As a blog writer, I get lots of spam postings. Fortunately the vast majority are caught by automated antispam tools. This is an example of a spam that did not get caught by the antispam tool. Since I moderate all comments, I had the pleasure and annoying task of deleting this spam:
Spam message on my blog
I have a lot of respect for the Washington Post, I consider it one of the USA’s premier newspapers. However, I read this article which is titled “5 Perfect ‘Spare-Time’ Online Businesess” written by Yanik Silver, who, coincidentally, is also selling a book titled Moonlighting on the Internet. The article says you can earn a ‘5th paycheck’ with little effort by these five methods: “Information Marketing”, “eBay”, “Affiliate Marketing”, “Blogging” and “Yahoo Stores”.
Yes, there are people who make a lot of money on the Internet, like John Chow and the oddly-named Shoemoney. However, it is not quick and it is not easy. Like most enterprises, it takes time, effort, hard work, and the very real risk of failure. There are literally millions of people in each of the five categories above, and most of them make little to no money.
But hey, this is America, the land of free enterprise. Give it your best shot!
