I wasn't here to decide for anyone whether this tactic was right or wrong. My opinion is that it's wrong, but I'm not about to start reporting people or websites to Google, so you're attacking comments didn't affect me. I'd say if you're successfully taking advantage of the system, then continue "getting" your money. However, I find it comical that you define Google as the enemy, yet if they didn't have the tools available for you to run your campaigns, you wouldn't be able to make money the way you do. I would say in this sense, Google is your friend. As far as your assessment about small businesses being destroyed...if you call running a website that focuses 100% on affiliate marketing a "small business", then you're just another moron adding to the population of junk websites on the Internet. Nobody wants to see that stuff. I can understand if you're doing video reviews and/or posting articles about products you like and then you link to an affiliate page to make a commission from it, but anything else is just adding to the crap. I feel like if you're putting in hard work (like I am) and actually contributing something to online society, you should get rewarded for it. I'd much rather get high Google rankings for free because of my content quality than to pay for it through AdWords. My whole point for writing this article was to illustrate some of the things currently going on in this industry and let people decide for themselves how they feel about it. All I can really say to you is good luck when Google catches on to your little "black hat" operations and you have no more "get[ting] money" techniques! But don't worry, when that happens, you can always come back to my site for more help/information...I'll still be here!

And by the way, Google has changed their algorithms many times since I started this site and I'm still high ranking. It's all about quality...I don't play these little games that you play to try and cheat my way to the top. I'm doing that just fine on my own terms.

I honestly don't even know of anyone using this system yet. I was invited to a free webinar last night, so I don't even know how new this system is.

I've seen that happen a few times with mine, but for some reason it went away and now I've never had a bootup failure since. I don't know enough about what's changed with OSX to be able to tell you what's causing it, but you may want to try a fresh install. There are guides online that can help you make a hard copy of Lion so you can re-install OSX.

Wow, I just heard about this! Crazy. I remember thinking back in the day how I could get involved with something like this to make tons of money. I always felt like I was missing something, but when you go back and uncover the real truths about how these people were making their cash and then see how they ultimately ended up, you can clearly see how it's not worth it.

I actually didn't get my money back. What I found out was that the USPS doesn't provide tracking information on International shipments when you use a Small Flat Rate Box or envelope. From PayPal's perspective, if they can't verify that an item was delivered, then they refund the money to the buyer. So as upset as I am, I can really only be mad at USPS for not being able to track Internationally with the box I chose.

I was, but I didn\'t do anything to make it work. I\'m assuming Apple got wind of all the issues and fixed it. I just waited for the lastest version of iTunes to appear and everything worked great!

I've heard about a lot of people having all sorts of system slowdowns after upgrading. I noticed it too and I think it's related to the feature that allows you to restart while bringing up the exact point where you left off and also Versions. Both of these features seem very memory-intensive.

Thank you for that well-written comment. A couple of things though.

1. Just because something is "written" doesn't make it true. As we all know, religion (in any way you want to define it) is simply faith. It's faith that what you are reading and what people are telling you is the word of God. To me, I feel that the human mind is caught up in this idea that we are too special and too unique to be nothing more than an average living organism that just happened to come about on this planet. This is why we naturally believe that we do not just die like a tree just dies. Heaven and hell are created by man to reflect the natural balance of good and evil. Although it's a complex subject, its core is very simplistic. Do what God tells you and you go to heaven. Do it not and you go to hell. Be a good person and you'll get into heaven. Be bad, and you go to hell. The part that really gets me is the forgiveness part...where we can seemingly do all sorts of bad our whole life and then ask for forgiveness near the end and be "saved". Of course religion has an answer for that too--'God knows we're not perfect and expects us to sin.' That's all very convenient if you ask me.

2. Science and religion can't seem to coexist. Everything the bible says about how the Earth was created and how everything in the universe and on this planet came to be has been proven incorrect through science. This makes the bible read more like your average work of fiction than a historical account of our existence. This is why I am not a fan of faith. On one hand, you have a book that TELLS you how it all went down. On the other, you have a book (or many books) that SHOWS you how it all went down. Hmmm...what's more feasible to believe?

3. It's been proven that even with today's technology, tools, materials, manpower and other supplies there is no way Noah could have built a floating vessel of the described size and design PLUS carry two of every animal. There is anywhere from 3 to 30 million species of animals on this planet so Noah, having to collect two of each, would had to have had anywhere from 6 to 60 million animals on his boat. If you're telling me that this really happened, there's something wrong.

All in all, I think the bible was written because one man (Jesus) decided to tell a few others (the Prophets) about the visions he had walking the desert alone (just like every other religion) and the book was used to find followers for the church. The purpose? To get society in order because before religion, it was utter chaos--there was no structure, no civility, no nothing. What better way to control man, than to instill fear in him? What better way to instill fear than to tell him that if he does wrong, a merciless God will strike him down? It's all a very nice story and to be honest, I'm happy that it keeps people "God-fearing" so that we may have some nice people in this world.

I also have no disrespect for anyone's beliefs. Do what you must to get into the gates of heaven, but do it privately and don't make others feel like they're lost without the word of God. I can assure you, all of us "non-believers" are doing just fine.

I've never heard of a $60 fee either.

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