Just when I thought I knew it all (actually I never thought that) I learned something new today. Well, maybe not new, but certainly something I don't think about often. This article is going to give you a glimpse of forum life and how it's not as confined to the forum itself as you'd like to believe. What you are about to read is a true story. The names have been changed to protect the innocent and the guilty.

Somebody had started a thread on the Warrior Forum about spammers on blogs. What this person did was a little experiment. He set up a blog post that was actually nothing but gibberish and in a foreign language no less. At least it looked like a foreign language. Well, can you believe that he actually got comments posted to this nonsense blog entry? Shows you that comment spammers don't care what they comment on. But that's not the point of the story.

Another forum member, we'll call him John Doe, said that he applauded people who had the guts to do things that are illegal. That these people take more risks than the rest of us and he admired them. Well, don't ask. The forum totally jumped all over him. I didn't even know what to say. I added some comments but to be perfectly honest, I was just plain stunned. But this STILL isn't the point of the story. It's coming.

Somebody did a search for John Doe Scam and the forum thread came up in the third position on Google. So if anybody wanted to do some research on this person to see if he was somebody they'd want to do business with, that forum thread popped up in the third position on Google for everybody to see. Think this person is going to get a lot of JV opportunities once their remarks are read?

Okay, the point of the story is simple. While you might think that your posts at a forum are for forum eyes only, they are not. Google indexes everything that's out there...including what you say on a forum. Now, you can use this to your advantage if you're smart. You can make posts at the forum you're a member of that actually HELP other people. There's a novel concept. Then, if somebody does some research on YOU, they'll find THOSE posts.

I can't tell you how many people have found me via the forums I attend. So remember, what you say goes well beyond the walls of the forum.

Your words are there for the whole world to see.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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