Hello Everyone, (Copytrack, my response to you is below)
To those who asked if my Twitter account was hacked, no. That was me, I logged in to do research and thought I would share what I was doing. The short of what I am researching is a company called Copytrack.com that tried to claim I had taken their client’s content. Under normal circumstances, I prove to them how they are wrong, and we move on. But this time, no, they were going to do their best to intimidate me into getting a payout on top of a subscription fee. So, that spark that started this site is back again. But it is not going to be here. It’s going to be over at BenjaminSpider.com. You can see here why the drive that started this blog is back:
https://benjaminspider.com/copytrack-wenn-rights-international-ltd-my-timeline-in-progress/
If you came here from Twitter and wondered what this site is. It’s a blog I started to try to get people to take a deeper dive into hosting review sites, occasionally focusing on unreputable web hosting-related services, like SEO services. I am not great at delivering a message, so I have no idea if I made much impact. I am, by definition, the worst salesperson on the planet, likely due to being neurodivergent. But I had hoped to inform people of the true nature of these review sites: Profit. They were either one of the three or a combination.
- The rankings were made of hosting companies with affiliate programs.
- Some of them relied on their search engine rankings to entice hosts to pay for spots in their rankings.
- In some rare cases, the hosting company owned the top list, which kept their host at the top while collecting affiliate commissions.
Many of those who made money off affiliate programs from hosts are property of Endurance International Group. EIG, for short, is a place that buys up web hosting properties like Disney does with media content like Marvel and Star Wars. I lost track of how many hosts they have now… or if they are still a thing. I am not against profit, but I have a problem when the method of profit is not honest and ethical.
I am not back into writing breakdowns about so-called web hosting review sites. Most of those showcased in the video I created are dead. Webhostingstuff.com has been up for sale for $10k for years now. That was the site that started all of this. If Michael had left my reviews alone. I would have remained uninformed. Eventually, that industry would oversaturate itself and become irrelevant. I would have left the hosting industry burned out and moved on to other things. There would have been no video that got a quarter of a million views, adding fuel to the growing doubt in such an industry.
But leaving up my company’s positive reviews would not lead to any clicks on Webhostingstuff.com’s top list. So, I ran this site in my spare time, often publishing content created on a phone. Most times. I missed proofreading before publishing the content. Eventually, I am going to have articles cleaned up and possibly deleted. Maybe I will revisit some of these topics at the new place.
Where have I been, and why did I stop? I am going to cover that in my new blog.
If you are Copytrack:
Hello, Copytrack and possibly Wenn,
As a content creator, I like the idea of defending copyrights. But I hate the idea of going after people who had nothing to do with copyright theft. Having experienced two false claims over the same image, I find your methods leave a lot to be desired. The image does not belong to a paparazzi site like Wenn. I am sure that if you collect 260.00 € and a further 278.20 € every year from me, the real owner is not going to be happy. Their beef will certainly not be with me, considering how I used the image. No doubt, this is a result of clients of yours, like Wenn, who have either automated or put the review process in the hands of the lowest bidder.
I am used to being bullied, but when you go after innocent parties and make it look like the only way out is to pay. that boils my blood. I have concerns you have made money for you and your clients off copyright you do not represent. Now is the time to reevaluate your business practices. I realize responding to the parties that have nothing to do with your client’s copyright (is it theirs?) will cut into profits. But not doing so reflects on the quality of your service. There is a reason Copyytrack is called a copytroll.
Due to how my ADHD works, my method for working out frustrations is well represented by this site. That was started, as I said, by a company called webhostingstuff.com. Thanks for the endorphins and for showing me that I still have a PNG image problem.
You can find me over at Http://BenjaminSpider.com.
Regards,
Benjamin V. Spider
