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Originally Posted by Clinton

We've all seen the listings in Flippa which are out and out scams. Then there are those that don't seem like scams at first sight but turn out on further inspection to have fiddled the traffic figures, faked revenue etc.

And that's before you get to the vast majority of listings for which you can't prove fraud e.g. they've quoted "net profit" without first deducting a nominal amount for the value of the time spent running their sites.

When you notice irregularities

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But as with everything on this site, access to the VIP Lounge is free. It's free to regularly contributing members - people who are part of this site and community, people who participate rather than sit on the sidelines and lurk.
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Originally Posted by Clinton

The background: In 2007 Guy Hands' private equity fund, Terra Firma, paid £4.2 billion for EMI, the record label. £1.7 billion of that was his own money and Citigroup provided about £2.5 billion as a loan.

Since then EMI hasn't done too well financially and lost £1.57 billion in 2009 what with all these filesharers etc preferring to download their music illegally.

Guy Hands took CitiGroup to court last year to argue that they misled him about the value of the company.

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Alexa is often dismissed as a bit of a joke, not something that any serious webmaster should be concerned about. I suggest you don't dismiss it that quickly. True, the unsophisticated webmaster may scoff at Alexa crude ranking that is easily manipulated (less easily now than in the past, BTW), but there's more to Alexa and if you're smart you'll check it out. I'm no expert on Alexa but I'll list some of the stuff I know about it.

First, Adbrite, Payperpost, Text Link Ads and other ...

Myth: You need to work hard to make money online - Part II

In Part I I explained that what I wanted to do was make a decent living without working too hard.

But what's wrong with the good ol' fashioned Protestant Work Ethic?

Nothing!

It can get you to where you want to go.

But...

If there's a better route you'd be stupid to insist on working hard for the sake of working hard.

And I needed to find that better ...