DISQUS

Joost · 2 years ago

LOL, I can't believe you posted this :D
Just curious: p*rn is not a money-maker anymore?

Doug Rosbury · 2 years ago

Some day I will find a situation to suit my sensibilities, For now there's nothing on the internet that I feel comfortable with. I,m glad to have the status quo. It serves me very well. No
website for me. Anyone who wants my photos to grace their site is welcome to contact me.---Doug

Simon · 2 years ago

@ Joost... I glad that it made you laugh, it was actually intended as a bit of a joke... "what sort of money could I make if I had no morals! ". I was looking over my content the other day and thought I needed something a bit more spicy, nothing like a bit of controversy to spark interest. And yes I do believe there is good money in the p*rn market, I thought about including that on the list, but decided against it in the end...I didn't want to offended anyone!

@ Doug : thanks for the comment.

Sucker · 2 years ago

Evil, but sometimes much more fun than most legitimate money making methods ;)

Steven Snell · 2 years ago

Another nice post Simon. Your evil ideas would make John Chow proud.

Jerke Wadde · 2 years ago

I'm having a hard time finding a decent anonymous email service, though.

Devon Lumsden · 2 years ago

I think a good proxy would get heaps of money
great article

William F · 2 years ago

Wow, a tough topic handled really well. My question is how can I make some money with a site that generates a lot of hate mail? We poke fun at fatties and they don't like it. There's got to be a way to use all that anger to market or generate revenue?

Jason A Clark · 2 years ago

Well, we know someone somewhere is making money with these things because we see them everywhere.

I think I'll pass.

michael · 2 years ago

Hey, the ideas are very good but i will not agree with you that making money online is not easy...As i am into home based business it is very easy to make money online.

Dwayne Charrington · 1 year ago

Maybe I should try my hand at spam. Anyone want to buy some cheap Viagra? haha.

Great post by the way though. Amused me a fair bit.

Richard · 1 year ago

Thank you very much for this great information, I think more people
should share their opinions and information too.

Pete White · 1 year ago

Do all of them from Starbucks for an extra evil affect.

Chauncy · 1 year ago

I'm surprised. A lot of these really aren't all that evil.

King Jim · 1 year ago

yes its true,
sometimes having good morals doesn't make you
any money, nice guys or gals finish last.
Very informative article.

MyIkram · 1 year ago

I dont think those tips is EVIL, may consider it as a grey hat..

Anyway, marvellous tips !

playstation game cheats · 1 year ago

These tactics might be low down, dirty, annoying or questionable. I don't know about evil. They are unlikely to get anyone killed or let the Darklord out of his prison to take over he world :)

HR Software · 1 year ago

The list is good and contains very good information. The only tactic I would agree with is the proxy server (if you have tons of bandwidth on a dedicated or shared server) and creating a social facebook/myspace resource site. I wouldn't even go near adware or spam for too many reasons to list.

wahb.biz · 1 year ago

These thing are evil but an effective way to earn online.

mark@tool vinyl · 1 year ago

oh, c'mon...it's not THAT evil....(except maybe the proxy thing)

Alex · 1 year ago

Evil ways to make money. One thing i was wondering about yesterday was this #9. I saw some sites on dmoz in few categories and they were there but they shouldn't have been there according to DMOZ standards. Well back door entry methods have always been there, only thing i didn't think about DMOZ that way. I am not saying most links are like that but some of them i saw were dodgy.

Alex · 1 year ago

I read about #7 and this is the principle on which getgoogleadsfree works. I purchased it and even google doesn't mind if you use such landing pages provided your pages are clean and have some content and not like classifieds. Only problem is how do u sell advertising on that landing page as you will constant advertising to pay for the advertising on google. I don't think its evil it is what offline advertisers do in magazines , newspapers , road- side boards etc.

Synovate Paid Surveys · 1 year ago

This is a pretty good list - I have read about the screensaver with adware one before. Another "black hat" tactic that could probably make the list is the practice of cookie stuffing. Although I have not used it myself, I have read on some black hat forums that people are making pretty good affiliate commissions with this one as long as they are careful about it and manage to "fly under the radar". Amazon seems to work well with this tactic because they are popular and many different kinds of people buy from there, while Clickbank is also used because apparently they rarely ban cookie stuffers.

iceman9 · 1 year ago

does this get sites from being banned in the search engine? with these evil money making online?

Simon · 1 year ago

No, the oposite acutally Iceman, Google sends this page over 1,000 hits every month.

ecommerce website software · 1 year ago

Very funny stuff. While some of the stuff is shadier than others, all in all they've given me a few ideas for other legitimate marketing methods as well...thanks!

Pandu @ Profit blogging · 1 year ago

I like this post. Evil or not it depends on the angle of point of view. I think, as far the search engine couldn't find you cheating them, it's not evil way. And for me right now, all the ways to make money in fast one, should be worth. But to do it, I must consider it thoroughly.

whistlergirl@Toronto Property · 1 year ago

Some of these suggestions are indeed evil. I'm amazed you wrote this as the big G might actually look at you more closely now. hahahaha....

Ray@Forex Currency Trading · 1 year ago

Definitely agree with #9.

I'm starting to think there are many DMOZ editors that are biased specifically to their affiliations.

Not so much for non-profit organizations, but definitely when it comes to business.

#10 is evil. No need for explanation!

I don't think the rest are that "evil" though. Pop-under ads are evil, that should be listed!

kouji@haiku poems examples · 1 year ago

some of these are evil indeed. :O

Michael · 1 year ago

Fantastic post! :) Money is very important, especially when you hate your job, you have a huge home loan, or are entering a recession (just like whats happening at the moment lol). Thanks for the tips :)

kevin@Paydayloans · 1 year ago

I like the myspace idea. Looks actualy good. The other ones seem like more trouble than they are worth as far as making money.

Justin@Adventure Blog · 1 year ago

I must say these are some pretty good ideas. I personally like the idea of setting up a proxy. I could go drop off a few flyers around town at the schools and I am sure the kids would be all over it.

Any suggestions on how to set one up?

Nick@whiplash compensation cla · 1 year ago

Proxy sites are everywhere these days. You only have to scan through any of the main SEO forums to see loads of them in peoples sig links. With so many of them about it must be quite difficult to make good money from them.

partoba@Busby SEO Test Blog · 1 year ago

I'm curious about to be DMOZ editor. I think if this is really happen, it'll be the best way to make money...in evil way!

Kaiser@Compare Car Insurance Q · 1 year ago

Well, when i first started to learn how to make money online, i went down the wrong path from the start. I tried spamming and it worked for a while but it was too much work. I later decided that if im going to put in alot of effort into something, i might as well put that effort into building a legit website.

Brian@Minnesota Car Insurance · 1 year ago

I want to comment on the first method of setting up Proxy server service.

Internet Explorer will be comming out with what they call "porn mode" for the next release of IE. It basically makss your IP address from the websites you browse. In this way, you can safely browse any website in a stealth mode.

I'm not sure of all the uses, however many people want privacy and don't like the fact that others can pry into their browsing patterns.

David · 1 year ago

I have read about the screen saver with ad ware one before. Another “black hat” tactic that could probably make the list is the practice of cookie stuffing. Although I have not used it myself, I have read on some black hat forums that people are making pretty good affiliate commissions with this one as long as they are careful about it and manage to “fly under the radar”.

Ken@Slow Computer · 1 year ago

Let me make another suggestion. Trolling forums peddling affiliate sales. If you are going to try it, I recommend you go for the financial services niche.

Jayden Fellze · 1 year ago

I would like to add newsletters to the list. Fortnightly or monthly newsletters can really boost your audience. People can be expected to sign up if the contents are informative.

Mathew@Best high yield certifi · 11 months ago

I think half or all of them could get you in trouble with either the advertiser or affiliate program. Some of them might cause problem with search engines so you would be making new sites all the time. Your better off doing it right in the long run.

ashley@ebay · 11 months ago

Oh my goodness you had me falling off my seat laughing. I love the disclaimer you made as well. On a personal note, thank you for not including p*rn.

What · 10 months ago

actually there isn't nearly as much $ in porn anymore. The tube sites are taking a lot of business away from the industry.

Jake@How to make extra money · 10 months ago

Ain't nothing wrong with poker sites! Well, other then being at risk of the feds coming after you =(. The more evil a method is the less competition...

andy@Free Credit Report · 9 months ago

Actually, many of these are possibly neutral tactics, at least only in the gray area depending on how you execute them...but when you get to 9 & 10 it's just funny. I'm sure number 10 was really a joke, right? =P

andy@freeloans · 9 months ago

The arbitrage is done by alot of sites. I see people do it on same ad network. They buy low paid clicks and have high paying ads. Some people do make money

Mexabet@Quality web directory · 9 months ago

Interesting article! But I can't get myself to involve in any of these activities. Good to know you don't support any of these things.

badugi · 9 months ago

You missed out e-wh*re :D

olly@ Sun Awnings · 9 months ago

Some great "dirty tricks" here - I wonder how many readers have actually started doing some of these? I wonder how many will get caught!

mark@Gold etf · 9 months ago

Some interesting ideas on how to make money online. Not sure about some of them and if the ad companies would either.

tammy@Freeloan · 9 months ago

Thanks i have to read more about each way to make money. Some sound like a good way and others i am not sure about.

Abdulrehman@How to make money · 9 months ago

Number 3 is amazing, I also heard of many people who made money during the olympics 2008 using similar techniques!

Indian Humour · 8 months ago

Thank you for these great tips. Some of these things are really new to me. This is a good guide for those who are just starting in marketing.

Eric@SEO Link Directories · 8 months ago

Great post!
atleast 3 methods from this list are on my list to try. :p 7,8 and 10 are the most suitable 'EVIL' ways to make money online for me.

Calvin · 8 months ago

I especially like the one about DMOZ "extortion"! How pathetic is that?

Martha Lewis · 7 months ago

Great & Helpful Tips. I’d only thought of about half of those. I’m definetely going to have to try them all to reach my goal. Thanks as always for the insightful posts.

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kumaran@ways to make quick mon · 7 months ago

i am already earning enough money with proxy websites. so my suggestion is to give a try on first method.

Robert fenn · 7 months ago

It only shows how desperate people are to make money on the net. These days with the economy, job loss and general slowing, people are turnng to the internet to see if they can make a quick buck.

I am sure in spite of all the comments above, some may be happy to read this. I am not sure you can classify this as evil, but certainly doubtful and let's leave it at that!

Thanks anyway for the info

Abendego · 6 months ago

Wow great post. I don't think I could ever go through with any of them except for setting up a A MySpace or Facebook Resource Site. Thanks

Jim@Market Timing · 6 months ago

Hey this is a good article thank you for the read. I stumbled across this good market timing site myself that I have been using the past year. I have made quite a lot of money as there have not been any bad trades. If your interested you should check it out.

Bill@Anonymity Test · 6 months ago

I would just like to add a note or two regarding the drawbacks of the "Set up a Proxy Server" tip. You mention that it will eventually be blocked by the firewalls, which is true, but here are a few more pitfalls;

2. The bandwidth and general system resources (CPU, memory) consumption of a web proxy are much higher than other types of sites/services and most hosts don't allow them. If they do, watch that bandwidth bill.

3. The proxy will eventually be used for criminal activities which may become a problem for the owner reaching beyond just being kicked off the host. I don't know about you but I wouldn't trust men in suits to always be able to understand what a proxy is and how the owner can not control what goes on in it.

On a related note, particular to non web based proxies perhaps, you should check that the proxy doesn't relay your IP in a secondary header field (transparency/"non-elite"). You can do that by loading test.anonymity.com through the proxy and seeing if any red icons appear in the listing of your header information. Relayed IPs generally appear in fields named similar to HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR or HTTP_CLIENT_IP but the anonymity test uses a regular expression to check for IPs no matter what the field is named.

Any how, interesting article, even if most of the tips are highly inadvisable! :)

Mike@Online Music Store · 6 months ago

These ideas are more for the “quick buck” and most likely won’t last for the long term. I think #7 is very evil, because you would be wasting your advertisers dollars like crazy with that method. I am sure Yahoo doesn’t allow their ads to be on webpages with 0 or little content. It is against their TOS.

jack@realestate reits · 6 months ago

I know some of them work but i would not try most of them. Your better off working on own site with some products you can sell or affiliate products.

Garry Williams · 6 months ago

Nice info ,naughty but nice.No add some rss distribution which is not classed as spam and gain some massive traffic.

Amy @Free Xbox 360 · 6 months ago

I didn't even understand half of that. I'm obviously not meant to be an evil genious.... or have money!

AskTheCoders@Coding Help · 6 months ago

Another system people use is setting up those referral sites in order to get "free" gadgets. For example, the guy commenting right above me :)

Its sort of irritating though how they just post randomly on blogs without reading the topic in order to get backlinks.

rick@lcd tv 32 · 6 months ago

The fact people do make money doing those things is sad. I know thier is a big problem with free software that poust someone elses affiliate link in when people buy things and it makes me mad they get away with it.

phil@idealincomepro.com · 5 months ago

None of these ideas are evil imho. all a bit dated. there are far more evil ways available to those that look. But I prefer to just market an honest business. It is working out pretty damn good for me

leon@affordable website design · 5 months ago

I statted out using some tricky things online to make money we found out that you will get banned for these thinks to we just, a real business the joy is making people happy and developing sites for people has really made the internet business a joy to use and other when they see their ideas come to life. so, just build a real business.

r_em · 5 months ago

lol..maybe i use those evil tips soon..thanks

sansui · 3 months ago

These are some great ways of making extra money.
I must give them a try.