Friday Rant – Things that Annoy Me in Internet Marketing

Entitlement - Many marketers, search engines and even myself are guilty of this.   We feel that we are entitled to certain things.  Internet Marketing does not guarantee anything and does not give anybody a free ride.  If you find a shortcut, that is great and you should enjoy it.  When that shortcut no longer works you should not complain and say that life is unfair.  Just adapt to the new landscape and move on.  You are not entitled to an easy ride.  Stop bitchin and being envious of others success.

Stepping on Others to Get Ahead - This is definitely not a new concept.  People in the brick and mortar world have been doing this for centuries.  It does not make it any less nasty.  People are purposely starting drama just to gain attention which they hope (and it usually does) lead to links and free publicity.  There are other ways to get publicity without hurting someone else.

Purposely Misleading - I understand you need to protect yourself.  I protect my sensitve information from my enemies.  When you purposley send out misleading information or inaccurate tools to the public it is bad karma.  In the forums people post misleading information and they lie about their research.  The search engines and others release tools that are not accurate and with every upgrade they become less accurate.  I’m not saying everyone is lying or that all tools are misleading.  It only takes a little bit of misleading to help confuse the marketplace.

I’m gonna save my other complaints for later.  What are your biggest annoyances?