Consulting on non-compete issues is something I do daily, and in several consulting or outsourcing agreements relating to Internet Marketing I have seen noncompete terms included. Unless you are being paid an outrageous amount of money my suggestion is to either demand removal of such a term during contract negotiations or walk away. There will always be another client.

A noncompete term forfeits your right to continue working for a year, maybe several years. Instead of providing...

Some Internet marketers tend to equate spending a lot of time on the computer with "working" to be a success.

Don't confuse effort with results.

What matters are your results. The time you put into obtaining the results is irrelevant unless it translates into results.

Busywork may simply be unproductive. Time spent learning a skill may be valuable. Just keep in mind at the end of the day you will be measured by your results and not whatever effort...

"Free Privacy Policy for Your Website Upon Joining the Internet Marketing Law Center"

This is a common type of advertising claim: free with purchase - that I have seen misused so I wanted to explore it more abusing my website (and not someone else's site) with the above hypothetical example of an ad.

Initially, there should be two products or services being offered. The first is a regular offer. The second is a free offer only available if the first offer is...

Is my website legal is a question I have seen a few times.

That depends. Perfect lawyer answer! But it does depend on what your website is about. The subject matter and what you are doing with your website determines the legal issues to be reviewed, and then one can say if your site is "legal" or not.

That is one reason I offer the Concierge Service at the Internet Marketing Law Center as a personalize service to review the ins and outs of your website so that...

A website privacy policy is a disclosure of what, if anything, you do with private information from users.

Private information includes a user's email address and other contact information, and of course financial data. It may also include the fact someone has purchased a product from you.

A privacy policy does not require that you keep information private! The policy merely discloses what you do with that information.

If your policy is to collect email...