OnlineBannersNow is a giant scam that actually operates under a couple different names such as NetBannersOnline.
The sales pitch is that you can buy the keywords that you want and they will place your website (not an ad) on top of all the key search engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN among others. When you do your demo you asked to "update" your browser which, of course, they happen to have handy. After you have installed this "update" you can magically see the top of your website in a window on top of the search page. It looks like a great idea! You can immediately see how that would drive traffic to your site better than PPC.
The problem is the so called update to your browser is nothing more than a file that presents an Iframe on your system. This is so that when you can see your website atop the search page (on your computer.) It looks great. But, no one else can see it but you (and anyone else that has fallen for this scam and then only if they happen to look up the keyword you bought.) Absolutely nobody! You will get a song and dance about the millions of people that have downloaded this on Download.com. But if you try it, it won't be in the download. They do say they don't guaranty sales, just traffic. There is a good reason for that.
I started to look more closely at my web stats when I had this huge increase in traffic with absolutely no increase in sales (a mathematical impossibility). What I found was that ALL the increase in traffic came from the same URL. Guess who? In fact I got nearly the same stats every day on each keyword. Kind of strange since one keyword had 5-times more searches on Google than the other. So I called EVERY person that purchased from me over a three week period and NOT ONE PERSON saw our web site on the top of the search page. So I asked them to do me a favor and Google my keywords. NOT ONE saw what I did. NOT ONE!
When Google saw that all my traffic was coming from a single URL they slapped me down. Admittedly I have never been on page one for my keywords but I was up as far as page three when I signed on. I am now on page 64! Kind of strange for a program that is supposed to "improve" your SEO through increased traffic.
When I asked to cancel for my guaranteed 30-day refund (now over two weeks ago) I was told he would look into it. Since that time not a single phone call has been returned or email answered. I wonder why?
This scam I later find has been done a number of times under different names. They all eventually disappear and surface under a different name later. There are also a huge number of articles about how great this is all over the internet. Most written by the same guy all directing you to his site. He even passes himself off as an SEO guru for credibility. When I talked to REAL SEO specialists over at our local college they all told me that Google watches for this so you can't scam the system by just looking yourself up. When they see the con they slap it.
Do yourself a favor and stay away from this one. It will not work and you will lose your money as well as any chance of seeing any SEO improvement.
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