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May 18, 2004

The Competitive Edge

By QBlog in

Looks like the MLM hyenas are out. After Dateline NBC aired its Quixtar investigation show I found a "business" using the keywords "Dateline Amway" in an advertisement on Google. The ad reads:

Dateline Scams MLM
The business behind the business of Quixtar and Amway on Dateline truth
This is followed by a link to the site which I won't name because I don't want to indirectly help that site's Google ranking (however the link is visible in the graphic).

The ad links to a page titled "The Competitive Edge" and rambles on about how Quixtar sucks because it has a crappy compensation plan and of course this "Competitive Edge" business has a superior compensation plan.

Former Quixtar IBO Reveals the Whole Truth About the Dateline Investigation

Dateline recently aired a program that explained the business behind the business of the Quixtar/Amway corporation. I have experienced the Quixtar Business first hand, and I now understand the whole truth behind the business of Quixtar/Amway. I don't put the blame on any one person for Quixtar's faults. I put the sole blame on the compensation plan...

What's odd (at least to my non-MLM mind) is that no details are given about the "Competitive Edge" business. No explanation of the "improved" compensation plan, no description of how it works and there's not even a name associated with the site. Just an "email me your NAME and EMAIL ADDRESS" to get the information.

Well, according to Network Solutions the site is registered to Kelly Hashimoto but that doesn't necessarily mean he/she is the person running the site. The address given is in Utah but a quick Google search of the name and Utah didn't yield any MLM-type results. So who knows what or whom is behind this hyena-styled site.

So I must say, no thanks to "Competitive Edge" and their unsavory marketing tactics.

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I was curious when I saw that Quixtar had a link from Google in the AdWords section (That's what those links are called.) to see how much those links cost. It's $5.00 to set it up, and then it's charged BY THE CLICK. The only way to limit the bill is by limiting the number of clicks that are allowed per day.

So I was just wondering what would happen if everyone did a Google search for "Dateline Amway" and started clicking on the AdWords for the Quixtar Response site or these "Competitive Edge" type competitors.

Just thinking out loud.


PW

Posted by: PW | May 18, 2004 4:50 PM

hmmm, PW, it's a thought, isn't it?

Posted by: hm | May 18, 2004 5:41 PM





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