Local Ad Link reviews and complaints

At one time I was a Brand Builder and a staunch defender of the Local Ad Link business opportunity. One day I checked the local businesses in my area that were paying for advertising on the LAL network. I was completely blown away to find these paying customers absolutely 'buried' in the major search engines! This process was repeated several times on different days, with the same dismal results. As an outside sales professional this opportunity seemed like an absolute dream come true. Upon realization that at least for my geographic area, the product was relatively worthless and if I continued to 'sell' it would constitutionally qualify as a 'thief' and not a 'Brand Builder', I was one thousand miles and running and gaining speed. I truly hope that Local Ad Link is capable of straightening up and 'flying right'. If you are currently selling Local Ad Link please check to see if your geographic area provides an ethical and moral product that you would feel confident in selling to a friend or family member. Remember to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Thou shall not steal is not merely a 'suggestion' but one of God's Commandments.

John Z,

My motivation is doing the right thing to warn people about LocalAdLink. When I saw the deceptive messages from fishingchia and localseo, I had to to respond.

I am a search marketing professional. A client asked me to look into it. I quickly recognized that LocalAdLInk makes fraudulent claims about traffic and partnering with top Web sites. As I have the knowledge to recognize the scam, I feel I have an obligation to warn people.

I never joined LocalAdLink. I never gave them money. I am simply trying to warn people about this rip off.

Read more at
http://www.epowermark.com/2009/04/localadlink-is-this-unknown-search.html
http://www.epowermark.com/2009/06/localadlink-is-for-greedy-to-take-from.html
http://www.epowermark.com/2009/06/localadlink-reps-optimize-for.html
http://www.epowermark.com/2009/06/localadlink-scam-is-collapsing.html

Larry

Larry I understand your frustration of how certain aspects of the Localadlink system works, but the one question I have for you is what is your real problem ? Did you actually join and not make any money ? Or did you advertise with them and not see the results you expected. Usually when someone is so vocal in opposing something or for that matter in favor of it blindly it is a sign they have personal issues that transcend objective and/or constructive criticism of an opportunity. So just as I realize that the others who are defending the Localadlink model blindly have an interest in "protecting" the business they have joined, I also realize that your negative attitude towards it is due to your own personal failures with it whether those are real or imagined. I would like to know your involvement with the company before I form my own opinions about it. And just for the record I joined them a couple of months ago as a rep--but unpaid just the free type so I could check out the business and see if it works for me as well as my customers. I figured that if it works well and I learn the ropes then I can share it with those who are looking for a legitimate opportunity and teach them how to do the business rather than just recruit and hope they figure it out on thier own. Any opportunity that rewards for recruiting and does not require any sales or business participation personally is in fact a "scam' and should be avoided at all costs. I am still learning the business so I am not nearly as well versed at exactly how it works and as I do learn about it I will be back to weigh in on the subject. In the meantime I am sure there are many other readers out there that want to know what the connection is for you Larry so they know just how much credibility to give you.

Localseo,

Since you choose to insult me with charges that are as fraudulent as LocalAdLink's claims, you are demonstrating that you cannot provide evidence that LocalAdLink generates the Web visibility that LocalAdLink claims. If its claims are true, you could provide evidence.

If LocalAdLink makes it advertisers happy, then why have so many former advertisers posted to the Web their testimony that LocalAdLink did not perform for them?

Why do various local Better Business Bureaus rate LocalAdLink as an F because of multiple consumer complaints?

Why do so many LocalAdLink customers want their money back?

Why did LocalAdLink's credit card processors withhold money from Beyond Commerce? As Beyond Commerce's 10Q report stated, "However, at the end of February with the spike in the volume of weekly credit card revenues generated, certain credit card processing companies without notice to the Company, put a hold on all of the cash being remitted to Beyond Commerce's LocalAdLink subsidiary. This hold was initiated under the rationale of 'potential business risk.'"

Insult me all you want. The evidence is overwhelming that LocalAdLink is a bad product that costs advertisers a lot of money for little in return.

Larry give it up. No one takes this much time unless they have an ax to grind. You obviously need some mental help. You can ramble on all day long but the bottom line is the company is legit. They are listed on the stock market, they are publicly traded. They are not going away anytime soon. The business model is a good one and you my friend need to seek some help or at least stop wasting peoples time with your long rambling diatribes. I have nothing further to comment on here because at this point all you have shown is sour grapes. You ramble, you ask for proof when you know that proof will not come from the sales people out in the field who are responding to you. All I can say is I make a decent living selling ads and my customers have seen increased traffic and they are happy. Otherwise they would cancel rather than continue. And I have paid big google adwords bills myself so I do know what I am talking about. Is it perfect? No, but nothing is in life. Does it provide a real value for the customer? Yes. Will it fail or be successful? Who knows but what I am selling is legit despite your wild rantings.

I often wonder about people like you who sit behind a monitor and think they have the ability to destroy people with their words. Anyone reading this will quickly figure out your motivation is to destroy or have as many people as you can get not use the services. And that you are way too motivated to be just a casual bystander. No Lary you have some real issues but they seem to be mental issues and not legitimate issues.

Localseo wrote:
> Tell the truth Larry, this has little or nothing to do with Local Adlink, and everything to do with your hate for Mr McNulty.

I actually have no feelings about McNulty. It is easy to find plenty of dirt about McNulty on the Web.

Discussing McNulty pulls away from why I am posting about LocalAdLink. I post because LocalAdLink makes fraudulent claims that lure the uneducated to spend money and receive little in return.

Localseo wrote:
> First of very flimsy indeed, there is no way you can prove that statement true or false, because with all the partner sites they work with, you do not know how many times a day a local adlink ad is being displayed. The actual localadlink.com site is not the only source for an ad to be viewed.

You can show examples of LocalAdLink ads. I have found some LocalAdLink ads. They show the links going to LocalAdLink. Consequently, before someone has any information about a LocalAdLink advertiser, they need to go to LocalAdLink.com. That is why LocalAdLink advertisers pages cannot be seen more often than the traffic to LocalAdLink.com.

Remember, LocalAdLink claims "It comes to $49, $99 or $199 a month to be seen by millions of people a day." The evidence shows that is not true.

Searches that I made in May resulted in LocaAdLink ads occasionally appearing. Today the ads are not showing up at all. Does that mean those advertisers stopped using LocalAdLink? Or does it mean LocalAdLink stopped paying Google AdWords to display the ads?

Localseo wrote:
> And they do run ads on hundreds, probably even thousands of web sites daily.

This is another questionable claim by LocalAdLink.

LocalAdLink claims, "We are pro-actively pushing your listing out through our partner websites. Your listing can be seen on some at the most popular websites, search engines, and social networks in America. Some of these include Google, Yahoo, MSN, AOL, Ask.com, Earthlink, YouTube, GMAIL, About.com, Napster, PGA.com, Redbook, Hollywood.com, Monster.com, MySpace, Linkedln, Friendster, Bebo, Hi5, Orkut, MiGente and B00Mj."

There is no evidence that these partnerships are anything more than LocalAdLink using the Google AdWords Content Network. This is an advertising network where Web sites display Google AdWords ads and share ad revenue with Google. That is really a stretch for LocalAdLink to claim they are "partners."

Please provide evidence that LocalAdLink is a real "partner" with the many Web sites that LocalAdLink claims as "partners." Where are the agreements? Show us.

And for transparency's sake. What is your involvement with LocalAdLink?

After reading the latest rant from Larry it is obvious he has an ax to grind. And since he dug out the bankruptcy article, I would venture a guess that has something to do with his rant. Just tell the truth Larry. You didn't do this so called checking because you were interested in the company nor did you consider it at any time. What you did do was let your hate overtake you and so you searched and searched until you found one snippet of millions being able to view your ad and you hung your hat on that.

First of very flimsy indeed, there is no way you can prove that statement true or false, because with all the partner sites they work with, you do not know how many times a day a local adlink ad is being displayed. The actual localadlink.com site is not the only source for an ad to be viewed. And they do run ads on hundreds, probably even thousands of web sites daily.

No Larry, we see through your sad little attempt to discredit Mr McNulty. Tell the truth Larry, this has little or nothing to do with Local Adlink, and everything to do with your hate for Mr McNulty. In the humble words of many go piss up a rope.

fishingchia wrote:
> If you look around, no matter how good you are, there are always people who just want to use the word "scam" on a real legitimate business and ignore thousands who benefits the LocalAdlink technology.

Please provide evidence that support LocalAdLink's claim that a LocalAdLink advertiser will "be seen by millions of people a day." As LocalAdLink has only about 400, 000 visitors a month, the math does not support the claim.

fishingchia wrote:
> May be Larry should compare his achievement to the founder of Beyond Commerce before making noises.

I established a successful search marketing company and make a comfortable living.

I cannot claim to have achieved some of the things that Robert McNulty, founder of Beyond Commerce.

I have never run a business that went bankrupt. The Securities and Exchange Commission has never ruled that I defrauded investors.

See
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HWW/is_37_3/ai_66809558/
And Now the Big Bankruptcy - Company Financial Information
Industry Standard, The, Sept 18, 2000

Despite the surprise now expressed by McNulty's partners, his past raises red flags that might have led his supporters to proceed with caution. Three companies he started in the 1980s -- All-American SportsClub, Auto Giant and Auto Depot -- went bankrupt. Then, in 1994, the Securities and Exchange Commission ruled that McNulty defrauded investors by using the proceeds of securities offerings from three companies he headed to finance the operations of affiliated companies.

But I digress.

The bottom-line is that LocalAdLink makes claims that advertisers will have ads that are seen by "millions of people a day." Post evidence that this is true. Search marketing is transparent. Other experienced search marketers besides myself conclude that this is a fraudulent claim by LocalAdLink.

And for transparency's sake. What is your involvement with LocalAdLink?

In this world there are innovators, and there are complainers that look at everything in this world in a negative way. Most of these people has achieved nothing in life and contribute nothing to the society. Please note that we are not perfect and not all business get started with perfection and those few who then focus on imperfection to make noise to satisfy their own ego and self centered satisfaction. If you look around, no matter how good you are, there are always people who just want to use the word "scam" on a real legitimate business and ignore thousands who benefits the LocalAdlink technology. People like Larry Stopa even think that he knows everything about the Beyond Commerce system. Another know it all that like to make noise. May be Larry should compare his achievement to the founder of Beyond Commerce before making noises. A very popular trend today is this kind of people use this "scam writing tactic" to cause click through traffic to their site. I am wasting time on these types "useless fool" on forum. I am going to spend more productive time to help a lof of my customers to do more business. If you are a local small business, you can either listen to those these "professional Scam writing useless person" or let the LocalAdLink Sales person helping you to increase traffic to your business. That is a saying. You either Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way. Look at this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w51vFtW8MhE&feature=related

Also, hear what the Former CEO of Sam's Club said about the LocalAdLink company. http://web.me.com/lebro/LAL_PS/Ron_Loveless.html

I think I trust the Former CEO of Sam's Club that a complainer.

fishingchia wrote:
> When I was presented the business model and looked at the Local Ads being served in so many other high traffic sites that I realized it is brilliant

What is "brilliant" is the con job by LocalAdLink making the fraudulent claim that it partners with "other high traffic sites." LocalAdLink has no special relationship with any of the high traffic sites it claims to partner with. The only way LocalAdLink ads appear on those sites is through the Google AdWords Content Network. LocalAdLink uses Google AdWords. These are the Google ads you see on many sites on the Web. You will not find LocalAdLink ads anywhere except on Google AdWords or on Web sites owned by Beyond Commerce, the parent company of LocalAdLink.

Keep in mind that you may not see LocalAdLink ads on Google AdWords because LocalAdLink does not budget enough money for its advertisers' ads. A common LocalAdLink advertiser complaint is that they cannot find their ads. Or if they see an ad, it does not appear regularly and soon stops appearing.

LocalAdLink makes many fraudulent claims. I urge anyone considering LocalAdLink to research the many who have found LocalAdLink to not deliver much traffic at all. There are dozens of posts on the Web that you can find. The links I provided earlier are only a small part of the number of LocalAdLink advertisers who discovered LocalAdLink's claims are not truthful.

If LocalAdLink really has these partner relationships, then show the evidence. Search marketing should be transparent.

Repeating false claims in a LocalAdLink presentation is not evidence. fishingchia's link redirects to LocalAdLink. fishingchia - What is the name of your SEO business?

I do understand the LocalAdLink concept.
- Scam
- Con
- Fraud
- False Advertising

That is why I am warning people.

400, 000 visitors a month does not translate into "millions of visitors a day" as LocalAdLink falsely claims. That was the red flag that motivated me to warn the uneducated about LocalAdLink.

I posted here when I saw a LocalAdLink Brand Builder claim LocalAdLink would generate more than "15-20 clicks to my website per day" along with the false claim that "the (LocalAdLink) views are much higher each month for a lot less money." I cannot let a fraudulent claim stand without rebuttal. LocalAdLink generates little traffic for the money. See "CPC is Astronomical - 4 - 5 Times Higher Than Google Adwords" the last post on
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