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		<title>By: Craig</title>
		<link>http://lostballinhighweeds.com/tired-of-fake-reviews-and-empty-testimonials/comment-page-1/#comment-75264</link>
		<dc:creator>Craig</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s sad that so many searches now lead to page after page of affiliate wank. At least now I&#039;ve been semi-involved in the industry I can immediately spot, and ignore, an affiliate site, but it&#039;s frustrating that it gets harder and harder to find any real information on the net.

The first place I go to if I&#039;m curious about info products is the forums. Of course some posts are lies by people pushing the product (or at least their &#039;review&#039; of the product, complete with affiliate link) but you can usually get a decent idea of whether it works or not.

And of course if you check certain forums you can just download the product there and then. People writing quality stuff deserve to get paid for it - I&#039;ve bought a few of Chris Rempel&#039;s ebooks, for instance - but most of the rehashed trash that comes out isn&#039;t worth the pixels it&#039;s printed on, and the &#039;try before you buy&#039; approach saves the hassle of getting crapbank to refund you. 

It also saves giving your email address to wankers who discover amazing new MMO courses every couple of days and tell you in great detail all about how much they can help you.

Apologies for ranting at length on such an old post...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s sad that so many searches now lead to page after page of affiliate wank. At least now I&#8217;ve been semi-involved in the industry I can immediately spot, and ignore, an affiliate site, but it&#8217;s frustrating that it gets harder and harder to find any real information on the net.</p>
<p>The first place I go to if I&#8217;m curious about info products is the forums. Of course some posts are lies by people pushing the product (or at least their &#8216;review&#8217; of the product, complete with affiliate link) but you can usually get a decent idea of whether it works or not.</p>
<p>And of course if you check certain forums you can just download the product there and then. People writing quality stuff deserve to get paid for it &#8211; I&#8217;ve bought a few of Chris Rempel&#8217;s ebooks, for instance &#8211; but most of the rehashed trash that comes out isn&#8217;t worth the pixels it&#8217;s printed on, and the &#8216;try before you buy&#8217; approach saves the hassle of getting crapbank to refund you. </p>
<p>It also saves giving your email address to wankers who discover amazing new MMO courses every couple of days and tell you in great detail all about how much they can help you.</p>
<p>Apologies for ranting at length on such an old post&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Splork Fan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Splork Fan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is one of your best posts, Splork. 

Come to think of it, this is why I am not retired on one of the Cayman Islands today.....I never could spawn a gazillion &quot;fakey&quot; sites.

Sometimes....all you need is to reign in a couple of human traits that if the world was practicing more of....it would be a better place - Greed and Dishonesty. 

The internet is awash with it, and because of anonymity, so many people keep busting the LINES. 

But wait, aren&#039;t many people rich today because of greed and dishonesty? 

I think you are gonna get marked by some &quot;guurs&quot; for making this post. ...LOL. 

But frankly, they should just all pack their bags and retire while they can; they made their loot. Oh wait, they can&#039;t....there&#039;s the new Lambo and mansion and jet installments to pay.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is one of your best posts, Splork. </p>
<p>Come to think of it, this is why I am not retired on one of the Cayman Islands today&#8230;..I never could spawn a gazillion &#8220;fakey&#8221; sites.</p>
<p>Sometimes&#8230;.all you need is to reign in a couple of human traits that if the world was practicing more of&#8230;.it would be a better place &#8211; Greed and Dishonesty. </p>
<p>The internet is awash with it, and because of anonymity, so many people keep busting the LINES. </p>
<p>But wait, aren&#8217;t many people rich today because of greed and dishonesty? </p>
<p>I think you are gonna get marked by some &#8220;guurs&#8221; for making this post. &#8230;LOL. </p>
<p>But frankly, they should just all pack their bags and retire while they can; they made their loot. Oh wait, they can&#8217;t&#8230;.there&#8217;s the new Lambo and mansion and jet installments to pay.</p>
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		<title>By: guru sucker</title>
		<link>http://lostballinhighweeds.com/tired-of-fake-reviews-and-empty-testimonials/comment-page-1/#comment-67222</link>
		<dc:creator>guru sucker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Welcome to the real world of cheaters and suckers. Personally i have never or will ever buy any IM product. I don&#039;t believe them all. I always thought if a product is so fantastic, any guy will keep it for himself or herself and enjoy the ride....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the real world of cheaters and suckers. Personally i have never or will ever buy any IM product. I don&#8217;t believe them all. I always thought if a product is so fantastic, any guy will keep it for himself or herself and enjoy the ride&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Guru Crusher</title>
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		<dc:creator>Guru Crusher</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>PS. @ sunshinegirl: True story. If you write REAL reviews (because some guberus will hand out preview copies every blue moon or so) and tell people what exactly it does, and whats good or bad, people actually respond less!

It&#039;s amazing. But if you write a &quot;salesy&quot; review that is benefit-based and relies heavily on the user&#039;s experience as well as imagery...

Well it actually works better (in most cases).

Hate to admit it, but I have tested this and it&#039;s real.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PS. @ sunshinegirl: True story. If you write REAL reviews (because some guberus will hand out preview copies every blue moon or so) and tell people what exactly it does, and whats good or bad, people actually respond less!</p>
<p>It&#8217;s amazing. But if you write a &#8220;salesy&#8221; review that is benefit-based and relies heavily on the user&#8217;s experience as well as imagery&#8230;</p>
<p>Well it actually works better (in most cases).</p>
<p>Hate to admit it, but I have tested this and it&#8217;s real.</p>
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		<title>By: Guru Crusher</title>
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		<dc:creator>Guru Crusher</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What sucks even more now about the whole testimonial thing is the FTC ruling....

Now the vendors will either HAVE to use generic testimonials, or PROVE that anyone who makes actual amounts from the product, is replicable for others...

Translation: There are going to be a TON of products from Dec. 1 - onwards that are going to have nothing but generic testimonials.

Even if someone DOES make money from the ebook or whatever, the company probably won&#039;t go through the trouble of proving that it is possible for everyone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What sucks even more now about the whole testimonial thing is the FTC ruling&#8230;.</p>
<p>Now the vendors will either HAVE to use generic testimonials, or PROVE that anyone who makes actual amounts from the product, is replicable for others&#8230;</p>
<p>Translation: There are going to be a TON of products from Dec. 1 &#8211; onwards that are going to have nothing but generic testimonials.</p>
<p>Even if someone DOES make money from the ebook or whatever, the company probably won&#8217;t go through the trouble of proving that it is possible for everyone.</p>
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		<title>By: cashdeveloper</title>
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		<dc:creator>cashdeveloper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Splork

Just found your site when i did a search for commission blueprint reviews  - glad i did.

You said above
&#039;Just once I would like to read a testimonial that says “Dude, I made $75 after using your blueprint and getting my site put up. It took 3 weeks but it looks like the system has potential.”

That&#039;s what I&#039;m trying to do at the moment - that is following a set of &#039;proven steps&#039; to get better income from domain parking.  

I&#039;m totally new to this so I thought I keep alog and see how long it takes and how much I make.

Then I may be able to say - hey! this works.

Or not!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Splork</p>
<p>Just found your site when i did a search for commission blueprint reviews  &#8211; glad i did.</p>
<p>You said above<br />
&#8216;Just once I would like to read a testimonial that says “Dude, I made $75 after using your blueprint and getting my site put up. It took 3 weeks but it looks like the system has potential.”</p>
<p>That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m trying to do at the moment &#8211; that is following a set of &#8216;proven steps&#8217; to get better income from domain parking.  </p>
<p>I&#8217;m totally new to this so I thought I keep alog and see how long it takes and how much I make.</p>
<p>Then I may be able to say &#8211; hey! this works.</p>
<p>Or not!</p>
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		<title>By: Robert - The Wholesale Guy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Robert - The Wholesale Guy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That is why all the testimonials are from people who really like my ebook.  When someone sends me an e-mail telling me that they like the guide - I ask for a testimonial. 

And it has to be in their own words. I don&#039;t make any suggestions as to what they should write.  I don&#039;t promise riches, just supply sources. 

You can&#039;t get every product you want, i.e, Louis Vuitton wholesale, or latest generation of Xbox from the sources I list..

You can get some designer &quot;merch&quot; but it is only what the brand holder wants to let out into the wholesale and surplus market. 

And it is not designer duds that you might see in the latest issue of Vogue. It last years fashion. 
I don&#039;t make a lot of money from the site, but I don&#039;t have many refund requests either..

I guess the point is that I just don&#039;t know people hawk some of the stuff that seems to find it&#039;s way to my inbox.  

As a sidenote, it seems that every Guberu that pushs a product is &quot;their good friend&quot;. Don&#039;t know why, but I find that particular claim to be especially annoying - in addition to the product itself. 

Some very good people - who&#039;s newsletters and advice I respect are starting to jump into the &quot;money is in the list game&quot; and bothering me with their &quot;good friends&quot; awesome new wiz bang program which will make me big bucks..

I actually got something about PPC (I think) that said that this &quot;super amazing&quot; marketing guy made 100,000 a day! 

Wow, if I was making that kind of money - the first thing I would do is write an ebook about it for 67.00 and tell the whole world about it!

I mean, I just cant&#039; do it. I can&#039;t be that bold or lie that well. I have trouble sleeping as it is..

Nuff said..

Robert - The Wholesale Buy</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That is why all the testimonials are from people who really like my ebook.  When someone sends me an e-mail telling me that they like the guide &#8211; I ask for a testimonial. </p>
<p>And it has to be in their own words. I don&#8217;t make any suggestions as to what they should write.  I don&#8217;t promise riches, just supply sources. </p>
<p>You can&#8217;t get every product you want, i.e, Louis Vuitton wholesale, or latest generation of Xbox from the sources I list..</p>
<p>You can get some designer &#8220;merch&#8221; but it is only what the brand holder wants to let out into the wholesale and surplus market. </p>
<p>And it is not designer duds that you might see in the latest issue of Vogue. It last years fashion.<br />
I don&#8217;t make a lot of money from the site, but I don&#8217;t have many refund requests either..</p>
<p>I guess the point is that I just don&#8217;t know people hawk some of the stuff that seems to find it&#8217;s way to my inbox.  </p>
<p>As a sidenote, it seems that every Guberu that pushs a product is &#8220;their good friend&#8221;. Don&#8217;t know why, but I find that particular claim to be especially annoying &#8211; in addition to the product itself. </p>
<p>Some very good people &#8211; who&#8217;s newsletters and advice I respect are starting to jump into the &#8220;money is in the list game&#8221; and bothering me with their &#8220;good friends&#8221; awesome new wiz bang program which will make me big bucks..</p>
<p>I actually got something about PPC (I think) that said that this &#8220;super amazing&#8221; marketing guy made 100,000 a day! </p>
<p>Wow, if I was making that kind of money &#8211; the first thing I would do is write an ebook about it for 67.00 and tell the whole world about it!</p>
<p>I mean, I just cant&#8217; do it. I can&#8217;t be that bold or lie that well. I have trouble sleeping as it is..</p>
<p>Nuff said..</p>
<p>Robert &#8211; The Wholesale Buy</p>
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		<title>By: Splork</title>
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		<dc:creator>Splork</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nope, and it doesn&#039;t make it any more right.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nope, and it doesn&#8217;t make it any more right.</p>
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