Things that bug me on the internet...

There are some things on the net that just bug me. There, I’ve said it. I don’t have to pretend and go with the flow. I just plain don’t like these things and wanted to vent and perhaps hear what
others think:

Video explanations/instructions

While I understand how powerful this is as a marketing too, this is just not for me. I’ve actually started to skip over search engine results (for certain things) that give me video results. When I want information on something, I prefer to read it, bookmark it or print it if I need to refer to it again. I don’t know if it is a mom thing or not, but I just hate it when I click on a link while the kids are asleep and boom – out from my speakers comes some guy yelling about his product. And do those step by step videos work for anyone? When I need instructions on something, I prefer not to have to click pause and/or rewind every few seconds while I complete the tasks. Sure this might be valuable if you are assembling a craft and need visual instruction but the written word works so much better for me.

Data Entry advertisements

This is another online (and offline) pet peeve of mine. I remember my early days on the net when I first saw the advertisements of making thousands entering data and now I cringe every time I see one or worse when a friend falls for the ad expecting something entirely different. Recently I visited a site which appeared initially as something I might like to promote and then I came across the words promising tons of cash for simply entering data. The actual programs they promote are often times legitimate ways of earning online but the ads are very misleading. Why not just tell people what they are actually promoting, be it placing free ads, placing ads with google etc… which really is not, “simply entering data”. Makes me want to scream SCAM but I won’t because that’s just another thing that really irritates me.

Scam!

People are throwing the word “scam” around a tad too much, if you ask me. There comes a point when the buyer does have to take some responsibility. Simply put, if something does not work for you, that does not necessarily make it a scam.

Spam or emails without unsubscribe options

Doing what I do, I do request information quite a bit. I want to “get to the other side” of a lead capture page and actually see what the person is promoting. So I enter my e-mail address. The way it should work is that if I do not want to receive information from this person anymore, I simply unsubscribe and there you go, no spam…everyone is happy. Unfortunately, I somehow got added to some lists where unsubscribe is not an option. There is no link at the bottom. I can’t e-mail the person back as it bounces back to me. So, I’m stuck with a lot of junk which I have to personally filter through and delete because some times some good stuff does end up in my spam folder by error.

So that’s my short list of things that raise my blood pressure on the Internet… I’ve got lots more but we’ll leave it at that for now!