Junk Info and Garish Websites Galore

There are a lot of corporate escapees, corporate never-beens, and flat out crooks out there trying to make a quick buck selling completely useless information. One can spot them pretty easily for their websites sport titles like:

• How to Make a Million Bucks Trading Foreign Currency
• I Made $10,000 in One Day by Ad Placements - You Can Too!!
• Residual Income as a Web Writer - Starter Kit for Only $29.99

I have to wonder what kind of people fall for this type of cow pasture droppings. They must be the same people who fall for spam mail that contain mispelled words, in the subject line, of the very product being sold (example: Pleeze contact me ASAP regarding your morgage aproval).

A huge red flag for huckster websites, in my opinion and probably obvious to most, are ones that look brash, gaudy, and loud. They often feature big, bold-lettered testimonials with inset personal photos of people standing next to sports cars, wearing a lei, or holding a glass of champagne. The color schemes, font, and layout tend to be unsettling or unpalatable. Distracting flashing objects and kitschy gadgets are excessively embedded. The content is repetitive in nature, contain no substance, and always end with a sales pitch.

I'm not saying that all ugly, rudimentary websites are bogus while beautiful, literate websites are bona fide. I just hate sorting through muck. I have been doing alot of that lately in doing internet research and starting up my own websites. I, too, would like to make money leveraging the web. I have ad boxes on my sites, but don't have control over the ad content. Perhaps this article might have an impact, though. I certainly don't expect my readers to be of the quality to want or need pay day loans. I'm no shyster.