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If it sounds too good to be true, it more than likely is Never a truer word has been spoken when it comes to health care. I don’t know about you but I’ve seen these anti-wrinkle advertisements popping up everywhere, over the last couple of months. Pam drew my attention and suggested the cream ‘looked’ interesting since it was advertised and promoted in a local U.K newspaper. First The Advertisement That’s enough to spark curiosity in anyone who has wrinkles and would like them to vanish away. OK, I’m one of them :) So we go right ahead and click that link to see what it’s all about and land on a great looking News Website. Cool. Next The News Website Scammers have done a great job here. The Hooks The website address is http://www.lifestylereports.org/article/health/au/beauty/1/?t202id=414&t202kw=36-143-879 Wow, that’s a realistic looking address, isn’t it?   Wrinkle cream scam reporters[/caption]   There’s mentio...

Is VirUrl Worth Any Investment At All? In the never-ending pursuit of marketing and advertising efficiencies, my research pointed to 2 emerging advertising networks that are supposedly designed for spreading the news about small business blogs and the content. These are OutBrain and Virurl . I wanted to test them out and kick the tyres – so you don’t have too. I submitted some GeekandJock content to OutBrain and, for reasons that defy me, they knocked my content as being unsuitable and low quality for their network as well as having Opt-Ins. Well, just a little bit of digging revealed other sites are using the same (if not worse) layouts and methods to promote interaction and broadening their subscriber base. I can only surmise that maybe a few articles relating to ‘s e x’ might have turned them away. Let’s Test Out VirUrl While OutBrain lists some heavy-hitting websites that display their advertising and promoted web content, I was slightly anxious VirUrl ...

If it sounds too good to be true, it more than likely is Never a truer word has been spoken when it comes to health care. I don’t know about you but I’ve seen these anti-wrinkle advertisements popping up everywhere, over the last couple of months. Pam drew my attention and suggested the cream ‘looked’ interesting since it was advertised and promoted in a local U.K newspaper. First The Advertisement That’s enough to spark curiosity in anyone who has wrinkles and would like them to vanish away. OK, I’m one of them :) So we go right ahead and click that link to see what it’s all about and land on a great looking News Website. Cool. Next The News Website Scammers have done a great job here. The Hooks The website address is http://www.lifestylereports.org/article/health/au/beauty/1/?t202id=414&t202kw=36-143-879 Wow, that’s a realistic looking address, isn’t it?   Wrinkle cream scam reporters[/caption]   There’s mentio...

If it sounds too good to be true, it more than likely is Never a truer word has been spoken when it comes to health care. I don’t know about you but I’ve seen these anti-wrinkle advertisements popping up everywhere, over the last couple of months. Pam drew my attention and suggested the cream ‘looked’ interesting since it was advertised and promoted in a local U.K newspaper. First The Advertisement That’s enough to spark curiosity in anyone who has wrinkles and would like them to vanish away. OK, I’m one of them :) So we go right ahead and click that link to see what it’s all about and land on a great looking News Website. Cool. Next The News Website Scammers have done a great job here. The Hooks The website address is http://www.lifestylereports.org/article/health/au/beauty/1/?t202id=414&t202kw=36-143-879 Wow, that’s a realistic looking address, isn’t it?   Wrinkle cream scam reporters[/caption]   There’s mentio...