I haven’t had time to write here for the past few weeks due to some new client projects, but this newest and final twist to the eHow scam deserves a quick note: After stringing writers along for months and denying that they planned to end the Writer Compensation Program, eHow just announced that they have [...]
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EHOW UK SCAM NEWS FLASH!!!
Folks, it’s nearing the Day of Reckoning in the [alleged] eHow UK scam for Demand Media’s [alleged] chronic and devastating unethical practices toward their writers. Because the people who don’t play that game are CATCHING ON. And please EXCUSE MY CAPITAL LETTERS, but it’s ABOUT TIME. The news? Professor Jeff Jarvis, author of What Would [...]
eHow UK Scam Part Deux: Or, When is an Answer Not an Answer?
This is what feeds the eHow UK scam and allows it to continue to thrive: members continue to accept non-answers and double-speak for their legitimate and important questions. For the latest in non-answers to the eHow UK scam questions, we go to eHow’s community rep, Rich Noguchi. An eHow member asked Rich yesterday,
Delete Your eHow Article Links After Moving to Another Site
Deleting the dead links to your eHow articles after you move them is IMPORTANT to keep eHow from unfairly competing with your moved articles if you want the relocated articles to rank well in search engines. One of eHow’s favorite tactics (and most unethical) is to compete against its own members. You can fight back. [...]
The eHow UK Scam Continues to Grow
Did you think the eHow UK scam couldn’t get any worse? Well it has. And remember that train wreck analogy a few posts back where I said I couldn’t bear to watch? I peeked. And I’ll tell you what: A scam is a scam, and that’s what this train wreck is. Now, the eHow forums, [...]
Google Video Explains Why eHow’s Mirrored Site is Not Good for Business
Okay, this video (thanks, Howie!) doesn’t refer to eHow specifically. It was released about five weeks after eHow launched their mirrored site in the US that they called a UK site so they could try to excuse themselves from paying for content they didn’t own. But if it isn’t clear to you yet how and [...]
eHow is Spinning Out of Control
As Ian Lurie noted in his eHow expose today, eHow is deleting forum posts “in attempt at spin control.” And it’s escalating.
