Not so long ago, there are a bunch of hype about getting rich quick (GRQ) by building blogs.

Generally here are how they work.

It takes advantage of the fact that a blog is easy to update and publish new content and then using a scripted web application scour the Internet for free articles or even dump junk content on the blogs. Hundreds, if not thousands of them in different niches.

The junk pages are created in a way so that each page is optimized for specific keyword or keyphrase. Hopefully, some of them will rank on search engines.

Different ways are used to monetize the so called “content”; from Google AdSense to affiliate programs.

Some of those who used this method had successfully earned some good money. Others jumped into the water too late.

Today as I was searching for “make money blogging” in Google, I still found a few entries in Google AdWords about such things. Here are just one example.

Imagine that. After more than a year, and still the scammers stay.

For example, one ad claims that you can make $31,000 per month blogging with easy step-by-step guide. Another gives a bold promise that you can add thousands of extra dollars to your online income using free blogs.

The former is a guide that is sold for $49.95. If you look at the sales letter, it even includes the seller’s email address as a bonus so he can help you “succeed.” Sounds good huh?

The second ad is actually an affiliate promoting “Blogging for Dollar” course by The Internet Marketing Center. While I personally know that they are legitimate, often their sales pages are too aggressive.

If a money making tactic used to work and earn some of its first movers some healthy money, could it still be a scam? At least it delivered the promise when the method still worked.

I don’t know about you, but what I think won’t give long term value to my business is a scam.

Exploiting holes in search engines perhaps will make you quick bucks, but if you quit your job thinking that it will be the only source of your income for even a year to come, I would say the chances that it will happen is very slim.

At least we could learn one thing. A lot of us are a victim of such scammers. Still, everyday more people discover blogging and are excited about the new marketing medium. These new comers are potential new targets for this type of product.

And yet, there are not much we could do about it other than to educate as much readers as possible about the truth.

In the next few articles, I am going to reveal different aspects of such scams. This might not be new information but considering the fact that such programs are still alive and well, I feel the obligation to do something about it.

If these articles could make some of us keep the money in our pocket, then it is more than worth the effort.