One Top Firm - Portal ResponseTechnology

[stomachchurns]

I wouldn't take it personally. You gotta understand that scam-meisters biggest threat is other people telling the world about them. Heck, maybe you did get a lead off someone who had downloaded this toolbar. It's not impossible, but it's unlikely and unusual if you know how these companies work.

The other thing is they send their people onto the internet to defend their scam, so it is hard to take a defender seriously when you are about the only one I've ever read that has defended them.

A little FYI: The Windows Marketplace website is not something that is policed or vetted by Microsoft. Anyone who wants to put a download on there can do so. So don't draw the conclusion that they somehow endorse the product or that it isn't a scam.

Don't take what people say on the internet too seriously. Everyone has a bug up their bun about something. The best way to earn credibility is to post credibly. So I pointed out a lot of things in your posts that don't make any sense, but you didn't really talk about those points. If you want to be taken seriously, you should probably try and clean up those issues.

This is all my two cents.

But I would like to know how you stumbled across this one particular blog, not to mention a few other things I mentioend in earlier posts.

[homesnland68]

stomachchurns, I found this blog by typing in the one top firm company name on google, i was trying to get customer service's telephone number because at the time, i misplaced my paperwork. I understand where you are coming from, but hey, it worked for me..whether the service is really great or i'm just one lucky s.o.b, it doesn't matter. I have friends that use this same service and they are all quite content, so i doubt it's luck. I seriously think that some of the people on this blog are representing a competing company and just bashing them. I think these people should not be allowed to post on the internet. If someone bashed me on a blog, i would be extremely mad to be the least.
Hope all is well,
Signing off,
VB

[stomachchurns]

I doubt CannotFoolMe is from a competing company. Because the technology is patented, only one company can use it and they just keep changing their name.

The internet is about free speech and the dissemination of information. Maybe you got bashed unfairly, but I imagine a lot of other people have been saved a lot of money.

[homesnland68]

i seriously doubt that people are "saving" money. I MADE money, how many times must i say that..my partner SOLD a ton of homes...i strongly believe the banner ads work. If anyone ever called me and asked me how i like my service, i would tell them to buy. I think that you got scammed by some company a while back and are just blaming everyone for your misfortune. I think it's sick.

[stomachchurns]

"I seriously doubt that people are "saving" money."

Scams are scams, Vicky. Like I said, you made money. Rare, but you did. Letting people know about the scam is a good thing and people are being saved money.

"I think that you got scammed by some company a while back and are just blaming everyone for your misfortune. I think it's sick."

You are confusing me with CannotFoolMe. I'm not blaming anyone for anything because I was not taken by a con artist. Have you checked the information that CannotFoolMe posted? GoDotLess IS One Top Firm. It's the same company. Glad you made some money.

But PRT is indeed One Top Firm which is GoDotLess which is Simply Voice. Recommend them all you want, but the truth is the truth.

[homesnland68]

Now i know what you are up to Mr. Stomachchurns...You have no CLUE what you're talking about...or at least that's what i thought after reading your past posts..then i asked my corporate office's webmaster and he assured me that you have no idea what your talking about, he said "This guy is just talking and talking, he clearly has no web backround"...My corporate office's webmaster used to be the vice president of internet marketing for Sony music, he is since retired and working for us simply because he loves what he does. So far this is what has happened, I made money, my parnter made money, apparently their microsoft endorsed, i have in front of me about 8 links to national press releases for this "scam" company, my highly intelligent webmaster told me this company is legit and performing above par....I honestly think, well at this point, i KNOW that you must own or work for one of this companies competitor agencies...I'd love to know your contact number so i can pass it on to this company you're bashing...i'm sure they will take care of this matter.

Good day.
-VB

[YouCannotFoolMe]

I think stomachchurns was trying to make you feel better and you attacked instead. Here's the breaking news:

This company is NOT Microsoft "endorsed". That's a load of bull. Microsoft doesn't ever "endorse" any product that isn't theirs.

There are not 9 press releases about this company. Show us the links. That's a flat out lie.

Your webmaster is an idiot. Did he even check to see if the companies are related? Of course not. THEY ARE. WAKE UP. There are no "competitors".

And here a few links for you to look at:

Do you use starposition.com? - Search Engine Optimization Forum - SEO Refugee

feed://blog.retailblogmarketing.com/comments/feed/

Or just type in a search for "John Sloatman scam"

[homesnland68]

My webmaster is not an idiot, and he certainly doesn't get paid to give false information. Based on what he said, John sloatman and this company are not connected. They went their seperate way with One Top Firm, it's owned by a different person. The toolbar was created by the same person that created the original software, but the companies are different. Your basically saying that if a two completely different gas stations sell aquafina water, they are now the same exact corp.
You are wrong and quite moronic.


PS- My webmaster graduated from Yale, worked for three fortune 500 companies, and is a brilliant marketing manager...i think i trust him over some high school dropout that works for a competiting scam company.

-VB

[YouCannotFoolMe]

My opinion is that Sloatman appears to have created the technology and licensed it to a lot of possible scammers, including PRT/One Top Firm.

Since you also are aware of Sloatman, then you know the toolbar concept is a scam.

The gas stations are different, but the Aquafina water is actually sewage.

Now I know for sure you work for One Top Firm.

Nice try.

[alwaysonthelookout]

You people are behaving like teenagers. People in the SEO world know all about this deal. Here is the entire story from beginning to end.

Sloatman first appears after being dismissed from Skybridge Wireless. He files a wacky lawsuit which the court dismisses.

http://www.secinfo.com/d118et.59n.htm#sb4
(Page 17)

So already we are dealing with a dubious individual. Then he created this I-frame banner ad technology. Not a bad idea. All he has to do is come with ways to get people to download toolbars. If he can sell keywords, he can make a fortune. Even better, he also gets the bright idea to license the technology to other people.

He licenses it to a lot of folks. He also claims that some guy named Eric Jarrett steals the technology from him and sues him.

Charles Lloyd either licenses Sloatman’s technology or is in business with him. Alas, Lloyd has been in trouble with the FTC:

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/08/meddata3.shtm

That would be the same Charles Lloyd who is mentioned as being directly connected with the MySpace Guardian:

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/st...4406992&EDATE=

So right away we have a dubious person behind this business.

From here, I have to say, that YouCannotFoolMe has done his research. You can do it, too. All of the following companies are linked, either because they share a business address, share a “dba” listing (That’s “Doing business as”), or share phone numbers. They also share an “F” rating, except for PRT which is still nonetheless linked to the other companies via a “dba”” This can all be found very easily at www.bbbsouthland.org and the CA secretary of state website:


Portal Response Technology
One Top Firm
Surfspeak
Simply Voice
Key Windows

Other companies licensing the technology include:

www.s4tn.com
www.starposition.com
Cyberphrases
SearchClimbers
Rocketpositions
REalKeywords
Keywords LLC
American Keywords

Links regarding the dubious nature of this technology are abundant. Here are the best ones. This first one, in particular, is awesome. Some guy named Richard Sexton representing StarPosition is embarrassed by a poster named “myandemar”.

http://www.seorefugee.com/forums/sh...p?t=1677&page=5
http://blog.retailblogmarketing.com...ardian-toolbar/
http://www.webproworld.com/showthread.php?t=59100
http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/...0&page=2&pp=20

This other one demonstrates how the scam has been around for a long time and also on the East Coast.

http://www.inluminent.com/2002/09/12...ue-yeah-right/

The bottom line: the technology has clearly been used to scam people. Is PRT/One Top Firm (yes, they are the same) doing the same thing? My guess is they are trying to legitimize the service by creating the MySpace Guardian toolbar. If they truly could get an installed base of 10 million then, then they’d be on to something.

So it’s pretty simple. Either they are lying about the number of downloads or they are not. If they are, it’s fraud. If not, it’s legal.

Either the hits being generated are real ones or they aren’t. If they aren’t, it’s fraud. If they are, it’s legal.

Both are extremely difficult to prove or disprove. Hence, if it is a scam, it’s pretty brilliant.

The woman claiming to be Vicky Brink either is her or it isn’t. If it isn’t, it’s fraud. If it is, it’s legal.

If she is a shill, then we should not be surprised.

If she isn’t, and sold some homes because clients said they saw her banner ad, then good for her. Maybe the installed base of the Guardian is large enough to have generated business.


That’s it. The End. So go back to your lives.