I received a reply by email and Aaron was aware of this and will fix it soon. Meanwhile he's getting married and Congratulations!
On the other hand, after some research, I noticed this problem is widely spread among ebook publishers. Rumor has it most Clickbank publishers have their ebooks as public property also. People! Protect your sheet!
First I have to say this might not be right even if I'm 100% sure of the security flaw as I downloaded this eBook with a PHP script from a webserver with no cookies or anything. Don't beg for the link as I'm not sharing it. It's worth the bucks so buy it!
I did something I never imagined I would do. I just spent $80 on something free. Yes! The experts working in security for Aaron Wall managed to leave his book available for public download.
Yes! You heard me! Public. I saw the link had no security and tried to download it from my webserver with a PHP script and it worked. Imagine the horror! How can a guru funk up like this? SEO and coders is something so different. I'm a coder and proud of it.
I sent him an email and asked for this to be fixed. I don't enjoy paying for free stuff. And, if any of you had the link, you could download it too. And the link is plain and the same for anyone. No security integrated in it. Aaron Wall, please fix this!
The download page states:
Step #1: Please bookmark this page for your future reference. (please do not use social bookmarking services like Del.icio.us)
Hilarious!
I had an older issue from 2005 or so and I knew it is good. And it really is worth the $80 is you have anything spare. It gives you a better look on things and is straight forward. He dares to say what others don't. He shares experiences and many things I consedered true with no proof are also mentioned as true here.
If you have $80 spare buy it. It comes bonus packed, has over 300 pages and is well written. Looks nice printed also. It has many links to forums and different threads and sites and tools and web directories and … many external resources are also included in it. And you will read a lot of interesting tips and also some insight in internal search engine ranking.
For those who care he talks about PPC also, how to start a SEO company, web directories, on-site and off-site optimization. All SEO topics are discussed over 300+ pages. And consider combining this with Brad Callen's - SEO Made Easy and you'll have a blast.
Aaron, please fix your issue and do not make those who pay feel cheated as they paid for 'public' information. I did not post the URL here and I won't do it but you are also loosing money as I'm sure this URL is spread among many friends. When you fix this let me know and I'll remove this content and only leave the review here.
Regards,
5ubliminal
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