If you are looking for a bargain on EBay, then believe me there are plenty to be had - but ALWAYS look a gift horse in the mouth because if it sounds too good to be true IT MOST CERTAINLY WILL BE! If you are looking to set up a web-based business then you will see several very tempting offers.
Most claim things like: ..
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totally unique..
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not like other inferior offers on here..
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software alone worth £X,000s..
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specially SEARCH-ENGINE optimised by expert..
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un-missable ‘Once in a Lifetime' opportunity..
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established Website Business earning £X,000 per month..
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attached Paypal proof of earnings..
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Submitted to all Search-engines and Google PR 4..
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absolutely no maintenance - just collect the money and bank it..
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no previous skill needed.
A child can run it..
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buy now.
Be your own boss and work four hours a week..
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your own unique Domain Name..
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Your eyes light up - it's exactly what you've been looking for and dreamed of.
Best of all, nobody else had made a bid and it has a starting price of only £39.
99p.
It's a bargain you can't afford to miss so you immediately make a bid - SUCKER, you fell for it.
Now instead of looking at it the way you did your first lover - through ‘rose-coloured spectacles' - pause and think.
What did that first lover turn out like - unless you were very lucky? Was he a right nerd? A two-timer? A total let-down? Or did she turn out to be frigid? The other local boys' bicycle? Or a bitch of a gold-digger? The bargain you thought you had with him/her probably turned out to be nothing more than a first heartbreak: Rushinto buying the apparent goldmine for a few pounds or dollars and your dreams will be shattered even more quickly..
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So what SHOULD you do? Well as I have said - there are bargains on there.
FIRST thing you should do is check the Seller's other sales.
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totally unique...
!" Chances are he is advertising the same, or a similar version of the ‘Unique Site' in several other spots on EBAY.
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not like other inferior offers on here...
!" Chances are also that if you look further through the listings you will see several other vendors offering the identical site, or one with a different picture.
Their prices will vary for the SAME site from maybe a ‘BUY NOW price of £9.
95p to as much as £399.
95p.
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software alone worth £X,000s...
"? It's most likely a free program anyone can download and use.
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specially SEARCH-ENGINE optimised by a SEO expert..
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Check it out for yourself by going to the free facility at: " http://www.
submitexpress.
com/analyzer/ ".
Use the free METATAG ANALIZER on there and it will amaze me if it comes even REMOTELY close to being either Search-engine optimized or Search-engine friendly.
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unmissable ‘Once in a Lifetime' opportunity...
" Miss this one - and just like aBus there will be another two or three identical ones following.
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established Website Business earning £X,000 per month...
" Almost CERTAINLY rubbish, and It has just had it's Domain registered.
Want proof? Well you can type "www dot whois dot com into your browser, then type in the Domain name of this ‘Unique Site' and see when it was registered, and who to.
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Submitted to all Search-engines and Google PR 4..
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"(In your dreams).
Go to http://www.
submitexpress.
com/linkpop/ "- and use the free LINK POPULARITY tool.
That will tell you just which search-engines it is linked to, and how many links.
(An "Established website should have a sizeable number of links - including several to GOOGLE.
As for a "Page Rank PR 4 rating" - Just type "google page rank checker" in your browser and check for free: It is as near a certainty as you can get that it will have a PR of ZERO.
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attached Paypal proof of earnings..
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" There are two main ways they can provide this.
If they claim it is making £400 per week, they actually SPEND that amount or more on GOOGLE ADWORDS to BUY the sales.
Or they simply copy details from a successful site they run.
Whatever! Take it with a large pinch of salt.
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buy now.
Be your own boss and work four hours a week...
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Who would sell a successful site for a few pounds/dollars, that takes no work to run - other than collecting the money - and is making a fortune every month? "..
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absolutely no maintenance - just collect the money and bank it..
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" YES! - And I have a sixteen-year-old millionaire nympho Barbie-Doll wife that utterly adores me - We can all dream..
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your own unique Domain Name...
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no previous skill needed.
A child can run it...
" There may be some truth in saying a child can run it - Most are FAR more computer literate than us more mature people.
But don't kid yourself you won't need any knowledge to run it: You will almost certainly need to know how to use ADWORDS and ADSENSE and make sure that any little revenue they may make is going to you and not the vendor! You will need to know all about KEYWORDS and META TAGS and ongoing Search-engine optimisation.
And how and where to advertise your site, get links, set up a SHOPPING CART or Paypal etc.
, accounts to get your money - if there is any.
All in all - If you are a Rookie, then get some advice from someone who knows his/her way around the block.
Alternatively take up a much easier hobby like breeding Iguanas.