of the servers are getting lower that you can just get more horse power until this get done. I know, it's not perfect but what is nowdays?

It's my mini review of Skadate(aff.) based on my first month using or should I write ...configuring  it because you have a lot to do. I suggest again that you use the Demo Admin Panel to get a better feel on how to use it before buying. I'm glad I did.

I hope I gave you an honest view point and a way for you to better plan ahead of the things you could face when using Skadate(aff.) or any other scripts like this one.

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Once you created a backlink from articles using ArticleDemon(aff.), you must tell the search engines about it or wait to for it to be found. So, I decided in my last beta version of MyStarterBlog to create a "link template" just for that task by letting users import links into a bunch of posts.

The idea was to take 100s of backlinks(articles, profiles, bookmarks...) and help the search engines find them quicker. Each backlink indexed in Google is better than none.

I finally bought and distributed my first batch of articles using ArticleDemon. After 2 weeks, I had 206 that were still not indexed yet out of 235 still live ones. Some were deleted by owners or did not have any backlinks in my articles. the other 700+ articles will have to be approved in the coming months.

I bought a domain name previously and created a "link directory" using the template for Site directories except that I did not Read metatags since I Combine URLs with 125 backlinks per post for those articles posts. I used more URLs per post in a previous way but did not tracked the result.

I uploaded the new post, pinged the site using Pingler, did a  BMD run of those articles using only 9 dofollow social sites(no main SB sites) and the 2 posts after. I waited 1 week to see if the new post would be indexed. Today, I have 62 out of 209 that are now indexed.

Since those are backlinks with more value than profiles backlinks, I thought it would be worth a little time to help indexed them my way/faster.

I used for 2 months the Drip Feed Blast service(forum profiles) to create backlinks thus lower quality backlinks. Out of 114000 profiles, I got about 36000 still active links. Each blast gave me about 50-55% backlinks. But with time, some are deleted or are not visible.

Yesterday, I created about 180 posts for those 36000 and just used Pingler to pinged  the mais page site only. I did not  do a BMD run for each of those posts like I did with the article.

For now, I thinks it's working well but time will tell if it's worth my time. IMHO, I think so for articles.

One cool feature of  ArticleDemon is that you can get it to find the backlink of your published articles. Btw, that's one more  reason I like it and recommend it. I used The Best Spinner(aff.) to spinned my articles before to get unique content.

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My CB Traffic Warrior(aff.) review is going to be very short. After knowing that this is an article submitter but cheap, I decided to offer a better alternative but with more potential on the long run. Btw, I hate hype salespage and so I did not bought it. Yet, the principles are sound.

You see, in SEO(Search Engine Optimization), you must have the most diversity of links. So, articles are one of those methods and  CB Traffic Warrior fall into that category from what I know now.

If you don't have the money, then it's a good deal until you have it for more and better tools. Heck, I bought a few tools in the past years so yes, I invested in my business.

The Alternative

The better alternative to CB Traffic Warrior on the long run is this: The Best Spinner(aff.) and ArticleDemon(aff.). That's what I suggest.

The Best Spinner(yearly cost) was updated this week to be able to convert batch file. Can you say PLR dream land? I hate writing so it a plus for me. You can still test The Best Spinner for 7 days first.

ArticleDemon(one time) is next on my purchasing list. Being a fan of BMD(aff.), I expect AD will perform like is brother in link building since it herited some features from BMD. At this time for articles, I'm using another software but it does not have automatic captcha support that ArticleDemon and BMD have.

The reason I don't do articles at this time, thus have time for ArticleDemon, is that I just bought Auto Website Submitter(aff., yearly cost) to replace my current directory submitter. I have many sites to submit to more directories than before since I like to have a lot of links for each sites.

Btw, Auto Website Submitter has support for captcha services that BMD and ArticleDemon are using. So, I can buy captcha credits from one place and have my 3 softwares use those. That's great for me.

My Basic SEO link building

If you want to/can invest in your IM business now rather that later, here are the 4 basic software your should get. That's if you have the money, of course.

• Directories: Auto Website Submitter
• Social bookmarks: BMD
• Articles: The Best Spinner and ArticleDemon

Since I wanted to go cheap at first like most people, it ended costing me more. So learn from me and think about if IM(Internet Marketing) is a business or an hobby for you.

Conclusion

I gave you an alternative to link building that yes, cost more than CB Traffic Warrior but will give you more return on the long run and diversity of links.

Speaking of diversity, I use LinxBoss(aff.) to add to my diversity of links and other services that I'm testing currently. I also use with success  RMT(aff.) to get non-SEO traffic to my money sites.

Update Dec. 4 , 2010: I bought ArticleDemon and adding new directories before starting the submission of my articles. Like BMD, the more sites I can submit to, the more backlinks I will get and stick.

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Yes, I'm doing a review of Auto Mass Traffic(aff.) and even bought it despite the hype! At first, I was thinking it was about list building because of the things not mentioned on the salespage.

But, it's about basic PPV(Pay per view) targeted traffic plus a software for it. That was the software that intrigued me too.

For me, it was a basic(PDF) rehash of RMT(same guys) that I bought and reviewed a few months ago plus a software that I mentioned earlier. I did not take any upsells since I wanted the basic package first.

Do read my earlier review because I believed that PPV is one way to get cheap targeted to my money sites. Heck, I'm still using the same service since March. With Auto Mass Traffic, it's another service that demand a lesser deposit($100 vs $200).

Software

Now, the software is web based so you will need to login to use it. It's very basic because you just need to enter a few keywords and it will show the URLs(paid,organic)  from (Google, Bing, Yahoo) that you can enter into the PPV service.

Conclusion

In the end, I would recommend Auto Mass Traffic if:

1. You want to try your end at PPV before jumping into PPC(Pay per click).

2. You want to pay for traffic like $0.015/view. I'm using EPN and they pay me about $0.30-0.40/click. So, I'm sending that cheaper traffic that do click and buy on my money sites. Even if a 1 visitor out of 10 click once on an item, they will click a few times more or not once on eBay. In the end, its cheap and targeted.

3. You have an already good converting money site thus want to increase the targeted traffic to it. At least, you will pay less since most will click/buy.

So you have it:  Auto Mass Traffic(very basic(pdf), cheap) or RTM(more advanced/videos,cost more). I won't ask for a refund since I learned a few alternative ways to my current service. Plus, I have access to a software that I could had program myself(time I don't want to take).

At least, it's not a scam but they do show the, arggg, 500 copies limit. It's manually update once a day. Let's see tomorrow if the price do increase and the copies sold remained the same for Auto Mass Traffic!

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When I first heard of Auto Blog Samurai (aff.), my thinking was cool, a new way to make money for newbies/expert alike. Since I did not bought it, I at least watched the 61 minutes video of the webinar they had done because they showed the Auto Blog Samurai software they are selling.

But here are few things I still wonder about that were not  really answered in the video IMHO and  few things to consider. Was I a sleep or what?

To host or not to host?

They are using third parties hosting(Blogger, WordPress) to publish the auto blogs. It's a doubled sided sword since on one hand, you don't pay for hosting your blog but on the other hand, they can also banned that blog thus will have to redo your work again.

I might be a control freak, but I prefer to control my hosting solution than relying on a third party too much. I know, this will raised the price of doing business.

This does not mean you can't use them to get backlinks to your money site in your overall linking strategy.

That's one thing to consider.

Where is the traffic?

I understood where they take the content(more later) but how will it bring content without using backlinks(SEO) to the auto blog? Yes, once saved, it will bring a trickle of traffic from the RSS feed submitting/pinging. But is it enough to make a $1/day auto blog? Perhaps.

Of course, if you did not take a good paying keyword, you just create another auto blog since it's free to do. Yes, having your own domain name, it's a risk too. I know that very well with .info of last year.

Is it really auto updating?

They showed how to get the content and that's cool. But I was under the impression that you still needed to add to it your self from time to time even if part of it was post dated in advance. I presume that you must keep the software running all the time to remind you that one of the blog is about to not have any current post.

But if you have a RSS feed showing on the front page or sidebar, that will be auto updating itself. However, if the keyword is time base on a hot product, in a few months that product might be "old news" thus not make you money.

That the importance of choosing the right keyword... again.

Diversify source of income?

The video showed many ways to add different  income streams using Auto Blog Samurai at the same time. It might just be for the demo but I would suggest to you  to select one per blog.

This way the person will only click on the  product and not be confused by too many options given to them. If they click, that's because they are more interested to buy thus more targeted. That my opinion/suggestion.

Also, if you use Adsense on all your blogs, you will be smart price since some of your blogs will only pay pennies while other would had paid you dollars per clicks. I seen it with my own account and the reason I removed Adsense for most of my sites.

Mass banning in your future?

If Auto Blog Samurai becomes too popular all of sudden, I bet you that Google will find a way to either banned them or deindex them. You always have a trace somewhere/somehow. Having mentioned that it could be short lived, you could still learn a lot and make enough money to start alternatives until this happens. When, I don't know?

Remember when BANS became hot in 2008 or Niche Devil in 2009? Those sites were all deindexed a few months later and I lost most of that income myself. It's a risk that you should be aware of.

BANS grew by a 100K in a few months. Now, imagine many creating 1000s of blogger or WordPress blogs  all of sudden because it's free and the of the ease of use of  Auto Blog Samurai?

Conclusion

Me, I have enough on my plate(niche blogs)  for now that I don't have the time. If I had, I would had tested out since the cost is acceptable for me.

But do I recommend Auto Blog Samurai to everyone? Yes and no.

Yes, if you expect it to be short lived, can accept the risk/learning experience and ready to reinvest part of the money into alternatives from the start.

And a No for those that thinks it's too much work/risk  for a possible short pay out and that don't want to reinvest that money into more alternatives from the start.

My intent was not to discourage you but to warn you of possible issues of using Auto Blog Samurai. At least, check out the video to see if it's for you!

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I started using LinxBoss(aff.) around 3 months ago on 5 sites(slots). This gave me  time to give you my honest review of LinxBoss,  opinion of the service, the results, tips  and also about the support.

And those that read me knows that I will be upfront and I won't shy away to call it a scam or not. Heck, just read my last few posts about scams!

What is LinxBoss?

In short, LinxBoss is a way to get one way backlinks in a hands off manner to my money sites and ...backlinks. Yes, a new feature was added after I started called L4L for Links 4 Links that build backlinks to you current/indexed backlinks. Btw, that's a great feature they added and did not cost me more!

How it works?

The base price include 5 slots of 1000 contextual backlinks/month thus 200 backlinks per slots. A slot can have more than 1 URL(deep links) thus will be part of the 200 backlinks from that slots.

Here is the thing: you don't have to write texts for them. Of course, you do have to add the URLs, keywords(main, secondaries) and category but not a blurb or article to write. That's another great thing for me.  In the case of L4L, you just enter related keywords that you don't mind ranking for but far for the keywords you want to really rank for.

Anyway, they have some training videos to help you better understand how it works once you are a member of LinxBoss.

L4L tips

When I looked at my stats, I noticed that the one of the 5 sites that is my current money maker  had more L4L backlinks already found versus the 4 other slots. This is what I believe made it stronger than the others and is making money now for me.

With that in mind, I started to add by hand backlinks in L4L that I made using my other softwares but were not indexed yet. In one week, I already saw a rise on most sites.

My suggestion is to continue to promote your sites the conventional way by adding more backlinks like you were doing before. In those cases, I added them by hand in L4L because I knew of some of my backlinks(ezine). Otherwise, I will have to wait for L4L and my other backlinks to find each other later on. I only gave it a little push to make it more faster.

Btw, the L4L is on another whole network and there is not limit in the number of backlinks to them. Also, those backlinks to backlinks will be done to authority sites first. It's logical too since this will give more juice to your money sites by default.

My results... so far

I can say that most of my sites do have better ranking today than when I started. In most cases, it took only a few weeks to increase in ranks. You can expect fluctuation up or down so don't worry about that.

But since I added backlinks manually in L4L  just last week for the other 4 slots, I will mostly comment on the best performer that did had backlinks found by L4L. Remember that L4L only started after I got in.

The site started at #22 and now it's #1. It has 2900 searches a month. It took around 1 month to get to #2 and since then goes from 1 to 2.

Money talks

I did not know if I should mentioned it but sometimes it can help to see real numbers. Plus, I wanted to see what will be the impact on my others sites when they get to that point later on.

Some have more  and some less searches per month. You can say this one is in the middle in the number of searches so a good example for me.

• From May 25 to June 24(before): $3.31
• From June 25 to July 24(First month): $14.36
• From July 25 to August 24(Second month): $255.63
• From August 25 to September 16(Third month): $299.03

Now to be honest, these numbers were beyond my expectation. I expect my other sites to make make less or more when L4L make it's effect noticed later on. But that's if I selected the right paying keywords for those and that's not LinxBoss responsibility but mine alone.

Second bigger round

Seeing that, I added 20 more slots late last month. It is costing less per slot but a good deal of money in addition of the first 5 slots. I'm investing in my IM business. I'm also concentrating more on those 20 sites more than ever and added backlinks manually last week  in L4L like the others(first batch).

When I selected my 20 sites, I took those that were much behind thus page 2-3 and up. A few were on page 60 or more. I believe that if they are there, it's because there is more money to make thus more competition. At least, that's my thinking.

So far, the effect on ranking is pretty excellent. 18 of the 20 sites are now on page 1. Most of them are between position 4 to 10 already after less than month. I suspect that  L4L is now helping more. Of course, the closer to #1, the harder it is but possible like I saw for myself. That's why I will give most of them a second month.

Rotation, Rotation, Rotation...

Once I start seeing constant results from a main keyword in a slot, I will rotate it with it's  secondary keyword for a few days/weeks. That's an option.

The second option that I'm considering  is to use another site instead. Some will reach the top 3 positions if not #1 sooner than other sites thus I can remove it and use another site in that spot quicker.

But for the next batch, I'm also looking at those sites that are already near the top 3 but not in LinxBoss yet. Those might just need just a few weeks or 1 month to reach the top thus rotate faster than other sites that are way out there.

Do you speak Français?

In one of the slot, I'm promoting a site in French that I have.  I can't use a keywords that have a French accent in it. It's a draw back, at least for me and something you should be aware if you have non-English site too.

To get around that, you could use  non-accent keywords since a lot of people won't use them for searches. Of course, some will and it might be the one with the more searches too. For example, I have to use Quebec instead of Québec.

Another solution when using LinxBoss, it's to write  articles that do have the accent and add those backlinks in L4L after it's published.

But if you have many sites using accent for the main keyword, you could also dedicate a slot for promoting  articles URLs like ezinearticles.com for example.

Like I mentioned above,  watch the video on how it handle multiple URLs in a same slot.

The support

I had a few issues/questions/suggestions and they responded in a quickly fashion. To me that is a great example of good support. If you have read my previous posts, you know how bad support can affect the long term relationship with a client.

Open or closed

Soon after I started, it closed the doors. I checked earlier today and it's opened but for how long this time around?

They want to offer a good support and grow their service. So, they have to do that from time to time to help new members, add features like L4L, add new sites into the network  and then reopen later on. I can understand that perfectly.

Conclusion

Some might not get the same effect than me and that's keyword selection for you. Also, if you can't afford the LinxBoss service or willing to invest if you have the money, then you will need more patience or use another service that you can afford and feel comfortable with.

What can I say: I took a chance when I selected my sites and it paid of for me. I believe enough in it(20 more slots) to expect to pay me sooner rather than later. But don't take it for 1 month thus budget at least  2-3 months to see results on your sites. And continue to get backlinks so that L4L find them.

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Another day, another "limited copies" offer but from Traffic Anarchy this time around. Is Traffic Anarchy a scam or just misleading customers? So, again  I have done some research and for once, it's not a scam but I do have some mixed feelings about it.

I want to make it clear that I did not buy Traffic Anarchy and don't intent too.  I however did  some researched to see what was the "product" beforehand.

About my mixed feeling first

Why I did not buy it? Because of the claims of only 350 copies. Now, I always have a doubt but it seems it's the "new sales pitch" in Internet Marketing world this days and it has to stop now.

Now, I did not find a "contest" for affiliates but I was hit by 2-3 emails at the exact hour it was launched. This is not a good sign and that's why I have some reservation about the limited copies mentioned on the salespage but...

The Traffic Anarchy product

Traffic Anarchy is a basic software solution that will let you submit your site to many places(RSS feed, Social bookmark, Press Release, Articles directories) to get backlinks and traffic. For a new person in IM with a limited budget, I don't mind recommending Traffic Anarchy.

The software just submit to a limited number of places thus the impact will be lesser. However, it's good that's it not the small sites but the major ones for each categories.

Conclusion

Later when you have the money or if you have it now, I would suggest you get bigger tools(BMD for social bookmark) to get more backlinks. Yes, I own it and use it everyday of the week like other tools. For me, BMD is a must have in my chest of  tools.

But if you don't have much money for tools and want to try your hand at IM basics, Traffic Anarchy is a good option for you since it's an all in one software and will show you the basics of getting backlinks from different sources. It's better than doing it by hand in a semi-automatic way(like entering captchas).

Again, it's mostly the 350 copies that I'm not liking on the salespage of Traffic Anarchy.

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Yes! Auto Traffic Avalanche scam and a big lie. It is the second product launch where the claims of limited copies make's Auto Traffic Avalanche like a special limited offer. As soon I saw the "limited copies", I did not fall for it. I waited for others to review it(not fake one's).

To make matters worst, it's using an unethical script that would violate the TOS of Plenty Of Fish/Facebook thus causing the page owner to be possible banned from Facebook. That's according to buyer's who did buy the product but demanded a refund after that.

The salespage also mentioned it will take 13 clicks but it's even more work than that. Add the fact that you will pay for FB advertising.  Plus, they also offer too many upsells(5) and are doing a contest for the affiliates. Why? there are only 234 "copies" available.

Btw, it's the same guy in the Tweetomatic Profiteer product video from the IM that I warned you about a few post before.  I was sure I had seen it somewhere.

To be fair, a few rare one's did like a few parts of the Auto Traffic Avalanche and even them found that it was a short term to make money until Facebook banned them. For some, it's okay to take a risk but those of us for the long run, we will stay away.

It's another buyer beware but I hate those misleading tactics(limited copies) by big Internet Marketers. I know,  I only reviewed the salepage myself and let others review it. It's up to you to decide if  Auto Traffic Avalanche is a short term solution for you. Good luck anyway if you. do.

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Yes, AutoBlogSystemX scam and a big lie and most Internet Marketers are promoting this with no minimum of personal ethics. But how can I say that since I did not buy it?

Before I start, I'm not reviewing the product but the ethics behind it. Of course, AutoBlogSystemX will tell big possible monthly numbers to attract buyers with yet another magic bullet formula. That's a given in Internet Marketing since that's what attracts those that don't know better. I'm not saying it's not possible either.

The AutoBlogSystemX Scam

Here is what irritated me the most when I had a chance to promote it. I was myself  about to buy it to review/promote it when on the affiliate blog, Rob Benwell(blogging to the bank) mentioned big names Internet Marketers were about to promote it too. But why would they waste their time when only 250 copies were supposed to be available? They would be lucky to sell 5 each.

Also, Rob Benwell was doing a competition for $24,000 for the affiliates. If you multiply 250 x $37(no commission), you get $9,250. You will say that it make no sense but you forgot the upsells that will bring the real money for them and compensate for the affiliate payout/contest.

So far, it's not my main irritation. By mentioning  only 250 copies, it makes the products sound exclusive and an urgency not to wait to buy it for the potential buyers. That's where it's a scam and big lie!

Yes, on the affiliate blog on August 10, Rob Benwell mentioned that 3,000 units were already sold. On the salespages, they mentioned that 120,000 will be invited but only 0.2% will be able to access it.  On August 11, they even mentioned that they are  "on track to hit 20,000 units." That's the big lie/scam since only 250 copies were supposed to get sold.

Some will say: That's marketing!

I'm not stupid but why just says it's a limited time offer and can be pulled anytime. This would had work and might offer a more ethical way to sell that product.

Poor Service

Also, Rob Benwell has another bigger problem now: Poor service for past products he sold. I did buy Rob Benwell(blogging to the bank product) a few years back and got great service then. But not anymore.

You see, I bought another product(Premium Blog) that he launched in July and I never got it. Since I like to give a chance to the runner, I even did preview for my readers in case some of them wanted to take the risk like me(thankfully no one did). I was upfront too that I did not got it. Here is how it went:

On July 18, I bought the Premium Blog and the salespage mentioned a 48hours delivery.

On July 21, I email sales@bloggingtothebank.com about it but never got a
response.

On July 26, I opened a ticket about it on their site. They answered claiming
technical troubles with the servers and gave me this email
blogsetup@bloggingtothebank.com to inquire about it. I got BTTB 2010 to read for my trouble.

On July 28, I emailed them about my Premium Blog since I wanted to gave them time  to deal with the server.

On August 9, since I never got any response, I email them again giving them
24hours deadline or I would ask for a refund. I gave them 48hours.

On August 11, I asked and got a refund(August 12) from ClickBank.

Seeing this, how can his team be able to handle AutoBlogSystemX upsells when they can't even offer proper support for the Premium Blog offer made just a few weeks earlier?

Conclusion

I decided to not buy any product from Rob Benwell(blogging to the bank) from now on because of the above things. Of course, no one can say never but something has to change in his business service and ethics.

P.S. Links to other products if you don't mind about the bad support or ethics(my aff links) but still want to buy them. Jen Su(thanks) wanted others products to stay clear off so here are the products:
AutoBlogSystemX, Blogging Espionage , Tweetomatic Profiteer, SEO Pressor WordPress Plugin, Blogging to the Bank, Money Making Blog Offer

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