Announcements like this appear in newspapers, flyers stuck onto utility poles, and even shul parsha sheets. They seek to be offering intriguing business propositions that could provide either the answer to all your problems or a healthy supplementary income. You may hear of them via e-mail, a friend or relative, or an old-fashioned letter in your mailbox. For many frum people, pressed for time, money, and school bills, they appear attractive. But what do they really offer?
Most such schemes are by definition frauds (both in the legal and halachic sense), and the only way of profiting by them is by others losing. Those that are not clear frauds are suspect in some other way, and should be avoided by a ba’al nefesh.
The schemes fall into three categories: Ponzi Schemes, Pyramid selling, and Multi-Level Marketing (MLM). Lets look at each of them in turn.
When webmasters have created their latest masterpiece, the next step to promote it. This is an important step in the survival of your website and increase your sales and visitors. Many webmasters, especially newbies, is so excited and I want to make great strides, so they can get hundreds of visitors a day soon. Sometimes they try to adopt some dirty methods to promote their website. This leads a website to be banned from major search engines and as good as he is hated by many people. Finally reducing the reputation of your site dramatically. Its cause is still bad advice or some people deliberately do these steps to increase traffic without knowing the side effects. We will discuss here the errors of promotion, and you should never use these techniques, if possible.