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  • Using Misleading Tags - Lots of online marketers and content publishers use search tags such as Paris Hilton, Barack Obama, Carmen Electra, Hot and Naughty, Google, Sexy, Britney. The funny thing about these submitters is that the tags they use are totally irrelevant to their content. Do you know what this is? It's called Keyword Spamming.
  • Pretending To Be A Total Martyr Who Helps Others For No Apparent Reason And Asking Nothing In Return - Some folks do a different type of masquerade. They say things like "it's really not about the money, it's about helping each other". Well, just wait until he sends you a link or two, or try to get into his email list so he can send you bazillions of commercial emails.
  • The "Kindly Critique My Page" Technique - This one is sneaky and looks so innocent. It feeds on man's desire to be hypercritical of other people's works, or the need to feel like a consultant. Here's an example: Someone sends a message to your inbox and asks you a favor. "Can you please critique my webpage or link? I'm not sure if I did it right!". Feeling like an expert, you check out the person's page for any possible errors. Cool. You just gave the guy his #1,024 clickthrough of the day.
  • Classic Old Fashioned Begging - This is by far the easiest and effortless traffic-getting activity for lots of people. They literally shout and tell the world: "Hey, I have no friends on StumbleUpon and Myspace..PLEASE ADD ME!". Oh, please click this link, I have no views! (Well, it must've been working, because I see lots of folks doin' it).
  • Pasting The Picture Of Uhhh...A Porn Star On The Main Profile Page - Dude, you think you'll earn more views by using that latest Playboy model as your primary photo? Well, it used to be effective, but not anymore. And think twice, if people wanna see Pamela Anderson I'm sure they'll visit HER site, not yours.
  • Printing A Website Link On A T-Shirt And Walking All Around Town - Ok, this isn't entirely bad. There's nothing wrong if you try to display a website link on your shirt, something like www.get-a-life-dot-com. But imagine how things would be totally different if you try to print a Triond article link on your shirt. Hmmm..anyone want to try?
  • Using The "Doomsday Effect" - I'm sure you've seen this before. Out of the blue, some stranger appears in your inbox and WARNS you about future catastrophes. This really happened in one country I know. Some emails circulated that on a certain date, an earthquake will strike the city and that lots of people will die. Sure it sounds stupid, but it actually caused panic. Lots of students and employees didn't go to school or work. The online result? That particular "prophecy" became on top of the Google search results for two weeks before the set date of the supposed earthquake. Imagine how many blogs benefitted from the gold rush, not mentioning the main website of the man who started that chain email.
  • The "Uniform Comment" Strategy - The good thing about this traffic getting "strategy" is that it saves the users time, energy and the trouble of typing. Let me explain. Some online users post comments on a particular page, saying encouraging words and so on. Wait a minute, try to research other pages he/she has been viewing and commenting on. You'll find out that the person is using the exact same words on every page he/she visits! That's the miracle of the Mozilla Firefox cut, copy and paste feature.
  • Throwing A Ton Of Garbage Against The Wall And Then Pray - This is a desperate measure. Sometimes it works, more often it doesnt. Some online promoters send messages to every person and stranger they see on Myspace and Facebook, asking them to please click this link! Good luck.
  • Faking The Income And Projecting An Image Of Success - I hate to include this in this article, but this is the all time best selling traffic generating "strategy". Here's an example. Someone suddenly sends you a private message, apparently a BIG SHOT who earns 1 Billion dollars a year and gets 100,000 website views per minute. Then, with your eyes bulging, you say to yourself "mah goodness I gotta see his site!!".
    • ]]>     Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:02:31 PST     The Top Five Funniest & Craziest Instructables http://www.webupon.com/Web-Talk/The-Top-Five-Funniest--Craziest-Instructables.117527 Making your computer eat your head

    Find it here: Laptop Compubody Sock

    This “Laptop Compubody Sock” is a genius invention. It promotes both privacy and warmth. Unfortunately I still I just can't get the picture out of my head of my computer slowly eating me.

    Blow up your car's muffler for fun

    Find it here: Detonate Your Car's Muffler

    I must say; this is not my idea of fun.

    Simplify your life by becoming a bum/victim of genocide/political prisoner

    Find it here: How to Simplify Your Cluttered Life (If you are brave).

    Actually this instructable is extremely awful, it's so awful that it's funny.

    I think what the author is trying to say is “The US is bad because if you are a terrorist your life gets simplified by the CIA and then you have to carry your possessions in your anus”(Yes I'm serious) or maybe “if you'd like your life to be simplified go to a country where you can flee from genocide”(Yes I'm still serious).

    This instructable is definitely not from a school for geniuses if you know what I mean.

    Knit condom

    Find it here:Knit-Condom

    This unpractical object was created when the author's impatiently knitted object turned out to be: “too small for a hand but too big for a finger”.

    Please heed the warning though: “This is not an effective method of birth control!”

    How to hurt yourself using a candy wrapper

    Find it here: Burn-Yourself-with-Big-Red-Gum

    I don't really know what to say here... Wait I know: WHY?! This is just plain weird.

    The author also says: “but remember, it's only funny when it hurts your friend”. There is a few problems with that statement though:

    • Why is he the one with a pain inducing candy wrapper on his forehead?
    • How on earth will you get your friend to stick a candy wrapper on his forehead?
    • Why is the instructable called “Burn Yourself with Big Red Gum”?

    Madness I say! Call the happy wagon! He needs a padded room.

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