Comments on: Why Do Some Website Owners Lie and Deceive?

By: Yogesh

Yogesh — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:40:32 +0000

Thats bad, but part and parcel of doing business on the internet or for that matter even offline.

By: Al

Al — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:19:31 +0000

Thanks for the comment Liz. He is a very successful webmaster and I must admit I was surprised by his actions. He does very well with blogads though some of his figures there don’t make much sense IMO.

By: Liz

Liz — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:42:47 +0000

Well, I’m not defending this person or anything, but the person does get serious traffic according to blogads and he sells his ads for some serious money. Is there anyway to game blogads? …in other words, he’s not exactly carrying around a cellphone made of wood!

Thanks for all the good info on this blog.

By: Dee Barizo

Dee Barizo — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:25:44 +0000

I agree with your points, Tomaz.

Al, thanks for sharing this story. It’s good to remind others that not everyone in business is ethical. Hopefully, people will learn from your experience. Also, thanks for the link.

By: Tomaz Mencinger

Tomaz Mencinger — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:24:49 +0000

And to answer your original question WHY…?

Because of their insecurity, feeling of never being good enough (which came from their parents), the incredibly competitive American society where #2 place is worth nothing, ego and other weaknesses of human mind.

You can only feel compassion for these people and let go of the negative feelings inside of you which only hurt you.

And of course, don’t do business with them again.

By: micky

micky — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:37:42 +0000

IF you click on the icon you can see that the site in question is methodshop.com

By: Abdul

Abdul — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:28:34 +0000

deceiving is wrong no matter what.

now that one lie has been exploited, he loses all his credibility.

By: Driver

Driver — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:17:19 +0000

Thanks for letting us know about this one, business rules indicate you keep these to yourself rather than face the embarrassment. It has been one item at the back of my mind as I am starting to build content and searching for ways to help it grow. But as Vint Cerf is known to say, ‘if you don’t like the problems in the online world, fix them in the off-line world first.’ Great site and thanks again for helping us all learn a bit more on how to make this work.

By: Dawid Michalczyk

Dawid Michalczyk — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:24:25 +0000

Haha, that’s a good one too!

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:19:12 +0000

I am absolutely disgusted by such unethical work of a website owner. I admit that my site is nowhere near SelfMadeMinds or Coolest-Gadgets, but I am happy with the number of decent visitors that I receive over the time.

Anyway, it’s a lesson learnt and also a lesson to be learnt by us.