Shooting oneself in the foot? Paid Advertising
Review Me
I wanted to understand
how the ReviewMe.com service works. If you look at
this site they are trying to match advertisers with
blogs or websites where there is mutual interest. I
signed up and waited until they said they had a match
for my interests. I am not sure how they do their
matching or if the clients select the matches. Here
is what I learned.
Recently I was asked to review a Forex site. As a
friend has an interest in the topic and we sometimes
debate the merits of being long or short Sterling I
figured this would be a good test review. I worked
for a number of investment banks so I know a bit
about Forex Trading. I was not prepared for what I
found what I found.
Once I accepted the review request I went to the
Forex Trading site ( http::/fabforex.com/ )
to see what I would learn. Surprise, surprise, a
site full of Google ads, links and other thing
that appear to offer little in the way of a Forex
Trading education. Not worth the time to click
through to see what might be behind all the ads.
The five tabs across the top did lead to more ads
so two levels of ads and nothing of substance.
Some of the ads were for real estate, setting up a
corporation in FL or other topics that seem to
have little to do with Forex Trading.
I am curious if the site owner who asked to have the
site reviewed will pay the money they committed
($10.00). May the learning continue...
Disclaimer
The preceding post has been a paid review. I hope if
you read the post it’s clear that I actually looked
at the site with an eye for detail and criticism, and
didn’t just give it a rubber stamp of approval. IMHO
this kind of review benefits everyone, the owner gets
some straight-up and honest feedback (if they care)
while you get an in depth review of a site without
having to do it yourself. If you find these reviews
to be something you don’t like please drop me a
message from the contact page.
