Hi Sam, moved you over to the general biz forum.
I'm afraid it doesn't look like good news
We've had a previous thread about EBS Marketing, which I've pasted below:
EBS Marketing Thread
This may be of use if you need to pursue legally:
“after several heated discussions they still refused to refund so we ended up issuing small claims court proceeding - The Court ruled against them on the 16th July 2012 and they had 7 days to pay and a County Court Judgement issued against EBS. On the 25th July they failed to pay the amount so a Warrant was issued by the Courts for Baliffs to Collect the debt or take goods and equipment to the value of
Hi Jack
Bots, Spiders, link bots, crawlers etc are all the same thing. Just automated scripts which go crawling round the web capturing information, indexing, archiving content etc.
They can be created for malicious reasons, or can be routine programs. Examples of routine ones are the googlebot, which indexs the web for it's search results, bingbot which does the same for Bing.
If you are worried about a particular bot, you can exclude it from your robots text file (
see here for info about robots text file)
Well it's made it to the mainstream news now:
BBC News - Fugitive John McAfee arrested in Guatemala
I love his website, so he is blogging from Jail
“I am in jail in Guatemala. Vastly superior to Belize jails. I asked for a computer and one magically appeared.”
My favourite line from the BBC report:
“The 67-year old revealed that in order to go unnoticed, he changed his appearance by dying his hair and beard, sticking chewed bubble gum to his upper gums to fatten his face and staining his teeth.”
Barking mad... can't wait for the DVD to come out
Haven't come across this before:
Start Kiosking & Earn | Kiosked
You "Kiosk" your content and turn it into an online store. It's not going to suit everyone, but I can imagine some good uses, especially if you currently rely on traditional affiliate banners and images.
Anyone tried it or got any feedback?
“...we always give some discount on the product, and sometimes we also give some free items with the product.
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lol I don't know if I'm being watching too many gangster films, but that makes you sound like a drug dealer
Prob not very PC, but the line "13,000 civil service jobs" is probably key. A lot of people have mixed feelings about civil servants, or the perceived image of civil servants, as over staffed govt bureaucratic agencies.
From personal dealings with local government depts, I haven't really seen much to change my opinion. But I believe the govt is one of the UK's largest employers now.
I suppose it depends if you count Teachers, Nurses, Police, Firefighters, Military etc as "civil servants", and if they will be impacted, rather than the traditional image of "bureaucrats and govt suits".
“I use Site Explorer to check domain and page authority and linking root domains, Anchor text. Its a good tool and it is free.
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Hi Martyn, this is quite an old thread, and the old Site Explorer as quoted earlier in the thread has since been scrapped
“With the completion of algorithmic transition to Bing, Yahoo! Search has merged Site Explorer into Bing Webmaster Tools:
Yahoo! Site Explorer”
Or do you mean
Open Site Explorer? Which is a cracking tool
Really? Never thought I would see the day. Their cars are so darned expensive, why would they need to resort to these tactics?