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why there is so much crap on torrent sites? |
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Written by Admin
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Wednesday, 20 August 2008 |
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"Make Money Doing What You Love", "Double Your Dating - Online
Hookups for Dummies", "Psychology - Instant Fact - How to Get the
Truth Out of Anyone", and of course "How To Get Laid": Have you
ever wondered why the e-book section of your average torrent site
usually features countless trashy e-books that would never make it
into any decent book store? The answer is simple: Affiliate links.
Affiliate marketers are increasingly using torrent sites to spread
their links and make a few extra bucks from unsuspecting
downloaders. One of them recently
shared her recipe for success on Gather.com. The poster, who
goes by the user name Lana R., explains:
"I've come to a conclusion that "pirates" however cheap as they
come, are unable to get over one big manly flaw, SEX. And my tests
have proven, that pirates PAY on a higher consistency than the
average online porn surfer. This translates into much higher
conversion rates, with a much larger somewhat untapped market."
It seems like Lana has since completely embraced the pirate
lifestyle. She's even copying or mashing up other people's books
in order to spread her links:
"Get (or ahem purchase) dating guides (ebooks/videos/seminars)
online. (...) Scrape them and summarize them into an ebook less
than 5 pages long."
Apparently not everyone appreciates Lana's hard work. She writes
that she has been banned from torrent sites before for posting
books with titles like "Online women are easy" and "Where to find
horny women online." Her solution is apparently to come up with
even more ridiculous titles for her link-laden e-books:
"You want to change your title and description to something like
this... "$3997 Underground Online Dating Guide - Only sold to 10
people" or any variation to this. Basically you want everyone to
know that the ebook WASN'T FREE, and it costs a bomb to get such
an exclusive guide. Remember to make up a guru name like "Mr.
Playboy"."
I know, sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? But the sad truth is that
Lana R. has made almost 900 bucks so far with this stuff - that is,
if her numbers are right. But who wouldn't believe Mr. Playboy?
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