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Originally Posted by MikeyB
"Fan site"?  Well, not exactly - it's potentially a nice little earner for the person who bought the domain and constructed the site, if he can only get his listing high enough in the search engine rankings: Affiliate marketing
Basically it's another, " You too can earn a living from home via the internet" scheme. Create enough of these websites and you can spend your time relaxing on the beach while the $ magically drop into your bank account as people follow the links and suppliers pay you a small commission for each one who arrives at their website via yours.
Unfortunately, too many such site creators are greedy and their websites are slapped together from valueless rubbish like the Orion example. Others of the same ilk can be like this one, Binoculars and Scopes Discount Shop, where there isn't actually a shop at all or even any actual site content - the links you click on the front page just lead to a page of current auctions for those items from US eBay (and a commission for the B&SDS website owner if you follow the auction link to eBay itself). |
Yes, I heard this happens a lot these days, Mike. I wouldn't be surprised (although I cannot confirm it) that the information presented is creatively "re-worded" from other sources (like our friend, the poker player).