I recently launched my first website http://www.therealtrader.com/. In the process of doing this I started to do a lot of research into how best to drive traffic to my site. One of the things I learned was that it is not easy to build up traffic if you don’t pay for it through one of the many PPC (Pay Per Click) services like Google or Yahoo. Another thing I learned was that there are a lot of people on the Internet with tons of information to sell. Some are worth the money and some are not. I hate wasting money on things that are not worth it and because of this I like to do my research on Google before buying anything.
If it is an eBook or program that I am interested in that proclaims to do something
That seems hard to believe, the first thing I do is type in the name of the product plus the word “Scam” on Google and see what comes up. The beauty of the Internet is that if someone had bad experiences they will most likely write about it, which will help others avoid the same experience. This was the same formula I employed when I came across this eBook “Get Google Ads FREE” in my research to figure out how to drive traffic to my site without paying a lot of money. When I typed this search term in with the word “Scam” I did not come up with a lot of information to go with. I would have hoped that someone out there would have written an honest review of this product so that I had some insight into what it was all about. I could not find any in-depth review of this product. I figured this might be something I can take a chance and try. Who does not want to get Google Ads for free? I do!
The eBook contains 125 pages, which was supposed to reveal the secret to getting these Ads for free. The first five pages of the book before you get to the Table of Contents contained the Legal notice and Requirements and more importantly, how to become an Affiliate and help sell this eBook to others. After this comes the Table of Contents which takes up four pages. After the table of contents, the first thing that is addressed in the book is “Is this a Scam?” Obviously this needs to be addressed because no one wants to do anything that is considered a scam and damage his or her reputation. The next eleven or twelve pages contained screen shots and information supporting the validity of the authors claim that this secret was no scam. It also included a couple of dissenters who questioned the validity of his secret without any factual basis.
And now the secret is finally revealed! On page twenty-two, the introduction to the secret for Getting Google Ads FREE is explained. You may think that I am a man of many words but I am not so I will tell you the general idea and premise of the secret in one sentence.

SELL ADVERTISING SPOTS ON YOUR WEB PAGES AND USE THAT REVENUE TO OFFSET YOUR (PPC) PAY PER CLICK COSTS! In essence getting your pay per click Ads for free.

WHAT!! This is what I paid almost $50 for? Are you kidding me? This section of the eBook took twenty pages to reveal. In this section of the book the author explains how you can essentially sell real estate space on your website to Advertisers for an average of a couple hundred bucks per month and use that money to pay for your PPC Ads. I just started my website and I don’t know of any Advertiser who is going to pay me directly to put Banner ads, or any Ads for that matter on my website when my site is not even a blip on the Alexa traffic rankings or Google page ranks.
We as Internet Webmasters and Marketers all know that, and this is why we have to resort to Google Ad sense to offset our own advertising costs until we can build up enough traffic to demand that kind of payment for people advertising on our Websites. I think the eBook would be better served if it revealed the secret to getting tons of traffic overnight without having to pay for it. Then we can put his real secret to work. The remainder of the book contains free bonuses and ideas on things that will help you to be successful in Internet marketing such as building relevant keyword lists, niches to advertise and market in and other great ideas you can find on the Internet if you do your homework. Finally on page 123 is another invitation to become an affiliate and make money selling this eBook “secret” to the masses.

Conclusion: Now I know why I could not find a whole lot of honest information on this lovely eBook. It’s a moneymaker for all the Affiliates out there! I had a decision to make. Do I become an Affiliate and sell this eBook? Heck, it sells itself! I decided not to take that route but instead give my honest opinion on what I thought about this ebook. The book has a lot of great ideas and tips that you can use to be successful but can I get Google Ads for FREE? No. This is why we all place Ad sense ads on our websites, to offset PPC charges and possibly even make some money doing it. That’s no secret.

THE BOOK IS NOT A SCAM. But is it worth what I paid for it? You can decide for yourself.