What do people who steal from others on the Internet get out of it.  I call them cyber shoplifters, petty thieves.

In the off line world, shoplifters get a bit of an adrenalin rush when they get away with stealing from retail stores.  They’ve beat the security system and the store detective/detection.

But in the online world, where or how do they get their kicks?  Do they get any satisfaction from sitting in front of their computer, Googling all the different words that will get them through to a download page to steal someone’s product…..the mind boggles at the mentality….you have to feel sorry for them.  What a life they must have or NOT!!!  Some achievement.

I know there are forums where they pass around how they got to these download pages but they are still nameless/faceless, they use avatars and nicknames so no one really knows who or what they are.  Still with achievements like they have, maybe that is the idea.

Recently someone got through to a download page of mine, well to actually get there they had to subscribe to my list for that product and as soon as that happened and no payment, I sent them an email asking for their receipt number so I could put them in a draw for ‘money’ prize competition.  Naturally I didn’t hear….lol.

But then I went to the site and checked on a great WordPress plugin called StatsPress Reloaded.  This plugin shows you the terms searched and the page on your site that is accessed.

There was only the one search that qualified.  So I went and changed everything that this ‘petty thief/cyber shoplifter’ could have passed on.

Then for several days everytime the search term appeared in the StatsPress they went through to another page.  So my little cyber shoplifter looked like a  ‘BIG DUMBE DILL’ to those on the forums where he big-noted himself.

Not the most satisfying experience for the poor little no-name/no-face.

So if you want very up to date stats, take a look at StatsPress Reloaded, it’s a free plugin and well worth adding to your favourite plugins list.  You can take a look at it here

Well that’s my little tip for today, take care and I’ll catch you later.

Cheers

Carmel