I remember whilst reading the Julie Julia book mentioned at the start of this blog that Julie had used Adsense, which is available through Google to ask for and receive money from those whose who visited her site. This struck me as interesting at the time but I didnt investigate it.
Whilst googling today I came across this myteethtrick site quite by chance
The blogger, Cathy states that she lives in Denpasar Bali and quite by chance discovered a way to whiten teeth. she offers to sell the products to you .
If you go to the bottom of the site you will read this:
THE STORY DEPICTED ON THIS SITE AND THE PERSON DEPICTED IN THE STORY ARE NOT REAL . RATHER, THIS STORY IS BASED ON THE RESULTS THAT SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE USED THESE PRODUCTS HAVE ACHIEVED. THE RESULTS PORTRAYED IN THE STORY AND IN THE COMMENTS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE, AND MAY NOT BE THE RESULTS THAT YOU ACHIEVE WITH THESE PRODUCTS. THIS PAGE RECEIVES COMPENSATION FOR CLICKS ON OR PURCHASE OF PRODUCTS FEATURED ON THIS SITE.
Why do I feel cheated by this kind of advertising? It leaves a bad taste in my mouth and I feel slighty... violated..is that the right word?
On the subject of scammers, it was interesting listening to a conversation at the writers festival between a visitor and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka who is Nigerian. Nigerians are infamous scammers it seems and Wole spoke of his utter amazement at just how gullible some people are. I think however he also quietly admires he fellow countrymen for their creativity and ingenuity!!
No comments:
Post a Comment