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WARNING- SCAM ALERT!

Unfortunately, the site I reviewed here back in September, 2007 seemed too good to be true, and it turned out they were. It has come to my attention that Search Big Daddy and Asystems Group (their parent corporation) have been running a series of what seem to be scams and engaging in apparently fraudulent activity. Many of their associates have not been paid for work they did as part of SBD’s DCC program, and they have launched several other promotions that seem to be simple bids to get their associates to invest money in pyramid schemes. All well and good if you’re the top person in, but not so good if no one joins up under you. By all means take advantage of any of their free programs, but I’d be sure not to give them any of my money, and especially don’t waste any of your time engaged in any program where they promise to pay you. Apparently, from recent reports I’ve received, they simply won’t pay you. The owner of the company refuses to take any phone calls, and won’t respond to emails, from any associate he owes money to. BEWARE!!

Personally, I’ve closed my account there, since I don’t want to be associated with any corporation that may be engaged in shady practices. Besides, since their Alexa rank has plummeted and their associates are abandoning ship in droves, I really haven’t been seeing any results from my free ads there in months. At this point, I really don’t think that site is worth even a minimal investment of my time. Check out some of the other online threads, and you can decide for yourself if you think it’s worth your time.

WARNING- SCAM ALERT!

Plus, they pay you in FREE Advertising dollars to sign up, activate your email, post to your blog, and just about everything else you do on-line! The best part is, it’s all free.

They have;

FREE email FREE e-cards FREE blogs
FREE classified ads FREE LOCAL listings
FREE Big Daddy Friends network
FREE Social Bookmarking Network
FREE video FREE press releases … and MORE!

You can immediately get $50 in advertising dollars and a FREE top keyword position, and also find out more about Search Big Daddy, by going to
(link removed by author) Big Daddy Pays.
and signing up for a personal account. Activate your email account in your new back office, and you get an additional $10,000 advertising dollar credit to use to bid on top listing positions in the Search Big Daddy search engine! That’s right, 10,000 free AP credits!

On a separate note, don’t forget, if you don’t already have a website, you can go to Cheap Reliable Web Hosting for information on how to set up your own web site for cheap (only $6.58 a month), using easy, FREE software.

Have fun,

Freebie Jack

If you’ve been working just a little on your website, and you’ve registerred a domain name and signed up for your free or cheap webhosting at Hostroute or 1&1, now all you need is a way to get your brand new site from your computer to your new online home.  The FTP utility I use is a freeware version that is reliable and really easy to use.  It’s called Filezilla, and you can download the latest version 2.2.25 by using the link below.  Make sure you remember where you downloaded the file!  I created a new folder under My Received Files and called it “Filezilla”.

Filezilla Download Link

Once you download the file, just unzip it (using WinZip, or download it here, if you don’t already have it), and follow the install instructions.  Then just open Filezilla by clicking on the desktop icon, click File, and choose Site Manager… from the menu.  In the Site Manager box input all of your sites info, name (www.yoursite.com), and the user name and password for your site.  This is usually set up by the web site provider, and you can then change your password to anything you’d like.  For Servertype, use FTP and under Logontype choose Normal.  The Port is usually 21, but Filezilla should find it for you.

Next, click the Connect button at the bottom of the box, and Filezilla will log you on to your website.  Find the file with your website in it in the left hand  top pane of the Filezilla screen (should be saved under My Documents/website or website name, whatever you chose) and open it by clicking on it.  The contents will be shown in the bottom left pane.  Now click on the public_html file in the right hand pane to open it.  Highlight all of the files in your website folder (click on top one and use down arrow while holding the shift key down to highlight all of them), then right click on the highlighted files and choose Upload from the menu.  All of your files will be automatically uploaded to your website.  Just make sure that your file for your main first page is named index.html, (hightlight it and rightclick on it to rename it, if necessary), and then disconnect (under File button on top row) and close Filezilla. 

Your new site should be up and running, and you can visit it by opening IE and typing in the address.  Make sure to check all of your links and buttons, to make sure they’re working, and start sending people to your new site!

Come back and visit, and we’ll talk about adding a Wordpress weblog (blog) to your new site, as well as some free ways to promote it.

Freebie