I figure I learn something new everyday, might as well post it somewhere!
I always see “scam-like” advertising on Facebook, but this ad caught my attention right away… this ad was funny. “WHERE IS YOUR BOYFRIEND? Do You Think Your Boyfriend is Cheating? Find out INSTANTLY where he is RIGHT NOW.”
Wow, Google Maps FINALLY implemented my boyfriend tracking device suggestion… AWESOME.
I just had to find out who was behind the craziness..
Upon clicking the ad I was taken to http://www.themobilespy.com/US/Spy-LTB/ – A MATRIX looking site where main text reads: “Are You Being Searched For Online?” – Is this not the OPPOSITE of why a person would click on this particular facebook ad?
Not very well thought out at all.
The Mobile Spy site firsts asks if you are a male or female. Then your age range. And lastly YOUR mobile phone number.
Reading the small print will inform you that:
This led me to ask this question – HOW are these people making money??? What is the point of this site and WHY waste money advertising on facebook?
I NEEDED to get to the bottom of this.
I filled out and submitted the form and was taken to http://www.mylife.com. AH-HA! MyLife.com is is self proclaimed as America’s #1 People Search who make it a point to say: “The other websites referenced on this site are owned and operated by their respective companies…”
MyLife.com offers an affiliate program – which is where “Mobile Spy” comes in.
So, thats that… my fun investigation for the night! Has anyone else seen or taken part in advertising such as this? I would LOVE to know how much MyLife pays their affiliates - it must be pretty decent since someone is paying to advertise their off-shoot site on Facebook.
I am an affiliate for amazon.com and other non-sleazy sites, so I know how affiliate programs work… I just have never imagined making a substantial amount of money for something as shady and obviously FAKE as this site. GOOFY.
My name is Erica and I am a web-aholic.
It seems as though the web industry is full of us who sleep / breath / and eat the internet. We fall asleep thinking about the navigation structure on our next project. We walk around thinking about new computers and better processes.
I work full-time in the industry for a company, as well as own my own. I have my hands in many many projects, many ventures, many start-ups and am a pretty busy girl. I enjoy freelancing, and have a very prominent entrepreneur spirit. I love helping others with their business.
I believe it will also be paying out onthe mobile phone by signing people up for a $10/month service plus the mylife on the backend.
I was trying to figure this outmyself
Hi there, I was looking all over for your contact link but couldn’t find it so I decided to post a comment. I wanted to ask where you get your information from? Nice site btw.
I wanted to comment more on your site then on this post. It is really well designed and easy to navigate. Nice information too!
OP: I could be slow (lord knows I have been told lol) but that made totally no sense what so ever…
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Pretty interesting post. Couldn’t be written any better. Browsing this post reminds me of my old chum. He always kept talking about this. I will forward this post to him. Am sure he will have a good read. Thanks for sharing!