I noticed my name showing up on a site run by John Perkins called JohnPerkins.com
While I admire the work he was attempting to do and the fact that he did add qualifiers, the conclusions he reached about some of my site ownership details were bizarre at best.
Some were correct like www-telecommuting.com where we were testing out some new autoposting tools (which obviously weren’t that good), but then he how somehow he bizarrely jumps to the conclusion that because I list the following sites ON the page that I own them (I don’t):
NONE of the following sites are mine:
- ptievents.com
- familyfreedomtoday.com
- familyhealthanddentalbenefits.com
- familyhealthbenefitsnow.com
- find-money-at-home.com
- findfreedom.com
- freebottlemoneymaker.com
- getawaysecrets.com
- getbenefitsavingsnow.com
- getbusylivin2day.com
- homebusinesspreviewguide.com
- prosperitygoldway.com
- publishingopportunity.com
- quicksimplefunmoney.com
- quitworkingnextyear.com
- raizacreme.org.com (org or com?)
- robertcombs.com
- sendmebills.com
- seriousbigcash.com
- sevenfiguresfromhome.com
- yourcashflowwheel.com
- yourfreedomatlast.com
- yourfreedomawaitsyou.com
- yourlastcareermove.com
- billiondollarberry.com
- byetoyourjob.com
- dailycashprogramonline.com
- dailypatrickj.com
- insanecashdirect.com
- myworkwillbefree.com
- newitvpartners.com
- thefourgs.com
Site ownership that John Perkins’ got correct:
Some of the other sites he listed as mine ARE correct and were used to test some of the automated blog posting tools (which are fine if used correctly) or test wordpress plugins like the one from UniqueArticleWizard.com which autopulls articles based on keywords.
Several of those sites run advertisements for ProjectPayday which I’ve covered at length at this site for being “OK” for certain types of people. I would say it might be the most “controversial” program I’ve endorsed at any level on this site.
Others promoted FastWeb – a free scholarship database owned by Monster.com.
And some promoted Equifax offers for free credit report services which SEEMED OK at the time as the terms appeared to be quite clearly laid out, but which I’ve recently learned the FTC has issues with. I understadn that people can get credit reports for free once per year, but it seems to me that Equifax is providing an additional service to allow people to pull them on a more regular basis. I’m still trying to understand this one better.
So some of the sites where we tested the autoposters that John Perkins got right are:
- coolcashsystems.info
- poorpeoplesuck.info
- governmentmoneyresearch.info
- moneyformorons.info
- morecashlesstrash.info
- officialconsumerresearch.info
- departmentofconsumerresearch.info
- itstimeformoney.info
- officialwebsiteauthority.info
- officialconsumerresearch.info
- caraccidentlawyerplus.info
- freefederalmoneyforcollege.com
- affordablecashcreators.com
- getpaidclub.com
- instantmoneyexplosion.com
- theultimatewealthkit.com – Note 1: this is NOT the Nick Marks site. Note 2: I originally was going to promote real estate offers on this, but as I researched the market I realized I had no clue what projects were legitimate. In fact, that’s why you do NOT see a real estate section at WorkAtHomeTruth.com – I just don’t have the expertise to say which programs are scams or not.
- officialcollegescholarships.com
- freefederalmoneyforcollege.com
Sites that were put up that never went live include:
- GrantKitsandBooks.com (All of the offers that were suggested to me by my affiliate manager were offers turned out to be questionable after I researched them more, so I never took the site live). In fact it was this area that got me interested in the whole area of hidden negative option marketing which I’ve since set up an entire site for here: NegativeOptionMarketing.com AND got me to start helping people file thousands of complaints with law enforcement in discussions such as the one on Google Money Tree which is up to over 800 comments now, many of which were helping people to get money back or file complaints. I’ve only recently even started finding reliable resources on grants and foundations (besides the obvious ones like grants.gov and benefits.gov).
- CarAccidentLawyerPlus.com – I actually don’t have a big issue with personal injury lawyers as many people do, but I lost interest in the site and never took it live.
Other sites I have that are live:
- FleeceThePeople.com – parody videos and serious videos about work at home scams
- GospelPianoCourseReview.com – promotes gospel piano courses (I was trained as a jazz pianist early in my life at New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts)
- BookClubs101.com (basically our test site for trying out new scripts we buy or develop)
- PaidSurveyTruth.com (started back when paying for a database made sense and converted when all of that information became easily and freely available from places like SurveyPolice.com (note, I now tell people to avoid paid surveys for the most part).
- SantasBailout.com – Christmas video I made
- TheBlackberryCafe.com – I host the site for them
Note: MyGolfOffers.com isn’t mine – it’s owned by my business partner.
Other observations:
John Perkins is correct that I sometime don’t put my phone number in whois, but I always put my correct address. The reason the phone number in there is obvious to anyone who has been bombarded by telemarketing calls from companies that use whois data extraction tools.
Note, some of the records need updating as we have since moved – although we still have the house on Dale on the market.
Ironically John Perkins uses privacy protection on his site and has no contact information on his site at all where as I have a feedback form, REAL business number and my real address. And before he put on privacy protection he had the following pretty sketchy information.
Registrant: None 1234 Anywhere Ln Beverly Hills, California 90210 United States Domain Name: JOHNPERKINS.COM Created on: 18-Feb-00 Expires on: 18-Feb-09 Last Updated on: 17-Feb-08 Administrative Contact: Perkins, John nocontactsfound@secureserver.net None 1234 Anywhere Ln Beverly Hills, California 90210 United States 2135551212 Fax -- 2135551212 Technical Contact: Perkins, John nocontactsfound@secureserver.net None 1234 Anywhere Ln Beverly Hills, California 90210 United States 2135551212 Fax -- 2135551212 Domain servers in listed order: NS478.PAIR.COM NS5.NS0.COM
Now, THAT makes me wonder what someone is trying to hide. In fact you are required to put a correct address into whois for obvious legal reasons!
Since John Perkins claims two “hate sites” (note, this is what HE calls them) I thought it would be interesting to see if he declared his ownership of those two which are:
- IHateHim.com
- IHateHer.com
John Perkins' plan to make money from hate sites
Here’s the skinny on John Perkins’ hate sites:
John Perkins registered IHateHim.com back on 1-16-2007:
John Perkins' IHateHim.com site
John Perkins registered IHateHer.com back on 6-10-2007:
John Perkins' IHateHer.com site
It should be noted that ICann’s Whois Data Reminder Policy rules (WDRP rules) went into effect on March 13, 2003, yet John Perkins was faking his Whois information as late as 2008 as can be seen here:
John Perkins continues to violate ICANN rules as late as 2008
John Perkins continues to violate ICANN rules as late as 2008
Now, maybe this information has been corrected, but it’s hard to tell
as John Perkins’ is now using DomainsByProxy to hide his information.
However, if it hasn’t been corrected it’s interesting to note that according to ICann registration rules John Perkins could actually lose his domain names:
Here’s a sample whois reminder from ICann:
“For the layman, one thing you should know is that if you find a domain that has incorrect whois information – such as these domains that John Perkins’ owns you can report the incorrect whois information using the Whois Data Report Problem system here.”
Again, why is John Perkins faking the whois data?
Of note is this information from SpamTrackers:
“Since domain name owners need protection from people who try to challenge their ownership of valuable names, there are protections in the system to prevent unauthorized people from making changes. There are also protections against registering domains with fake information, but it can be difficult to get them enforced.”
source: SpamTrackers.eu
How important is it for the Whois information to be accurate and not faked the way John Perkins’ faked his Whois domain contact information?
Well, its important enough that Icann recently held a special meeting to discuss their whois accuracy study:
“Date:
Wednesday, 24 June 2009 – 09:00 – 10:30
Function 3 (L2)
What it is | To contribute to community discussion regarding Whois policy, ICANN has undertaken a study of domain name Whois contact information accuracy. The purpose of this workshop is to give the ICANN community details regarding the progress of ICANN’s Whois Data Accuracy Study.
Why it’s Important | The accuracy of Whois data is of great importance to many ICANN stakeholders. The Whois Data Accuracy Study is intended to provide useful information to ICANN consituencies and the Internet community regarding the percentage of Whois data accuracy that exists within the Whois database. Worshop attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions concerning the verification methodology, the domain name sampling plan and other details relevant to the Whois Data Accuracy Study.
Who should attend? | Anyone interested in Whois related matters should attend this workshop. This includes, but is not limited to, registrar operators, registry operators, trademark attorneys, law enforcement representatives and internet security representatives.”
The scariest part of John Perkins’ website analysis:
I think what’s scariest to me is that John Perkins apparently received a Masters Degree in Education! Yikes. Based on his analytical ability I’ve seen to date this is NOT someone I’d want teaching my children.
My favorite John Perkins’ quotations (keep in mind that this is a man who apparently received a Masters Degree in Education!):
“Paul Schlegel sells work-at-home scams.”
Really? I wasn’t aware of that and I’m Paul Schlegel! Maybe John could report me to the FTC? Or he could post his bizarre (and incorrect) findings in the write-up that the National Consumers League here which was largely based on much of the discussion where I helped tons of people file complaints against Google Money Tree here.
Or he could report me to my friend Lyndell Edgington’s company EagleResearchAssociates.org since they have an Assigned Federal Agent – I’d say that would be fairly quick.
One thing’s for sure, if I were an employer I’d be VERY leary of hiring someone that posts information publicly without doing correct research as those types of situations often lead to long drawn-out legal battles.