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My Review of Project Black Mask – Don’t Waste Your Money

June 26, 2007 by marketingeffects_upx1cx 4 Comments

This review isn’t going to be like all of the other reviews you’re going to read for Project Black Mask.

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First of all, there isn’t a single affiliate link in this review. (Not even to good products like Affiliate Project X)

Second, this is NOT one of those supposed “reviews” pretending to be an independent third party that just wants you to buy the product. I’ll be honest. I don’t want you to buy the product – it’s crap.

I purchased this product because I purchased Chris’ previous products, Affiliate Project X and Day Job Killer. I was pleased with both

However, I have to say that Project Black Mask is one of the biggest piles of crap I’ve ever purchased, and this is one of a handful of times where I’ve actually felt it necessary to ask for my money back.

So if you’re sick of reading promotions for this product by newbies claiming all this stuff really works or it’s new, then read on.

One thing I do need to mention is that I spent a good two years doing black hat SEO and building scraper sites so I feel that I know this whole “blackhat” traffic game better than most, and one thing I can tell you is that these supposed Google “loopholes” have been closed… since 2005! Yahoo and MSN were slower to come around but by 2006 their figured most of this stuff out. It’s 2007 now – who the heck are you trying to fool?

You see, if you follow the strategies in Project Black mask you’ll be building hundreds of worthless websites trying to generate Adsense revenue from the traffic. You’ll be spamming to get your links, and your sites will quickly get banned from the search engines.

You might see a short spike in traffic for a little while, but search engines like Google are exceptional at spotting these garbage sites and throwing them out of their index quickly. Think about it – when’s the last time you saw what was clearly a scraper site ranking in the top 10 for anything? I know I haven’t seen a single one in quite some time.

This supposed “loophole” you’re exploiting is simply marketing hype to sell excellent blackhat strategies from 2004 in 2007. Simply put – you’re too late.

Now the theory behind building all these sites is that you work hard the first months building your websites up, and then they just sit there and make money for you and you don’t have to do anything with them. The problem is, like I already mentioned, the search engines will throw you out of their index quickly, so the sites you built two months ago will be banned and will not generate any money for you.

These blackhat strategies can make you money as long as you’re willing to work 60 hours a week indefinitely. You won’t be building up any long term revenue, lists, customers, or anything that will be worth something down the road. You’re simply giving yourself a job and an annoying job at that.

I compare what you’re being taught to do in Project Black Mask to being a weed. You’re not wanted and you’re an annoyance. Sure, a gardener (the search engines) might let the weeds grow a little bit but as soon as they start to take hold, they’re going to be gotten rid of.

Is that how you want to spend your time building your online “business’? Do you really want to be building websites whose only purpose is to annoy people just to extract a few cents out of them?

Probably the thing promoted in this manual that annoyed me the most was the promotion of using automated forum spam software. This is where you use a program that will automatically register you and post to hundreds or thousands of forums at once. First of all, as a forum owner myself, if everyone using this software found a nice high cliff and jumped, I would throw a party.

And I know that some people will defend it by saying that they only post to forums that have been abandoned. Well, in that case, almost every single one of those that I’ve run across has been removed from Google (never checked Yahoo or MSN) because they’re full of spam links and Google *hates* that. So even if you’re not annoying forum owners, you’re still wasting your time because those links simply won’t count towards anything. You’ll find your site listed alongside Russian porn sites and pharmacy sites which can get you banned just by association. (You’re building black hat sites, so one way or another you’ll get banned anyway.)

This type of software has also caused many a good forum to call it quits because handling the spam was just too much of a hassle. Do you really want to do that to someone – destroy their forum just so you can get a link?

So that’s what I think about Project Black Mask. If you want to make money online, this is not the way to do it. I wouldn’t touch this thing with a 10 foot pole if I were you, and if you did get suckered into buying this product, ask for your money back.

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  1. Gary Radin says

    June 27, 2007 at 12:15 am

    Gary,
    It’s not like I know very much about internet marketing; I am just learning the terminology let alone how to actually make money. But your review of this ‘Black Mask’ product just smacks of being impartial and informative with no alterior motives. I have joined several ‘opt-in’ lists for people claiming to be objective and out for my online success, but then they recommend things that several others say are trash. It is a virtual minefield out there and I don’t know what to believe? I am not fortunate enough to have a lot of disposable income for advertising. My question to you is this… what products out there would you steer someone towards if they were really inexperienced, not talented salespeople, and not skilled copywriters? I don’t even HAVE a webpage. Can I do anything in the online world to make money if I don’t have a website or a product of my own or a big chunk of cash to use for advertising? Is there any product you would put your stamp on, or should I consider leaving this dream for something else? If there is someone’s ‘system’ out there that is profitable, reliable, and workable within limits (NOT 60 hours per week) for an average guy with no special internet skill, I’d like to know about it from someone as straightforward as you appear to be.
    Thanks, Gary

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  2. Royleena says

    June 27, 2007 at 1:27 pm

    Hello Gary,

    Thank you for your review about Project Black Mask. I was considering purchasing this product, however, you are not the only online writer with negative feedback.

    I also agree with you, about the auto-submission software, to blast messages to hundreds of forums. That’s real bad stuff!!!

    Also this reply is for Gary Radin. I have read your post dated 27th July 2007, and I understand you are looking for a product to promote, you have no marketing experience, you can’t build websites or landing pages and you’re probably looking for an online coach. I may be able to assist you here, it doesn’t matter if you’re cash strapped, because I work with several newbies at a time.

    To look further, log onto ( http://www.royleena.com ) read about me and register your details.

    I am an online coach and I promote an excellent product that will teach you how to marketing online, advertise and brand yourself. You can also become an affiliate of this product, and make a good profit.

    By the way, I provide the fully hosted website! Your only out of pocket expense is purchasing a domain name for around $10. I promote this online business as a “Learn while you Earn” concept. Contact me, I may be able to assist you.

    Your sincerely,
    Royleena Nicholas
    CEO – SR Online Marketing Solutions
    61-7-5437-8353 Australia
    skype: steve_royleena
    ( http://www.royleena.com )

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  3. Jonathan Castro says

    July 9, 2007 at 10:12 pm

    I was angry after I bought Black Mask. It’s just about filling the internet with rubbish that will soon get purged by the search engines.

    Jonathan Castro
    http://www.boycottscams.com

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  4. Wendy says

    July 23, 2007 at 8:25 am

    Hi Gary Radin
    I am a newbie, just like you. I don’t have a website at the moment and am just reading lots of stuff to educate myself on marketing on the internet. I will be attending a workshop to be conducted by one Ewen Chia who is a reputed affiliate marketer. He has many websites and lots of free ebook downloads (I’ve downloaded a number of them and they are very useful), guess you could just google his name. Having read your note and seeing how we are sort of both starting out, I would just like to let you know that you could visit one of his websites where you could join for free to access “underground interviews” with “real people making real fortunes online using different niches and profit tactics”. You would also be given an opportunity to register for his “auto profit system” which will set you up as an affiliate for one of his websites marketing some really powerful programs. You don’t need to pay a cent. Just thought it would be worthwhile for you to check it out. Just go here: http://colbne.under.hop.clickbank.net

    Wendy

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