My Results From Using "My Traffic Strategy"

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Okay guys, tried "my traffic strategy";
at the time I was investigating
the use of gadgets to drive traffic
and came across David Lockley's
website so wanted to test out this
new idea for myself.

I paid for this service on April 25;
built and submitted my Gadget on
May 5.

(BTW you'll need to produce regular
content for it to work - just like
article marketing.)

Anyway, back to my results.

It's now June 13 and the amount of
traffic I've gotten so far is...

wait for it...

...ZERO!

That's right, absolutely NOTHING!
ZILCH! NADA!

It's been almost 2 months and Google
still hasn't seen my gadget because
the poor gadget is STILL "in progress",
sitting right there on elertgadget's
internal site.

And yes, this could drag on for MONTHS.
(or years... you never know because
you're NOT guaranteed anything!)

The thing is, when your gadget DOES
reach Google (eventually), it'll take
Google another 1 to 2 months (if you're
lucky) to verify and approve your gadget.

But wait... Even when that does happen
don't expect to see any traffic any time
soon, because you'll have to remain extra
patient and wait for ANOTHER few weeks
for something to actually start happening
(if anything at all).

I don't know about you, but personally,
a service that delivers ZERO results
after 2 months (and potentially many
more months to come) is plain RIDICULOUS.

And it seems to me that once they
have your money, they don't give
a damn about you or your gadget.

The truth is, they did NOT communicate
with me (not even ONCE) about my
gadget's progress and probably wouldn't
have At All if I didn't start complaining
about this total lack of service.

And guess what they replied? They
basically told me that my gadget was
a piece of crap, it was too "commercial"
and needed to be completely changed.

Straight away, I asked them why they
didn't raise this issue when I first
submitted my gadget
(which was weeks before this).

So I pretty much said to them
- look if you want to run a service
it's your responsibility to ensure
delivery. If changes need to be
made, you inform your customers
instantly and work with them.

You don't just ignore the issue
for weeks and ONLY respond when
the customer starts to complain,
and then just blame everything on
the customer as if it's their personal
problem and not yours.

So as you can see at this point
I was already getting angry at
them.

Then immediately David Lockley
apologized to me and told me that
my gadget was actually fine, and
the delay was somehow because he
"must have gotten it mixed up
with another gadget".

(he came up with more excuses
along the way but I won't list
them here)

About 2 weeks ago he confirmed
with me that my gadget was finally
going to be moved through.

(right...)

But why I'm not surprised that I
still see NOTHING happening even
til today.

So this whole week I've been trying
to get a refund from him, but the
funny thing is, this man David Lockley
has suddenly become so busy that
he doesn't bother replying to my
emails any more...

(I will update you on this next week)

So, does "my traffic strategy" really
work?

Honestly, I don't know, because after
2 months of using it I still haven't
gotten anywhere near where I MIGHT
be able to see some results.

And frankly, even if I DO get some results
some X months down the track, this is just
NOT a service that I'm willing to put up with.
And I wouldn't want to put any aspect of
my business in their hands.

If anything I'd rather outsource the
app design to another programmer and
test the strategy on my own.

That being said, if you have more
patience than me and is willing to
take the risk, by all means try this
out for yourself.

Maybe I was just unlucky, but all I can
say is, for the same amount of money
and effort, there are definitely better
services you can invest in.
#my traffic strategy #results
  • Profile picture of the author Intrepreneur
    A traffic course and ZERO traffic that's crazy bad.

    One tweet even = 5+ visitors.

    I bet I could teach him a thing or two as well :-)
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    • Profile picture of the author Li Weng
      Originally Posted by Intrepreneur View Post

      A traffic course and ZERO traffic that's crazy bad.

      One tweet even = 5+ visitors.

      I bet I could teach him a thing or two as well :-)

      Yeah tell me about it. I bet you could as well

      Though this is not a "course" so to speak.
      The problem is that the service Doesn't deliver.
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  • Profile picture of the author flamingleaf8
    i wonder, how much you paid the guy? i hope its not that much, becuase i would be really mad, if i were you.
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    • Profile picture of the author Li Weng
      Originally Posted by flamingleaf8 View Post

      i wonder, how much you paid the guy? i hope its not that much, becuase i would be really mad, if i were you.
      I paid $108.50 in total which is not a lot
      but it IS a total waste when the service
      never delivers for months.

      (lucky I only created one gadget to
      test it out first, otherwise you pay
      $69 every gadget you submit)

      I mean everyone knows that time is
      money but these guys don't care about
      that.

      I can't say for sure that it's a complete
      scam, but from what I've seen, I wouldn't
      want to do business with them again.

      And I want to make sure that everyone
      else knows what they'll be getting into
      before they choose to do business with
      these guys.
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  • Profile picture of the author marmo
    thanks Im sure you just prevented many of us from being hosed by these guys. They should make sure their products works before marketing it.
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  • Profile picture of the author malcasid
    I knew there was something fishy about this site. We'll thanks for saving us the grief.
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  • Profile picture of the author garyk1968
    Yep thats what I love about this forum, people sharing their experiences and telling it like it is, no hype, no bs!
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  • Profile picture of the author Li Weng
    Hey you're welcome guys. Glad this post was of some help.

    Anyway, someone from digitalpoint just told me about
    a cool tutorial about creating your own Google Gadgets
    Google Gadgets Tutorial
    thought you might be interested too.

    I'll definitely look into this. After this experience I
    definitely want to create my OWN gadgets instead
    of relying on some third-party service and leaving
    everything in someone else's hands.
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  • Profile picture of the author laguna1811
    Thanks for sharing you experience. You are helping people from wasting money and time against those products that don't deliver what they have said in their sales page.
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    • Profile picture of the author shekhar
      Hello Li,

      Thanks for your honest opinion on this product which is a total waste of time. I am the guy who in a similar thread on WF described in detail the utter ineffectiveness of this product.

      My Traffic Strategy Review

      For the past few months I have been working on creating a detailed manual (including pdf +XML scripts + videos) for developing Google Gadgets. This manual is aimed for non-programmers who want to create Google Gadgets in their niche and utilize the massive viral power of iGoogle but who owing to the overly complicated language of Google Code find it difficult to learn/master the Gadget creation process. For all these people this coming manual will be a great help.

      The course is in its final stage of completion and I will be offering it as a WSO also. Further, I shall also be giving a free trial version of the main manual which itself will help you create a Gadget in your niche within 24 hours.

      Believe me, depending upon a company like elert or on a programmer is not going to help much. Creating Google Gadget is extremely easy if you know the bare essentials and apply it in your niche.

      All those who would like to read the trial version of this Google Gadget manual can contact me. The manual is in its final editing stage and as soon as it is completed I will send you a copy. Further,if you like you may answer some questions which I have asked in the above review link.

      Regards
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      • Profile picture of the author Li Weng
        Originally Posted by shekhar View Post

        Hello Li,

        Thanks for your honest opinion on this product which is a total waste of time. I am the guy who in a similar thread on WF described in detail the utter ineffectiveness of this product.

        My Traffic Strategy Review

        For the past few months I have been working on creating a detailed manual (including pdf +XML scripts + videos) for developing Google Gadgets. This manual is aimed for non-programmers who want to create Google Gadgets in their niche and utilize the massive viral power of iGoogle but who owing to the overly complicated language of Google Code find it difficult to learn/master the Gadget creation process. For all these people this coming manual will be a great help.

        The course is in its final stage of completion and I will be offering it as a WSO also. Further, I shall also be giving a free trial version of the main manual which itself will help you create a Gadget in your niche within 24 hours.

        Believe me, depending upon a company like elert or on a programmer is not going to help much. Creating Google Gadget is extremely easy if you know the bare essentials and apply it in your niche.

        All those who would like to read the trial version of this Google Gadget manual can contact me. The manual is in its final editing stage and as soon as it is completed I will send you a copy. Further,if you like you may answer some questions which I have asked in the above review link.

        Regards
        Thanks for your detailed review shekhar.

        As you know I'm now researching how to create my
        own gadget to get traffic from platforms like Google
        desktop etc.. So I'll most likely benefit from your
        trial manual.

        Please let me know once it's completed. I will put it
        to use, and report back to you with the results as
        well as a testimonial about the effectiveness.
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  • Profile picture of the author panikkarson
    This forum is great. I always check up or info and opinion about any new product here. I was also interested when I saw the salespage about the trafic strategy, and as usual, came here to see what the experience of other warriors was. And that saved my money.
    Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author Li Weng
    Quick update guys. Still No reply, No email from
    David Lockley whatsoever. This guy's unreachable
    now (at least for me anyway).

    But the funny thing is, David Lockley and his staff
    don't have time to answer my emails or refund request,
    but they DO have the time to send me promotions
    about his other product... Big Scam Alert!
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    • Profile picture of the author altecl46
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      • Profile picture of the author Melaus
        I promissed to do an update once I got results.
        The update is - I will not get any results = ZERO.

        As already mentioned before by others, I had my gadget sitting there for a week in 'pending' status. Crap.

        I managed to get a full refund for software.

        However he still owes me $US 69 for the gadget submission. He told me he doesn't want to refund it because of work involved on gadget.
        Now this gadget had a status - 'pending' which was explained in his booklet as 'received and to start working on it shortly'.

        This status had never changed (to 'in progress')- it means no work was ever done.

        I had reported this to Paypal. Requesting refund.

        And he blocked my e-mails :confused: - I can't reach him anymore.

        Do not buy from him. It is interesting, there is a lot of work creating this system.
        He's only problem seems to be - service.

        Have a great day, guys
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        • Profile picture of the author Li Weng
          Originally Posted by Melaus View Post

          I promissed to do an update once I got results.
          The update is - I will not get any results = ZERO.

          As already mentioned before by others, I had my gadget sitting there for a week in 'pending' status. Crap.

          I managed to get a full refund for software.

          However he still owes me 69 for the gadget submission. He told me he doesn't want to refund it because of work involved on gadget.
          Now this gadget had a status - 'pending' which was explained in his booklet as 'received and to start working on it shortly'.

          This status had never changed (to 'in progress')- it means no work was ever done.

          I had reported this to Paypal. Requesting refund.

          And he blocked my e-mails :confused: - I can't reach him anymore.

          Do not buy from him. It is interesting, there is a lot of work creating this system.
          He's only problem seems to be - service.

          Have a great day, guys

          Sorry to hear about your experience.

          I think any scenario where once they have
          your money then don't bother delivering
          the service is a SCAM.

          And this turned out to be a Big Time SCAM!

          So far no refund. David Lockley's also blocked
          my email so I'm now trying to dispute it through
          Paypal and Clickbank.

          So beware of David Lockley guys. Never do
          business with this guy and warn your
          business partners about him.

          I seriously don't know how this guy is able
          to sleep at night.
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  • Profile picture of the author regan
    Thank you for helping me from wasting money!
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  • Profile picture of the author Carlsbadd
    Sorry you had this experience.
    I have been burned before and know how it feels.
    In the future maybe you should do like I do and take time to find out if there is a less expensive way like learning the basics yourself:
    gadgets.* API Developer's Guide - Gadgets API - Google Code

    If it's to complicated or if you need a specific tasK that is beyond your ability , outsource it .
    I outsource most of my work but get the basics down so I can communicate what I need to vendors.
    Good luck going forward.
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  • Profile picture of the author profitgenie
    Thankyou for posting this thread, it was one of the programs that I was just about to test out and invest my hard earned money in.

    thanks
    jamie
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  • Profile picture of the author Easy Cash
    Thanks for posting your note. There is another thread in this forum that discussed this product - and a lot of people got 'slammed' for saying it was a scam.

    Here is the thread.

    http://www.warriorforum.com/internet...-strategy.html

    So it looks as though the product is dodgy?

    Getting traffic is about adding content. Original content and creating backlinks.

    There is no 'magic formula' to get traffic.

    Everyone seems to think that there is a strategy or a program that is going to send them a ton of targeted traffic. Nothing could be further from the truth.

    One of the best ways you can get traffic is make your site interesting enough so people want to come back and stay - i.e. Use Content !

    It is as simple as that really.
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  • Profile picture of the author scorpio7
    Thanks for being honest. For so many years I bought things were everyone was giving positive results. I'm happy to be in a forum where people tell the truth about the junk being marketed online.
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  • Profile picture of the author Veredfu
    Hi Li,
    I'm really sorry for your bad experience, and I'm also surprised that this man can sleep at night, and also that ClickBank allows him to work through them.
    I hope you will be able to get your money back through CB.
    Thank you very much for this money, time and grief saving information.
    Wish you success with the other program you decided to follow.
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  • Profile picture of the author JMyOwn
    Thanks for the research and time reviewing this product.
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  • Profile picture of the author Li Weng
    Hey guys, just to give you an update on this.

    I sent a ticket to Clickbank and managed to get a refund.

    However, the gadget submission fee was through Paypal.
    So I disputed this and after getting no resolution, wrote
    a detailed message to Paypal and escalated this into a claim.

    Then David Lockley finally gave in and told me 3 days ago
    saying that he will "refund today".

    But I still haven't got the refund. Hopefully I'll get it soon.
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    • Profile picture of the author invciccarello
      Thanks Li for this honest review. I just saw his PPC ad on Adwords and was quite curious about this product. Glad I saw your post here and will not be tempted to give his product a try.

      Glad you are able to get your money back from Clickbank. They are real good about refunds I never have any problem get my money back with them.

      You should have no problem getting your refunds from Paypal either, once in claims Paypal will make sure you get a refund or you get what they promised.

      Cheers...
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  • Profile picture of the author Li Weng
    You're welcome invciccrello.

    I still haven't got the refund from David Lockley that he said
    he would issue "today" on last Friday.

    This really shows you the nature of their service - it's based on
    FALSE promises... They promise you something but never delivers.
    It's a crock of @#$. No integrity whatsoever. Total joke of a "business".
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    • Profile picture of the author Lauriejade
      Hi Li, thanks for that report on david lockley you just saved me some money much appreciated
      Laurie.
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      • Profile picture of the author Locbtran
        I saw David's page and was about to get his
        product. I just want to say thank you Li for saving me the time, money and head aches.
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  • Profile picture of the author 007simple
    wow zero traffic, poor you. Social bookmarking-try
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