Internet Advertising Scams

By Kelley Kilanski

Advertising is an important aspect of business. Without advertising, who would know what you're selling or what services you provide? Advertising is the life blood of any successful business.

One of the many scams to hit the internet in reponse to many businesses, both large and small, building websites to advertise their products is low cost advertising scams. These scams come in many forms.

The most obvious is paying an advertiser to perform a service and the service is not performed. An example of this comes by way of some companies claiming to be able to get you top ten listing in various search engines or to be able to get you listed in 100's of different search engines all at the click of a button, for a nominal fee of course. Not only do many of these companies not provide the services the claim as top ten listing depends on many factors such as the website design, but also don't even get your site listed at all. Recently, I submitted a website to one such submission company, and still after 5 months, my website has not been listed on any of the websites they claimed to have submitted it to. Submitting the website myself and for free turned out to be much faster.

Another type of advertising that has been subjected to scam artists is the pay-per-click campaign. This type of ad campaign means the advertiser pays for each click on their ad, whether it be a text or banner ad. There are many reputable search engines that do deliver the goods as promised, but this form of advertising can be easily hacked and clicks can be generated automatically by certain programs. Many search engines are working hard to detect automated clicks, and you should be aware of how search engines deal with this issue.

The key point to remember when advertising on the internet is to get to know the company you're advertising with. The company should have a good reputation that can be backed up by customer comments and a history of reliable performance. One thing about the internet, is that if a company doesn't do what it claims, there is sure to be an article about it somewhere and not more than a few searches and clicks away.
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