Watching many of the things going on around me online has me
somewhat frustrated this morning. I actually seldom ALLOW
myself to get frustrated.
Life is simply too short to spend your day all stressed out.
One of the things that DOES upset me is watching others
blatantly STEAL from me and YOU.
If you have any kind of digital products that you’re selling,
there’s a chance that ten times as much of your product is
being passed around by pirates. That could mean that if you
made $1000 in sales this week, there was demand for $11,000
worth but certain people knew where they could get it for free.
Let me explain…
There are actually people who spend a lot of time probing your
websites, looking for unsecured directories, unsecured log
files, etc… anything that gives them the unsecured URL to your
“for sale” product.
Once they discover these URLs, some of these people are
actually a part of communities where they freely SHARE these
URLs. They see something inherently wrong with you making
money from your hard work.
There are many things that you can do to defend yourself
against this. Over the next few issues, I’ll share several
of them with you.
Today, I BEG you to stop ignoring the problem and check
out a program that alerts you to people bold enough to
link to the files right on your server. Those are people
who not only STEAL your stuff… they actually make you pay
for the bandwidth too.
These are people who not only keep you from making more sales,
but if they link to one of your large video or audio packages,
they may actually put you over your bandwidth limit and get your
site shut down!
I’ve seen it happen 
Take a few minute now and grab a copy of Hotlink Alarm:
http://HotLinkAlarm.com
Hotlink Alarm alerts you to potential problems and then gives
you lots of options as to what you do next . For example,
you can even redirect the hotlinker’s traffic to your
sales page… or just serve up a banner saying that they’re
stealing from you. It’s easy to set up, and very much worth
a few minutes of your time!
Willie